Best used small truck? Here are my reqs, 4cyl, 4wd, xtd cab

[rgramjet]

Heres a hawt truck for you AND its local!  Didnt see it on the poll, must have been an oversight....

http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/ctd/1111672966.html

[mitt]

I'd go S-10, as long as you get the 4.3-l engine.  I've never heard anything good about Nissan trucks.

You must ignore most posts then    There have been at least 2 on here that were good wrt Nissan trucks, and this isn't the first time this topic has come up.

Both Nissan and Toyota used to import their mini trucks into the US.  They were the same global platforms that went to Africa, Middle East, Australia, etc.  They were very good, low tech, and cheap to maintain.  Now, both brands make bigger softened versions of the originals, which are less IMO.

mitt

[Sinister]

You must ignore most posts then    

Probably.  I just know that I see more Toyotas on the road than I do Nissans.  Toyota owners rave about their trucks; I don't hear much of anything from Nissan people.

[ducatiz]

Heres a hawt truck for you AND its local!  Didnt see it on the poll, must have been an oversight....

http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/ctd/1111672966.html

fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck you man!

[superjohn]

How can you get rid of a rare gem like a diesel Ranger? 

[ducatiz]

How can you get rid of a rare gem like a diesel Ranger? 

are you asking seriously?  this model is not the early mazda engine, it's the later turbo mitsubishi. it's a great truck, engine is rock solid (astron 4d55t).  stock, it is 86 hp but with easily-available mods, you can pull 115 out of it.  or you can drop a mitsubishi 4d56t into it, which has an intercooler turbo and 160 hp in factory form (and 240 ft/lbs torque).  they are still using these engines!  i saw a video from australia of a Pajero with the 4d56t doing burnouts, it was tuned to around 220hp.

it's an antique and very rare, and i don't think i am doing it justice by using it for work.  it's in great shape too and pulling 22/30 mpg, which is much better. with some tuning and cleanup, it can probably get around 25/35.

[superjohn]

are you asking seriously?  this model is not the early mazda engine, it's the later turbo mitsubishi. it's a great truck, engine is rock solid (astron 4d55t).  stock, it is 86 hp but with easily-available mods, you can pull 115 out of it.  or you can drop a mitsubishi 4d56t into it, which has an intercooler turbo and 160 hp in factory form (and 240 ft/lbs torque).  they are still using these engines!  i saw a video from australia of a Pajero with the 4d56t doing burnouts, it was tuned to around 220hp.

it's an antique and very rare, and i don't think i am doing it justice by using it for work.  it's in great shape too and pulling 22/30 mpg, which is much better. with some tuning and cleanup, it can probably get around 25/35.

I actually was being serious. I remembered an earlier thread where you described it. It sounds like you should keep it.

[herm]

toyota, built in the good old USA

"In 13 locations across North America, more than 36,000 team members are producing* over 1.3 million vehicles, more than 1.5 million engines, and nearly 400,000 automatic transmissions per year. In fact, 11 Toyota and Lexus models are built in North America with parts purchased from hundreds of North American supplier locations.
Our annual U.S. spending on parts, goods and services with suppliers totals more than $28 billion** and counting, as Toyota continues to grow and build more vehicles, engines and transmissions in North America."
*Toyota vehicles and components are built using U.S. and globally sourced parts.
**Parts, materials and components (FY ending 3/08). Goods and services (CY 2007).
All data as of December 2007 except where noted.
-source: http://www.toyota.com/about/our_business/operations/manufacturing/

[ducatiz]

I actually was being serious. I remembered an earlier thread where you described it. It sounds like you should keep it.

if i had the time, i would keep it and restore it, but it's a 1986 and a real antique.  i love it.  however, i need a bigger cab'ed truck and i'd like something that i don't cringe everytime i nick the paint!

[Popeye the Sailor]

i'd like something that i don't cringe everytime i nick the paint!

Sounds like an excuse to get a truck you don't like 

[ducatiz]

Sounds like an excuse to get a truck you don't like 

well, like as in it works well and will last and isn't new...  not that i intend to beat on it

[Mac_48]

TOYOTA with the 22-re....one of my friends has 370,000 miles on it and it is still running smoothly

[ducatiz]

TOYOTA with the 22-re....one of my friends has 370,000 miles on it and it is still running smoothly

i had a 77 Celica with a 20R and it clocked 280k miles.  of course, the entire car was rusted thru, the dash was rotted and the passenger seat had a hole in the middle!!  POS!

[Langanobob]

Another vote for Toyota.  My '86  22R has 265,000 miles on it and is still going fine.   The 4WD is bulletproof. The only thing I don't like is the gas mileage.  It isn't very good and it's probably due to the little 4 cylinder motor working too hard dragging the heavy 4WD around.   I *think* the newer V6's actually get better mileage than the 4 cylinders but I'm not sure of that.   I hate spending money on new trucks and by continuing to run the Toyota has kept me from having to buy a new or newer one.

Parts are expensive from the dealer, but...you rarely need them and many are available from NAPA.   I think the OEM parts are better, but I'm not convinced they are twice as good for twice the price.

[causeofkaos]

my 2 cents = My wife had a 96 Toy 4 runner 3.someshit or another i hated that truck head gasket went out 2 times first taken care of under recall and then again out of my pocket. All sorts of other issues. Forget driving uphill without the automatic shifting every 2 seconds turned me off from that brand permananetly.
Thanks for reminding me of a very horrible time in my life.