Hi,
When we needed something to drag four adults and their golf gear around for a ten day golf vacation, I traded my Fierro for an Explorer. That was in '93 and I still have that car/truck. I've used it for hauling everything from large shrubs (small trees), to enough sheet-rock to do a 500 sq ft room, to a bunch of people and their ski gear. I love it for long trips, since it is one of the few things out there that puts you in a sitting rather than semi reclining position (I'm not as flexible as I was when I drove Atlanta, Georgia, to Pullman, Washington, in four days in an AH 3000 Mk. 3). And the four wheel drive (which can be turned on by pushing a button on the dash -- no messing with wheel hubs) has been useful both for play and for "real".
Since I only use it if I'm going someplace alone or if its capacity is needed, it only has 82 thousand miles on it. But, since it is a Ford, it keeps breaking down anyway :)
My only regret: I held a gun to the salesman's head and forced him to find me a stick. Big mistake, since that is indeed the weakest link in that power-train. Other than that, she has served me fine. Yes, she's a "she". Some of my cars have been "he's" some "she's" and one in particular was no better than an "it". :)
--Pete
When we needed something to drag four adults and their golf gear around for a ten day golf vacation, I traded my Fierro for an Explorer. That was in '93 and I still have that car/truck. I've used it for hauling everything from large shrubs (small trees), to enough sheet-rock to do a 500 sq ft room, to a bunch of people and their ski gear. I love it for long trips, since it is one of the few things out there that puts you in a sitting rather than semi reclining position (I'm not as flexible as I was when I drove Atlanta, Georgia, to Pullman, Washington, in four days in an AH 3000 Mk. 3). And the four wheel drive (which can be turned on by pushing a button on the dash -- no messing with wheel hubs) has been useful both for play and for "real".
Since I only use it if I'm going someplace alone or if its capacity is needed, it only has 82 thousand miles on it. But, since it is a Ford, it keeps breaking down anyway :)
My only regret: I held a gun to the salesman's head and forced him to find me a stick. Big mistake, since that is indeed the weakest link in that power-train. Other than that, she has served me fine. Yes, she's a "she". Some of my cars have been "he's" some "she's" and one in particular was no better than an "it". :)
--Pete
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