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My New Beater

picaroon

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City, State
Fredericton, NB
Year, Model & Trim Level
'96 XL
Just bought a '96 XL 4dr, 4.0L, 4x4 from a government auction. I needed something to tote my canoe around because my wife won't let me put it on her Civic.

It's a former DNR forest ranger truck with 232,000km (~144,000mi). A cylinder misfires, it seems to shift OK but has one of those mysterious flashing "O/D OFF" light issues, the HVAC controls appear to be stuck on 'incinerate.' But I'm not complaining - I paid less for the Explorer than I did for my canoe :)

On the plus side, it has a trailer hitch, the body pretty solid, the 4x4 works great, and it has some good A/T tires.
 



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