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Originally Posted by elhigh
Fixing the Ranger is smart money. Selling it to buy a different ride - even something as thrifty as a Metro - might not be. Look in the Garage and see what other folks are doing with their compact pickups, and compare that to how you're doing now. I bet you can cut your current fuel costs by over a third.
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I agree that it would be smart money to fix the truck. We had the truck pressure checked, and it has an internal coolant leak, and the shop assumes that it is in the head gasket. The price for that head gasket (parts+labor) is more than I payed for the truck. The coolant leak is my main problem, since my gar runs always either extremely cold, or extremely hot, depending on the weather outside. (Usually cold in Northwest Washington...)
The idea behind selling the Ranger was something more along the lines of
Ranger = Metro+ Cash (insurance and gas). Or, that was at least my hope.
Or, if I could get the Escort from a friend it would be Ranger = Cash (insurance and gas). Although I was thinking about selling the engine to buy a metro like had been suggested earlier, and keep the truck to make a Ranger EV, but I don't think that would happen in the foreseeable future.
Thanks
