Hi Bill,
Yea sort of. I'll still be using the Passat more than the Ranger, but the Ranger will do alot better than my Explorer will at this moment. It still has the 3.55's in it and I won't be able to change them until the ARB gets here. When the Explorer was in the shop for mods, we found out how much we used it to haul stuff around and was not able to do anything just having the Passat. It was fine for just running around with the kids, but we were also in the process of getting the back yard landscaped and it really hindered us not having the Explorer.
We also figured that if I buy another car, like a Jetta or Honda or similar vehicle, that it would just be a commuter car with nothing else to offer. If we bought a truck with an extended cab, we could use it for hauling and still use it to go somewhere with the 2 younger children, and because the price of the Ranger was easy on my pocket book, it would be ideal. At the dealership they didn't have any 2wd Rangers with the 4 liter, just the 3.0 and the 2.9. The 4wd Rangers all had the 4.0, but we also needed to concider gas mileage, plus they were an extra 4 grand. I though about getting the XLT with the 3rd door, but Sandy really liked the Edge, so we got that instead.