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uncomfortably numb
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: JOH-JAH!
Moto: WR250R & Bonneville
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A new, base-model 4-cylinder, 5-speed Ranger costs almost $18K..?
Base-model, full-size Chevy work trucks that start above $20K..? ![]() |
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Chaotic Neutral
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Cherry Hill NJ
Moto: GV1200 Madura, Hawk gt
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You can thank those 90 dollar an hour workers and your loving government.
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Location: Central NY
Moto: 2003 SV650S
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token jewboy
Join Date: Nov 2008
Moto: CBR 900, KLR ugly ass duckling, Gas Man
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Yup, next question
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Viff6N Mutated Warrior
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Texas
Moto: '01 Honda VFR 800 & '09 ER-6N
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Small size pickups have always been close to full size. Id like a small pickup but im not paying sticker price or anywhere near it.
Id like to find a deal on a Ranger with the 4.0L V6. |
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uncomfortably numb
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: JOH-JAH!
Moto: WR250R & Bonneville
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Seven years ago I bought a new, base Sonoma for a tick over $10K OTD.
Twenty grand for a stripped down pickup of any size is a joke. That said, used prices for trucks like the one I currently own are much higher than I expected. I was thinking of selling mine and picking up something smaller for the fuel economy, but not for these prices. |
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: NC
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What'll REALLY kick you in the dick is the bigger broader picture down the road.
That ranger MAY get 15mpg and that full size with a V8 will get 20mpg ![]() My old boss use to buy the v6 work truck edition chevy's for service vehicles. He got MAYBE 17mpg out of them So he decided to buy a few rangers to save on up front cost + fuel cost......they got 12-14mpg ![]() He decided to buy 3 new v8 chevy's and they get over 20 plus they were only slightly more money than the rangers. Over the long term the v8 work chevy's are costing a lot less. He determined that the drivers of the rangers were giving the little 4 bangers all they had to get up to speed...thus KILLING the mileages. Where the v8's they didn't have to press the gas hard at all. So they weren't working them as hard.
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uncomfortably numb
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: JOH-JAH!
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I know a few people with newer V8 Chevies and they all report excellent mileage. I wouldn't mind one at all; just wish you could get one with a stick. My Dakota does not get good mileage. No better than the full-size Ram I had prior to the Sonoma. |
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White Trash Hero
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: NW Arkansas
Moto: Buell 1125R Porco Rosso Edition
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I always buy Oct - Dec with the yr end rebates...Short bed full size FTW
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Ride Like an Asshole
Join Date: Feb 2008
Moto: nothing...
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