Thinking about Buying 2002 B2300
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Thinking about Buying 2002 B2300
I have a chance to purchase a 2002 B2300 pickup. It has 72,000 miles, is a 5 speed manual, no A/C, 2.3 I4 engine. So I will be buying this truck to commute back and forth to school. I have read that some report getting 28MPG+. So is this a lot of miles on a 2.3, how many miles should I expect to get out of the truck?
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You are looking at a truck that is just nicely broken in. It has a lot of good miles left in it. My Ford dealer's mechanics tell me that they don't see the Duratec 4 cylinder engine coming in for repairs. If the truck has had decent maintenance and you continue to maintain it, it should serve you well.
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It will be good on gas, my son as a 04 ranger with the duratec 2.3, but his is automatic. He gets 24-25 mpg local driving and 29-30 mpg highway. I do his oil changes for him and I've been putting mobil 1 synthetic oil in for him and that seemed to help his mpg just a tad as well.
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