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The S-10 was a great truck. My used 1992 S-10 with the 4.3/5-speed had 156,000 miles on it and was a mess, now 163,000 miles 6 years later. It has a salvage title, so it was totalled out at some point and pieced together. Someone was in the process of making a low rider out of it and did not know what they were doing. But, it had the engine/trans combo I wanted and I replaced parts to get it back into better shape. I yanked the bed off and replaced it with a flat bed made from materials I got at work, so cost me nothing. I use it very little only to go to Home Depot/Lowe's or pick up things I can't load in my car. No fun driving it to work in stop/go traffic for an hour with the 5-speed. It is peppy and has a performance muffler so when I want to hot rod around town and burn tires, I take it for a spin.
My plan this afternoon and tomorrow. Racing begins today at 4 PM and will be light. Much more cars racing and at the car show tomorrow. Gone looking for that "hot" flag drop pin-up girl.
A newer truck is nice, but pricing is crazy. They came out with the Ford Ranger and I was hoping it was that same as the older and smaller Ranger that rivalled the Chevy S-10. I was disappointed to see that is was more like the Colorado which in my opinion is the "old" full size pick up versus these huge type pick up trucks/4-wheelers. No one seems to make a small economy truck anymore. I recall the old Chevy Luv, Datsun, Toyota, and even Volkswagen compact trucks.
The advantage of my older S10 is that I no longer have to get it inspected each year because after 30 years, it is no longer required - like it is an antique or something. LOL I had a '73 Ford F 150 that was low mileage, ran great, but was beat up and needed minor work to get road worthy and I paid $500.00 for it. A former girlfriend whom I had given the title to hold as she was going to get it registered for me because she did not work during the day, mistakenly threw the title out while house cleaning. I could not get a replacement title from the seller after several tries and promises, so I gave up and sold the truck for $300.00 for the 302CI engine. Got rid of the girlfriend as well - for free.
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