I drive a green 1995 Ford Ranger XLT with a tool rack and a toolbox. It's a work truck so it's not pretty, but it has zero rust and decent paint. I got it with a swapped 70k mile 3.0 Vulcan v6 engine, the body has 125K. The previous owner ran the first engine out of oil, and I had to fix it (dead alternator, dead ICM) before I drove it home. I replaced the entire cooling system last summer, and put a seat in it from the junkyard, because it had a milk crate for a seat when I got it, and his dog had eaten away the passenger side bench. I replaced all 4 turn signal assemblies, the back windshield, and had to drop the gas tank to fix the emissions leaks for my CA smog inspection. I put a lifetime set of shocks, a new battery and 4 new tires on it 2 years ago, And the AC kit will go in sometime in the next few weeks when I have time to install it (100+ days are all too common in the valley).
It's not "Kickass" and it sure wont run 16's, in fact, its a f*cking slug with 185 horse and a flat torque-curve of 180 ft/lbs of torque. The upside? I've had it for 4 years, no payment, It's reliable as hell, gets 25.5 highway (OD Automatic), the engine is near-indestructible and has loading zone plates which have avoided me soooo many parking tickets in this state.
