I recommend the Ranger it’s fun to drive and the only issue I’ve had was the rust, which that’s normal in an old truck that’s been sitting outside for years in Ohio weather. My friends love the truck also, we do some drifting and donuts in the parking lot, real fun I’ll tell yeah!

The undercarriage should have been better designed and undercoated.. The vacuum line's didn't last long . I replaced with better line's. The brake line's with brass and nickel. Fuel line need brass and nickel... I got 203,000. Miles on mine ...

I bought the 1999 Ford Ranger XLT in high school. It was the 4 cylinder engine and basic for it's class. Manual roll down windows and had a flairside bed. It had 9,600 miles on it when I bought it. Overall it was a good little truck. Helped me learn how to get out of fishtailing and sliding in Nebraska winters. I really worked that little engine hard and it never failed me. This model and year is an excellent truck if you do the oil changes at 2000 miles and transmission flushes at 30k miles. Also change the shocks every 80k. Don't go by what the recommended. Do it sooner. Inside the cab was lacking space. Could fit maybe 2 in the cab. Small things will start to break at about 60k miles. Dome light won't shut off with door closed stuff like that. Easy to break into also if you don't have a solid back window. The four cylinder was very simple design and easy to work on. I bought my truck for $9,600 almost brand new and did the oil changes every 2,000 miles and transmission flushes every 30,000 miles. Had that truck for over 10 years and went to sell it before the prices of vehicles went crazy high. I sold it for $7,000 with $172,000 miles on it. This truck will hold its value if you do the maintenance before it's recommended by the manufacturer.