need a truck

Okay so I'm new to this site and to trucks. What I really need/want at this point is a decent looking truck, that gets decent gas mileage, for a decent price, but still has a powerful engine for having "truck duels" with my buddies, and getting work done. At 18 yrs old, what would you go with???

SixShooter14

What I went with was a 3 ish year old RCSB with a V6 and manual tranny...45k miles cost me $10k was paid off in 3 yrs and now after 9yrs it has 205k and my dad drives it.

Mod (Ret.)

We all want this...

Matticus06

My first truck had 385 hp and 450 lb. ft. torque!!!!!!! and was a 2002 Svt Lighting... but I was 28 years old.

need a truck

That's definitely true but I guarantee my standards for "decent looking" and "decent priced" are waaaayyy lower than yours

djfllmn

iTrader: (1)

Why are you concerned about truck duels

SCORGE

Agreed. I would focus on a truck that will get work done and you can use for a while until you're ready to upgrade later. JMO, don't base a vehicle purchase on whether or not you can out run/pull your buddies.

djfllmn

iTrader: (1)

Get a ranger or something similar

bassJAM

THIS. The 4.0 SOHC is a powerful enough motor if you get a 2001 or newer. Rangers are easy enough to work on and there hasn't been a major redesign since 93 so a surprising amount of parts are interchangeable and can be found a salvage yards. I've had 3 of them, and they all did more actual "work" than several of my friends trucks that felt the need to drive around in 3/4 ton trucks. Ranger's do pretty darn good off-road as well, it's much easier to negotiate tight trails in a Ranger than a full sized truck.

And I know this may be hearsay on a Ford forum, but the 2005 and newer Frontier with the 4.0 is a very powerful truck. 300 hp isn't out of the question with bolt-on modifications.

redranger04g

I agree with this. Had a 2004 Ranger with the 4.0 for 11 years. I beat the hell out of it, never had any problems, towed small boats, offroaded, hauled my dirtbikes... It did everything. At 18 I think a ranger is perfect.