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'99 XLT V-8, had it since new. 219,128 miles. It served me very well. The winters it spent in Western NY were hard on it. Showing lots of rust, needed brakes, needed tires, slow coolant leak, fuel pump was going south in a hurry. I cried uncle today.

I whacked a deer with my pass side mirror (second time it's happened), and instead of letting my comprehensive pick it up, I decided to just fix it myself. Bought an aftermarket mirror assy off E-bay ($40 shipped) and put it in today. The seal around the edge didn't seat completely, but I...

I went to put my 7 year old spare tire on for the first time ever, and it wasn't going on. No way, no how. It took a solid 5 minutes of grinding with the dremel tool to knock off whatever rust/crud was built up in the inside of the hub bore of the wheel so it would go on. Fortunately, I...

I had antifreeze leaking out the back of my engine on the driver's side (opposite side from the heater lines) '99 5.0 44K miles. I smelled it outside the truck, it was leaking onto the exhaust. The reservoir was empty, but the rad was still full, so it hadn't been leaking too long. Turned...

I have a '99 V8, 31K miles About a month ago, it stumbled when I started it, I goosed the throttle, and it idled fine I got in it today after work, and it would fire, but not stay running with my foot off the gas. I held my foot on the throttle to keep it running on my 15 mile drive home...

My wife, who drives my '99 from time to time (her everyday car is a Toyota Sienna), and her co-worker who drives a '94 XLT, rented an '02 last week, and I will relay their unsolicited comments: 1. Interior seems very cheezy. 2. Load floor in the back is a pain in the neck, it should be...