[Flakbadger]

Welcome. I traded in my 4.0 liter 03 manual Ranger 4x4 because of commuting to college. Best tank I ever got out of her was 23.87 MPG, never exceeding 60 MPH on a long drive between Portland and John Day Oregon.

Unfortunately the city gas mileage was destroying my wallet and the inevitable repairs threatened to destroy it permanently, so I traded it in and bought my Yaris.

Now I'm averaging 40, rather than the 16-18 I regularly got in my Ranger. After tallying up miles driven with gas prices, I saved myself $111 with the Yaris, even though I had to make 2 car payments during that time period.

Anyway, I hope you continue to do well on MPG's, but if you don't, there are acceptable alternatives out there!
If/when you mod the Ranger, put up plenty of pictures. I still love the damn things.

Oh yes and, welcome to the forums!