Since Rangers are done in N. America and the St Paul MN plant is closed, thought I better jump on the chance to grab a new one! I wanted an XL with cloth seats; so I did a search and found one at a dealer in E Wenatchee, WA. I went up there and bought it after $5300 in factory rebates and incentives. And a bank financed me 0% for 60 months as well!
The truck is Vista Blue Metallic. It comes with A/C and receiver hitch standard. I opted for the 4 cyl, manual transmission. I immediately made one mod; got rid of the stock rear tires (Continental 225/70/15) and put on high quality Toyo Eclipse 235/75/15. I wanted the slightly taller rear tires to decrease rpms on the highway a bit. It also corrected the factory speedo error; now it is really going 61.3 mph when speedo says 60. Before, it was travelling 58.4 mph when it indicated 60. (according to both my GPS units)
Importantly for fuel economy, I have the standard 3.73 final drive ratio rather than the ridiculous 4.10.
So far I am averaging 40.22 MPG. This is combined city and country driving. I hope to increase this after the break-in period. I will switch to full synthetic motor oil, transmission fluid, and rear axle fluid.
This Ranger is beautiful and runs perfect. I will be towing trailers and hauling loads of gravel, dirt, sand, rocks. And driving around empty for fun and general transportation. I would recommend anyone who's inclined, to get your new Ranger now while there is a decent selection out there!
The truck is Vista Blue Metallic. It comes with A/C and receiver hitch standard. I opted for the 4 cyl, manual transmission. I immediately made one mod; got rid of the stock rear tires (Continental 225/70/15) and put on high quality Toyo Eclipse 235/75/15. I wanted the slightly taller rear tires to decrease rpms on the highway a bit. It also corrected the factory speedo error; now it is really going 61.3 mph when speedo says 60. Before, it was travelling 58.4 mph when it indicated 60. (according to both my GPS units)
Importantly for fuel economy, I have the standard 3.73 final drive ratio rather than the ridiculous 4.10.
So far I am averaging 40.22 MPG. This is combined city and country driving. I hope to increase this after the break-in period. I will switch to full synthetic motor oil, transmission fluid, and rear axle fluid.
This Ranger is beautiful and runs perfect. I will be towing trailers and hauling loads of gravel, dirt, sand, rocks. And driving around empty for fun and general transportation. I would recommend anyone who's inclined, to get your new Ranger now while there is a decent selection out there!