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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rr2008" data-source="post: 2001305" data-attributes="member: 4073">going to have to go with the ranger,  the main reason i say this is that the last changes ford made to the ranger was '02 (i think) since then it tooled on forgotten by ford.  I have no experience with the years you have listed, or the other makes listed.I have a '98 Ranger with 166,000 miles, 4.0L V6 auto, bought it new, since the middle of June this year it has been averaging 19.7 mpg combined, and since new combined is 20.345 (note I drive very few highway miles now, I used to have an 80 mile roundtrip commute).  When I was driving 80 mile commute I was getting up to 23.5 MPG (season of the year does affect mileage) but only as low as 21.5 MPG.  reliability has been fantastic. Over the 14 years I have owned this vehicle following is maintenance (outside normal routine maintenace) that has been required;replace heater valve, thermostat, O2 Sensor, plugs and wires, pcv, serpentinve belt,  lower ball joints, sway bar end link, cam shaft synchronizer, fuel pump,cruise control recall, IAC (idle adustment something), hood release cable (twice),brake job & wheel bearings (three times), battery (three times), tires (4th times) .p.s.  I had an '88 Ranger 4.0L V6 auto that I put 155,000 on before selling in '96.  I think it would have easily gone another 150,000 miles.</blockquote>