As another example of how car prices out of whack our 2003 Ranger 4wd 4.0l
extended cab SLT with 25,000 miles, in 2008 cost just over $10k...
The pre-newest-style Rangers didn't have the option of crew cab in the USA.
Some (most?) of the extended cabs have suicide doors. One of the annoying
things about ours was that the switch or sensor or whatever that detected that
the rear doors were open would get stuck. It didn't tell you which one, just
that one door was still open. Those needed logic that told them that the front
door was closed and therefore the rear door couldn't possibly be open.
Oh and ours sucked on gas, best it ever did was 19mpg and that was really
babying it. Towing the 190D it got 9mpg. Small fuel tank too, you were limited
to, IIRC 300 or so miles at best. The Dodge RAM 4wd 5.7l, extended cab, that
replaced it has gotten as high as 23mpg and regularly turns in 18. When I towed
the 240D it got 15...
The Ranger was better in the woods though, no question. It could fit a lot of
places the RAM can't.
-Curt
On Sunday, February 14, 2021, 11:44:18 AM EST, Dan Penoff via Mercedes
<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
It appears that the delivery thing is extra, although there’s no charge for
it. There is one of their places close to me, so I guess I could go look at
something if they had it.
I’ve been looking at Ford Rangers and everything they’ve had is “pending”.
Seems like the local dealers don’t have squat, or they’re turning them over so
quickly they aren’t putting them on their web sites.
A nice 2010 Ford Ranger with under 100k and the extended (not crew) cab seems
to command around $13k-$15k. If a dealer gets involved there’s easily another
$1000 for their @$#&% “fees”, something I’m trying to avoid.
I’m not ready to pull the trigger just yet, but I’m trying to do some due
diligence so when I do I’m ready to act quickly, These things don’t seem to
last long. I’m truly amazed that if things are so bad for so many people why
there is such a big market for used trucks - especially when the difference
between new and used is pretty minimal as you get to later models.
For what it’s worth, if anyone knows of something like this, let me know - I’ll
travel for the right deal.
-D
> On Feb 14, 2021, at 11:36 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
> This girl I know looked at a coupla cars, they brought them to her place on a
> flatbed and could do the deal right there, give a trade-in credit
> (essentially buy your old car for a specified price) and haul off the old
> car. Sort of a mobile Carmax. She ended up not buying either one, whoever
> showed up didn't care one way or the other. She liked the process.
> Interesting concept. They must have lots scattered around where they keep
> the cars then haul them around as needed.
>
> --FT
>
> On 2/14/21 11:16 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
>> As I look at potential trucks, I see a lot of nice ones on Carvana. One big
>> advantage of them is the fact that there’s no “add ons” like a dealer does,
>> the slimy “dealer fee”, “paperwork/transaction fees”. etc., etc.
>>
>> Kaleb - you’re familiar with these places - do you have any thoughts about
>> them? I realize they just cover the costs up front and as a result often
>> charge more than dealers, but it makes it a lot easier to shop when you
>> don’t have to do the mental math or go digging around for the list of fees
>> on a web site.
>>
>> -D
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