What Makes The Ford Ranger So Great?

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The current Ranger is just an insult to the legacy of this great vehicle, like almost all of the current Ford lineup.

I just bought an ‘07 Ranger last week, and I’m so excited to learn stick in it. I think this is gonna be one of the greatest purchases of my life

I just turned 16 a few months ago and got a 99 ranger. At first I wasn’t real sure about it because I kinda wanted a bigger truck but it’s growing on me and I’m starting to love it.

I had a 96 5 speed Ford Ranger for my first vehicle and now I have a 07 Ranger. These trucks will always be one of my favorites!

The Ranger will always have a place in my heart <3 Loved my 95 Ford Ranger had her for 12 years and half a million miles. Mine was a plane jane Ranger and she was named "Black Betty" she will always remain a fond memory for me.

This video is heart warming! My buddy from high-school bought a 1995 Ford Ranger for $50 when he was 16. Me and him fixed it up in shop class and he's still driving it to this day at 25!

The ford ranger with the flared body style was what got me into trucks. I love the look so much.

Finally...someone gets it! I LOVE the Ford Ranger, especially the 80s vintage. The first care that I purchased was an 88 Ford Ranger, 5 speed (manual), 2 wheel drive. I put 100k miles on it as a daily driver in the span of 4 years. I never had to change the brake pads. Replaced only one part for $25 and that was ignition box. I also owned, purchased new, a 94 Ranger and believe that generation to be the best version of the Ranger's history due to the styling and maintaining the chassis (i.e. the Twin I-beam suspension). At the end of the day, I would give anything to have my 88 back again. Through research I did find that they offered the 88 4-cyl w/4WD. I would kill for that kind of utility, especially on the bullet proof 1st generation ranger class. I always wondered what it was about the 1st generation Ranger that made it so "bullet proof" and believe that I found the answer to that question: Ford makes tractors and trucks for the farm and the 1st generation Ranger was just that...a farm truck. God bless America!

Having owned a 2008 Ranger for 3yrs and unfortunately lost in an accident a few months ago, the Ranger is the perfect small/mid size truck. The 3yrs I owned it, I only had to do normal wear n tear maintenance, oil changes, tranny flush, new shocks, spark plugs. I was able to modify it to my liking with the large aftermarket modifications available. Despite not having an owners manual, I was able to Google/YouTube any work I needed to do on it. Its the perfect daily driver, and you need a truck? Boom you got a 6ft truck bed (for mine at least). Everything was simple to work on, and despite some grumblings changing the spark plugs and the oil filter location, Ford engineers knew how to make it a simple to work on truck. I put around 35k miles onto it, multiple road trips out of state, off road excursions, it just kept running, mine had the 3.0 V6 and the automatic transmission, not a single issue from the power train in mine. I miss my ranger so much, ended it's life with only 108k miles on it, and I wish the market wasn't outrageous otherwise I would've bought another one.

I have a 1999 Ranger XLT 4wd with the 4.0L V6. It's my daily driver and my wanna-be mud truck. It rips through trails like a pre-runner and somehow doesn't explode. It bathes in mud with 33" Patagonia mudtires. It winches itself free when I beach it on a small cliff, and the extensive skid-plating underneath keeps the gas tank from collapsing. This truck is cheaper than a full set of all-terrain tires for a 1999 F-150. I got this thing for $2300 and put in about $2000 for a bumper, winch, and other stuff. Sadly I swamped it too hard and forgot to wash the radiator and the motor overheated and shut down. BUT WAIT. The connecting rod bearings may have been warped, but I drove 15 miles back home, running 240F. The thing had 235,000. I drove it daily for a month afterwards before I decided to swap the engine and get it over with. Donor 4.0L came from a 1996 Explorer. Direct fit except for exhaust and engine mount orientation. Brand new motor with 90,000 fewer miles, and it still drives like a champ. Still ripping trails. Still mudding. Still running over small trees. Still doing burnouts on 33" with the 8,8 axle. The 1999 Ranger only dies if you overheat it, if the frame rusts out, if you slap the rev limiter for more than 5 min, and if you wreck it. These things are dirt cheap, and reliable. Fixing them is not easy but definitely not hard.

My first vehicle, which i currently still own, is a 2008 4x4 sport ranger. I love literally everything about it, except at 120,000 miles its transmission just completely crapped itself, which was replaced. But nonetheless, damn solid truck.

Just bought a clean title 2008 Ford Ranger, single cab, 4 cyl, 2WD for $2k, she’s got 103k miles that was sitting for two years. Recharged the AC, threw a new battery on her and she’s good to hit the road!

I purchased a new Ranger back in 2009 (4x2 Extended Cab Oxford White Two Door) to replace my previous Ranger that I purchased new back in 1997. The original intent was to run it as a daily driver, but after a short period of time I decided to roll it into my collector car collection because it was still pristine and the vehicle was going out of production. Although all of my other collector cars are far more expensive vehicles, that little Ranger gets more attention than any of them when I take it out and about for a drive! I think part of the reason is that people aren’t used to seeing Rangers from this era in such nice condition - as the service writer at my local Ford dealer has stated, “That’s the cleanest fu*king Ranger I’ve ever seen!”……….😂 I especially like my little Ranger for all the things it DOESN’T have - no overly complicated touch screens or infotainment systems, no continuous barrage of warning chimes - just me, the steering wheel, and the beautiful Texas countryside rolling by my windows…….👍

What made the 2012 and earlier Ranger great for me was rolling one 3 times at 65mph and climbing out the window without a scratch

Don’t forget how awesome V8 swapped ford rangers and Chevy s10’s are as well, little truck with V8 power is a recipe for an awesome hotrod you can take off-road

I have a 2001 Ranger XLT Flareside with the Vulcan 3.0 liter and the automatic trans. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ this truck! It will drag my 1400# sailboat 85 miles to Lake Michigan and it was a great work truck for my handyman biz.

man its 2023 and I still love my 08 ranger.. great little 4x4 still 4.0l gets up and boogies love it!

On my 4th Ranger,87,2000,2001& 2010. Good vid thanks.

My daily work truck is a 93 ranger 2wd 2.3l 5sp with 506,000+ miles the best part is it's still rocking the original engine transmission and rear end! No tics taps or raps nor does it leak anything!