Buy it.

I have a 2003, 2.3 litre short-box Ranger.  5-speed, no options - pretty
boring truck actually.

However.......

I thought there would be a great difference in power between this and the
1999, 3.0 litre Ranger I had, but there's very little, except on steep
hills.  The 3.0 litre engines are gas hogs.

In CDN gallons and U.S. miles, if you have a light foot, you'll get 36
miles per CDN gallon (summer) and 25-30 winter.

Plus, think of all the money you'll save, which you can put towards a vacation.

I gallon CDN - 4.55 litres.  You can do the conversion.

p.s. U.S. miles are the same as Australian, Japanese and Azerbaijan miles

"JohnR66"

We bought the =exact= truck 2 weeks ago as a leftover for 12K
with the rebate.  Even traded [nearly] our Dodge 2500 which
was killing us at the pump.  It's perfectly zippy around town.
Beats the crap out of my 5-speed Hyundai for pick-up.  Since
we're not hauling horses or tractors anymore, this little truck will
be fine for getting hay in the winter.  Easily hauls 15 bales plus
a couple hundred pounds of feed.  The first tank was at 22
mpg but that was with the bed loaded with wheel weights for
traction (snow storm driving).  Dry weather and unloaded we're
at 29mpg.  Beats the 12 mpg we were getting with the Dodge.
We're going to fit it with a cap or at least get an air gate.

Like the truck you drove, AC was the only option in this "base
truck."  I got the dealer to throw in a fancy stereo as part of the
deal.  They seem to do a hard sell on undercoating and rustproofing.
I passed on both.  Will probably do a spray in bed liner tho.  Can
only get Rhino around here.  :-\

The only complaints about the truck are very minor - cup holder
location and would like slightly bigger mirrors.  That's it.

We looked into similar efforts from Nissan, Toyota, Chevy &
Dodge.  This deal blew all the others away by far.  Nissan was
next best in terms of offering base fluff.  Aside from the AC and
stereo, our little truck is distinctly fluff-less.  :-)

Ruth CM
upstate NY

My 01' 2wd 4cyl. 2.5L 5 speed gets about 25 mpg highway. It has hardly any passing power, though it does have some torque. I have
hauled 800-900 lbs on a few occasions.