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I had an 01 Explorer Sport (2 door) and it did surprisingly OK in the millage department, and was a lot of fun in the bush with the anti-sway bars disconnected, longer shocks, longer shackles and the front torsion bars torqued. Man that thing could flex.
Even if you are getting rid of it soon I would still get the scanguage. You can always keep it when you change vehicles.
I bought my Explorer with 108,000 km on it, and sold it a few years later with 380,000 km. It went through a couple front ends in that time and a few sets of shocks. I had wheel bearings implode, shackles collapse, tie rods get bent, and the exhaust system fell off a couple times. There was always something wrong with it, but the engine and transmission were solid. Sometimes I wonder what kind of millage I would have gotten if it was maintained better.
I ran into the guy that bought it a few years after I sold it, and he said it's been trouble free. I guess I replaced everything that could have broken. I wonder if it's still on the road.
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