I’m so excited! I think I found my toad!!!
This morning, I subscribed to a Ford Ranger forum and got the lo down on the whole 3L versus 4L debate. It turns out that the 3L is NOT less reliable than the 4L. People say it is garbage because it is less powerful. I don’t want a truck-truck. I’m not going to be towing or hauling with this thing. The 3L is the perfect compromise between a car and a pickup and has therefore put the otherwise near perfect rig back in the running.
I just emailed someone in Canmore to ask if he would be agreeable to having Smart Auto Check do an inspection ($200) on his truck tomorrow or Monday. If that comes back positive, we just need to make a deal and I’m buying it! It’s a 1998 Ranger with just over 200,000KM and service history from 100,000KM onward. It has the topper I want with a little extra headroom at the back and, get this, it already has a platform in the back for sleeping on with room underneath for storage.
Please cross all your appendages for me! 😀
(Am I going to look silly with my 1997 white Ford motorhome if it pulls a 1998 white Ford truck?!)
Maybe you could have one big long red stripe painted along the sides of both! 🙂 Looks like some fun side trips in the future for you!
We will be white pulling white too. Alfa + Accent. BTW Hyundai sent us a service bulletin showing it is OK to tow four down. We needed something to put with the erroneous owners manual incase we ever have warrantee issues.
Ugh, I loathe red on a vehicle! 😉
My mother had a similar idea. She told me to add decals of flowers. What am I, a hippie? 😀
Waiting for them to get back to me. Sent email and left voicemail…
Your husband gave me the rest of the story about your Accent. Glad you got the right info. I’m sure you will love your Accent as much as I loved both of mine!
Here is hoping it passes inspection! If it is only minor stuff, just make an appointment to have it fixed and deduct it from the purchase price. Or at least use it to negotiate. If everything works out, this will be the easiest purchase in history! Good luck!
Oh, no, Croft. My last Accent was the easiest purchase in history. I took my 2004 in for an oil change and a verification of some system or another only to learn that it needed major work that would have been on warranty for a vehicle that age had it not had twice the amount of mileage that a vehicle that age was supposed to have.
Dealer: How about putting you into a 2008 model and trading in your 2004?
Me (trying not to snort): That’s only going to happen if you pay out the loan on my 2004, give me a fully loaded 2008 at the cash price financed at 0% over five years, and all the accessories.
Dealer: I’ll be right back.
Five minutes passes and dealer comes back in. He puts a box with a video camera on the desk in front of me.
Dealer: Congrats! You just bought a new car and we’re even throwing in a video camera!
Had I been happy with a stock colour, I would have driven my new car off the lot that night. Instead, I waited about a week for them to find me a green one that was a little closer than Korea.