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Steve
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Joined: 13 Feb 2005
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Location: Wildwood New Jersey
PostPosted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 6:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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I've got a Suzuki Samuri that I use for my 4 wheeler. It will go places, that I shouldn't try to go! Wink

Parts have fallen off, but nuthing important! It just keeps going and going.


We have a Samuri for a yard truck, can't beat it to death, ,so we'll wait till it rusts out completly, this thing is about undestructalbe, we drive it across the salt marshes on a regular basis, and even put a marine fuel water seperator on it as it has been under ( salt ) water so much,,,only complaint is the carb is a monster to work on, as for the extra parts, if they fall off and it still goes they must not be important,,,

I have also had several ford rangers for the last ten plus years, I prefer the extended cab, as the worthless seats fold away leaving a good lockable tool box storage...the 4 is weak and not worth buying ,but the V-6 will haul afair bit of junk, most have hit 200,000 miles before being a real maintance pain,,,,Last one I sold was leaking oil from every seal and seemed to be on its last leg, but I still see it around town, so maybe I sold it a few years to soon Laughing Laughing

In my opinion nothing compares to a real fullsize pickup, the Ranger, and Suzuki are just good to use for light duty work, but it is worth it for me to have due to the high abuse they take, and the cheap cost to buy them used....
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George
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 10:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I just repainted my 1996 S10 4X4 ZR2 - - - I went out and checked it now has 198,876 miles showing - - - My daughter threw a fit Confused but it needed paint and so I painted it to match my dump trucks Very Happy it can be seen at www.greensboro-sand-gravel.com I suppose I was in the Marines to long as I started painting my dump trucks red / white and blue in 1971 and have continued it. I bought 4 S10 4X4 blazers, 2 S10 4X4 pickups and 2 chevy mini vans all with 4.3 V6 engines when I was running the cell phone stores and all have given great service Very Happy - - - the 4X4s get in the low 20s Smile for milage and the 2X4 vans get just a little better. I have sold the stores Sad and only have the two vans , one pickup and one blazer left - - - the blazer is a 2000 and has about 120,000 but the vans were used for installing dish network and one has 360,000 and the other died at 496,000 both still look good from 50 feet but if you get closer you will know why they did not sell with the stores. I still have my first 4X4 (1978) one ton chevy that has pulled a 37' W&W trailer many miles but the last time I pulled the center out of the fly wheel it got parked only 382,000 miles showing but the speedometer did not work for several years - - gas milage was not good but I don't remember what it was for sure Confused
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Haytrucker
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 5:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I drive the missus' 1981 Toyota nearly every day, not a trailer rig, but will haul 7-800 pounds if need be. 27 to 30 mpg, and alot more of the neighbors wave in the last couple months!!
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