Booboo's 1998 Ford Ranger
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This is my 1998 Ford Ranger XLT with the
extended cab, 4 X 4 shift on the fly,
4.0 L. with the 5 speed automantic
overdrive transmission and 3.73 limited
slip axle. On my first off
roading trip I managed to blow two of
the
Firestone tires that had came new with
the truck.
I took the Firestone tires off and,
put on a nice new set of Kelly Radial
OTR, that's much better! Now
that I had the bigger tires on the
truck, my daughter Heather, who was only
3 years old at the time could no longer
step up into the truck by herself like
she could when I had the little
Firestone tires on it. So I went out,
and had the side steps put on for her.
Should have seen the smile on her face
the day that she learned how to climb
into mommy's truck all by herself ! Then
I thought the truck was just a little
bit too quiet, so I fixed that by
replacing the original muffler with a
Vortex dual outlet muffer and adding the
dual tail pipes, and 3 inch chrome tips
extending out the rear of the back
bumper. Next came the Ventvisor rain
guards, A Lund bug guard, A Lund moon
visor on the windshield, a Penda hard
plastic bed liner covered with a Lund
tonnue cover were added next, and then
the Cobra 25 LTD CB unit with a Wilson
2000 antenna. Jamie installed a K&N air
filter kit for me, WOW !!! Talk about a
lot of difference from a little part. I
love the added sound, and horsepower. Then if that wasn't enough, I got a Jet high preformance chip, and installed it as a birthday gift.
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Now correct me if I'm wrong, but I was
under the impression that if you went
out and bought a brand new car or truck
I wouldn't have to be spending all this
money fixing and replacing old worn out
parts on my old car. I swear I think I'm
spending more on my new truck then I
ever would have on any of my older cars.
And that's not even including the winch
or the bush guards that I want to put on
it next ! <G>
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Oh well considering the fact that I
bought the truck brand new on June 9,
1998 and it had 9 miles on it that day,
and as of today's date December 28, 2000
it now has 77,766 miles on it. I guess I
must like to drive it alot! They say
that the national avg is something like
15,000 miles a year and I've about
tripled that. The really bad part is
that I don't even drive the truck back
and forth to work since I have an office
set up in my home ! <G>
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All good things must come to an end as
they say. Heather is becoming too big to
sit in the back seat of the Ranger. So I have
decided to sell my little Ranger, and get
something bigger. After 3 years and 86,900 it's going to be hard to let go of the Ranger, but hopefully I'll enjoy my new truck just as much as I did my little Ranger.
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