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[OrangeStreak]

My 2011, bought new. Foolishly traded her in for aTacoma. I'm now in the process of trading the Tacoma for a 2021 Ranger.

Good move!

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[mtbikernate]

My 98 XLT. It was just a 4cyl MT 2wd, but it was a good little truck, except for the parking brake that froze up multiple times every winter. If it wasn't for that, I'd have kept that truck a lot longer. Living in apts back then, I wasn't in a good position to mess with it until I got it fixed.

 

[Zetterbeard]

2002 XLT 3.0L, sold in 2015 with 102,000 miles. Always wanted a 4.0L EDGE back then...

 

[Joedanger22]

04 ranger...over 260k miles. Had the Vulcan 3.0 valve prob around 95k. Threw 2 new heads on it. That thing held up for another 165k before I traded it in on the 2020. Only issue was the clutch went out around 240k miles. Still rollin when I left it at the dealer. Got it with 7 miles on it for $13500 in Surise FL. No shit. Sticker was 19k. I'll send an update to both soon.

 

[Showmeguy2020]

2010 to 2020

 

[P. A. Schilke]

My 2011, bought new. Foolishly traded her in for aTacoma. I'm now in the process of trading the Tacoma for a 2021 Ranger.

Hi George,

A bit of a back story seeing your cup holder interior shot... Ranger started life with no real though for cup holders back in 1982¾. There were a few proposals but nothing really happened until we went with the single point crash sensor when the cover for the sensor and the stick shift boot. Two shallow non viable cup holders were present....I knew they would result in customer complaints but the shift boot engineer and his management said no dice to changing this cover.

So I noodled with one of my engineers on how we might force a change. The engineer, Jim W. said that he would think about it and see what could be done. As luck would have it we were scheduled to have a Ranger Management drive that Jim was coordinating. It would take place on what we called the Dexter Eval Loop out of Dexter Michigan. So the day arrives and we converge on Dexter Kroger parking lot with 8 or 9 Rangers. Half way through the drive rotation, Jim announced a water break and handed out bottles of water....then to my surprise and delight Jim said to get back behind the wheel and USE THE CUP HOLDER. I knew this would result in spilled bottles, bottles under the seat and so on.

During the debrief of the Management...number one was to fix the cup holders... So Mr. Shift boot engineer had to eat crow and redesign the cover to provide suitable function.... Jim, bless his heart, died of a massive heart attack a few months later... RIP Jim!

best,
Phil

 

[Dahveed]

My first Ranger, a '98 XLT extended cab, flare side, 4x4. It had a 4.0L V6 and got about 14mpg. Pardon the black box on the front. I was young and dumb and had a license plate on the front that I'm not too proud of these days. I think I owned this around 2007.

Other than the craptastic fuel mileage, it was a great little truck.

 

[jsphlynch]

Hi George,

A bit of a back story seeing your cup holder interior shot... Ranger started life with no real though for cup holders back in 1982¾. There were a few proposals but nothing really happened until we went with the single point crash sensor when the cover for the sensor and the stick shift boot. Two shallow non viable cup holders were present....I knew they would result in customer complaints but the shift boot engineer and his management said no dice to changing this cover.

So I noodled with one of my engineers on how we might force a change. The engineer, Jim W. said that he would think about it and see what could be done. As luck would have it we were scheduled to have a Ranger Management drive that Jim was coordinating. It would take place on what we called the Dexter Eval Loop out of Dexter Michigan. So the day arrives and we converge on Dexter Kroger parking lot with 8 or 9 Rangers. Half way through the drive rotation, Jim announced a water break and handed out bottles of water....then to my surprise and delight Jim said to get back behind the wheel and USE THE CUP HOLDER. I knew this would result in spilled bottles, bottles under the seat and so on.

During the debrief of the Management...number one was to fix the cup holders... So Mr. Shift boot engineer had to eat crow and redesign the cover to provide suitable function.... Jim, bless his heart, died of a massive heart attack a few months later... RIP Jim!

best,
Phil

My preferred vessel for my morning coffee is a plain old ceramic mug. In my '03 Ranger (as in just about every vehicle), the cup holders were too small for a typical mug. My solution was just to place the mug on the middle "hump." This worked surprisingly well, as the vinyl had just enough grip to it that I could do reasonable cornering without sending the mug flying*, and I quickly learned just how fast I could take corners without spilling a drop.

I once agreed to take a roommate to the airport at 4am, and he was clearly nervous about my decision to have an unsecured nearly full mug of coffee like that. Multiple times during the drive as I started to turn he would lurch towards grabbing it, then slowly pull away as he realized he was in no danger of getting coffee on his shoes. When we pulled up to the terminal, he noted his amazement that I was able to consistently corner at just the right speed to bring the coffee up to just below the rim, but never spill it, and that I was able to accurately adjust my cornering as the coffee level decreased as I drank it.

*I did once absentmindedly go through a roundabout and forget the mug was there, but we won't discuss that further.

 

[briwill70]

Not my first Ranger but probably my favorite. 4.0 Edge 4x4.

 

[Racecityranger]

I bought this 2005 Ranger Edge new and drove it until I bought my new 2020 last February. It was a good truck just normal maintenance items over 15 years, alternator, radiator and ball joints replaced twice over the 230k miles.

 

[wanted33]

There are some good looking Rangers here for sure. Several years back I was looking for a little truck to piddle with which was to keep me out of the wife's hair. I started looking for a Ranger, and it was near impossible to find one that wasn't to much money or completely wore out. Sadly I gave up that search, and found a '92 two owner Toyota pick-up. The new Ranger finally came out, and I sold the little truck for twice my money. I've never sold any car for that much profit. The market for small trucks in my area is crazy.

It wasn't the Ranger I wanted, but it turned out pretty good.

 

[OrangeStreak]

Not my first Ranger but probably my favorite.

Nice looking Ranger!

 

[OrangeStreak]

My preferred vessel for my morning coffee is a plain old ceramic mug. In my '03 Ranger (as in just about every vehicle), the cup holders were too small for a typical mug. My solution was just to place the mug on the middle "hump." This worked surprisingly well, as the vinyl had just enough grip to it that I could do reasonable cornering without sending the mug flying*, and I quickly learned just how fast I could take corners without spilling a drop.

I once agreed to take a roommate to the airport at 4am, and he was clearly nervous about my decision to have an unsecured nearly full mug of coffee like that. Multiple times during the drive as I started to turn he would lurch towards grabbing it, then slowly pull away as he realized he was in no danger of getting coffee on his shoes. When we pulled up to the terminal, he noted his amazement that I was able to consistently corner at just the right speed to bring the coffee up to just below the rim, but never spill it, and that I was able to accurately adjust my cornering as the coffee level decreased as I drank it.

*I did once absentmindedly go through a roundabout and forget the mug was there, but we won't discuss that further.

A coffee crisis ...

 

[Eoj]

1, 2 and 3 (getting a 5.0 transplant) had three or four other f100s and f150s in between

 

[Stringburner]

Bought new in 2003, still my daily driver. Photo taken in October of this year. It's been a good one. ?

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