The Ranger is a good truck, just traded in a little newer model with over 160,000 miles for a new one. With a 5 spd manual and four cyl it isn't great for off-road stuff and climbing hills, but I did both and it will work. Towed a small trailer with a relatively light load only a couple of times. No way would I consider towing an empty farm wagon around with this truck. The V6 would have been great but for my expected use the gain wasn't worth the significant gas penalty. If towing and running off-road or you can't tolerate being passed on hills, the V6 is a better deal. The new Ranger also has a 4 cyl, and although I wanted a manual we bought the automatic for her. The torque multiplication of the torque converter/automatic does benefit off-road use. Friend has bought several used S10's, then runs them to over 200,000 miles and has been very successful. The S10 4 cyl with manual gets a lot better millage than the similar Ranger combination. Power isn't any better but certainly misses more gas stations. I tried to find an S10 when I bought the used Ranger, but nothing good and also cheap was available at that time. Bought the Ranger with 90,000 miles for $2500. I would look for a good S10 if gas millage is next priority after reliability. Otherwise the Ranger is a fine truck.
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