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Originally Posted by d0sitmatr
Im also going to have to disagree with you about the american cars vs japanese cars.
my 99 ranger XLT (ford blueprinted, mazda copied) lasted 6 yrs and 60k miles with 0 major problems, and at the end, before trading it, I was averaging 25mpg hwy with the 3.0L auto.
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I'll see your Ranger, and raise you my '88 Toyota pickup. About 200K when I bought it, 3-4 years ago, 221K now. No major problems - heck, no minor problems either. Averages about 27 mpg, with a good share of the miles either 4WD on rough & steep dirt, or heavily loaded - sometimes both.
Forget the 60K miles: realistically, 100K miles is a Japanese vehicle's extended break-in period :-)
Edit: My mistake, I did have one minor problem. Had to fix the tailgate latch. Took an hour or so, and a bit of JB Weld...