schlepper65
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- May 10, 2005
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- City, State
- Lakeville, Minnesota USA
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 1997 Explorer XL
Well, I finally had to break down and get a new Ranger before they shutter the plant over in St Paul in December. I did some searching and found a nice Ranger that my local dealer did a trade for, and I picked it up tonight. Its a black XLT Supercab 4DR 4x4 with manual tranny and the rear slider window and the Payload Package 2. Exactly what I wanted (though skid plates would have been nice). It has a build date of Aug 29th. Drove it home tonight- very happy with it! Yeah, they havent updated the design on these things in years, but its perfect for what I am looking for. All the Ford and dealer rebates out there now are just insane so I had to get one of the last ones off the line. Very sad to see the Ranger line shutting down!! Also unhappy with Ford for bringing the new 2012 Ranger to the rest of the world, but not the US .. I guess the mighty F150 market share was too important to them ... (the F150 is a great truck, but why get out of the compact truck market because of it?!)
Oh well, at least I have a great locally-made truck that will last a long, long time ..
Oh well, at least I have a great locally-made truck that will last a long, long time ..