NAC! pickup question.. ford/toyota advices needed

[Vincent Gelinas]

The Mazda and Ranger are pretty much identical. This is one of the results
of the Ford/Mazda partnership. It's a good little truck. Pretty much
bulletproof.

The Colorado isn't a bad truck, but likes to eat brakes and the front
brakes, at least, are integrated into the hub IIRC.

If you can find a Toyota T100 or such in your area, or an older Tacoma,
that's my recommendation.

My grandmother has a 2WD T100 with a 4 cylinder, a 5 speed, and an 8 foot
bed; it does fine in the mountains of WV and gets reasonable economy and is
cheap to fix. A 4WD should be pretty good if the 2WD can handle most things
with a load of firewood in the bed.
On Apr 2, 2013 1:03 PM, "thejimrose" <thejimrose at gmail.com> wrote:

> hey boys n girls.. sorry for the wob but y'all are the only set of
> valid automotive opinions on the inbterwebz. so..
>
> im thinking about a little 4wd pickup. wanted a tacoma but thye're stupid $
> out here. 12k gets you an 02 with 150k miles in decent [not great] shape.
> will likely just be for carting around bikes, camping, etc.
>
> anyone know anything about the ford rangers? looks like you can get a lot
> more truck for the $. i dont know nothing about em.
>
> any input appreciated, hidden gems welcome [chevy colorado w the I-5?],
> mazda, etc etc. a good 4wd system is key as it will get snow use. love the
> locker on the trd taco's but not a deal breaker.
>
> thx!
> jim
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