Well Mowing season is just about done here

[tgzzzz]

Those Rangers seem to be pretty solid little trucks. I wonder what mpg they get

I saw 20 on a long trip with the V6 3.0 ... one time. usually 15. The 4 cyl is the way to go.

 

[ddbtdd]

the last good rainfall ive had was hurricane beryl.... its dusty here now.

There is no possible way that I could replace my commercial grade ztr for what I paid for it 10 years ago. The price has more than doubled. With only 300 hundred hours, it only makes financial sense to make repairs as needed.

 

[ddbtdd]

New or old, you all better be wiring up an ignition kill switch, HIDDEN in the car. All these new Kamala/Biden "migrants" are stealing cars left and right here in OKC. Shootings are off the charts in the poorer side of town.

It sounds like the migrants are working the wrong side of town if they are working the poor side.

 

[J316]

I'll have one more mow this year, probably at the end of next week. Friday will be nice and windy up here in 'Ceciltucky' Maryland, just how I like it! I'll have 50 hours on the new ZT HD by then.

 

[Gym123]

Yeah, newer vehicles are more expensive, but not more durable...

My friend who worked in V8 Powertrain Development at the GM Desert Proving Ground until about 2002 drives a 1995 Chevy Silverado- he could easily buy new vehicles but why, so he can be stylish and trendy? Not that type and because he has a 2400 square foot garage with a lift IN the floor with foot controls and all of the tools he could need, he can just fix whatever goes bad.

Working in that garage is great, except for the fact that I'm quite a bit taller and need a hard hat to work under a vehicle if he sets the height of the lift. Man, that hurt my melon!

 

[Gym123]

New or old, you all better be wiring up an ignition kill switch, HIDDEN in the car. All these new Kamala/Biden "migrants" are stealing cars left and right here in OKC. Shootings are off the charts in the poorer side of town.

I put a starter kill in my '83 Cutlass after it was stolen (and recovered about 20 minutes later, when the guy kicked the metal collar onto the asphalt as he got out of the car at an intersection where a bunch of cops were handling another call). That worked great at car washes and they always had to push my car to the hand dry area (they shut cars off to prevent CO accumulation). That switch broke and I needed to come up with a way to prevent starting without being obvious, so I used the same relay and used the cigarette lighter to close it when I wanted to start the engine. If I thought there was a chance that someone would mess with it, I carried the lighter with me. I don't smoke, so the ash tray always had coins in it. Even if they had peeled the column, it would have cranked.

 

[Gym123]

I have one area in the back yard that goes dormant, so I watered it a few times this week and will cut the whole lawn after it grows a bit more- waiting for more leaves to fall. We need rain- it's not growing fast, so I hope the snow waits until I get the leaves off- we're not supposed to see snow until about Nov 28, so I have some time. We had five days of heavy wind and I learned a long time ago that raking during wind is a total waste of time.

 

[SamB]

Considering the cost of used vehicles now most older vehicles are worth repairing. I recently put $2200 in my 2000 S1500 by install a recon transmission. Took me 4 months with work and my health problems. Now I got about 350K miles on the PU.

Here I been more or less letting my lawn to reseed itself.

My 1997 Ranger supercab 4.0 5 speed manual has near 300,000 miles on it. and is in near new condition. Has a slight transmission rattle, bearing going out, I assume. I have no options on replacing it with any sort of similar truck, so repair is my only option.
A 2024 Ranger is not near the truck mine is, and at 40 thousand dollars, out of my league to buy. I can put a lot of repair money into my truck, vs buying a new one. Same with my ztr Husqvarna

 

[Dixie Boosh Wookie]

New or old, you all better be wiring up an ignition kill switch, HIDDEN in the car. All these new Kamala/Biden "migrants" are stealing cars left and right here in OKC. Shootings are off the charts in the poorer side of town.

Great advice. Both.

 

[Dixie Boosh Wookie]

My 1994 Ranger is up to 399K original engine. Had it from new and always change the oil/filter & grease ever 5K miles. Had multiple people stop by wanting to buy it. I just tell them no because
I would just have to turn around and buy another. I have looked at some used trucks for sale
but at today's prices I end up deciding to keep running my Ranger

You can't kill them. I have a 96 Ext cab XLT 2.2 Ltr. 5 speed with 385K I drove off the lot in 95, Last "new" vehicle I ever bought. All the normal maintenance, Including ball joints, tie rod ends seals and bearings, don't use a drop of oil, hell, I just put a paint job on it and I have a new truck w/ice cold a/c.
I drive it everywhere, while my 2019 F150 5.0 sits in the yard with 9k miles on it.
Used to be you could buy USA made items that would last, if you took care of them. No more.