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if you are looking for an explorer check the rocker panels closely for rust, particularly under the rear doors they rot out bad back there,also they leak oil like crazy on the high mileage engines "EXPLORE THE EXPLORER" 
EO 98 CSVT, black, gunmetal exel 18s, H&R springs ,custom grilles, 35% tint,Hightower headlights,resonator removed,Magnaflow installed,FMS 9mm wires,K&N,Redline MTL
2000 Impala silver 2 inch drop 17 inch Exels
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Nissan Pathfinder or Hardbody Pickup!
-Andy
Andy W.
The problem with America is stupidity.
I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment
for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety
labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?
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Depends on if you are wanting to pay outright cash for the thing.  If so, yeah go with the Bronco. If not, and it was me, I would have to go with a Nissian (as Andy stated) Pathfinder or a Toyota 4Runner. In that same vain, but cheaper, you could always find a nice Isuzu Rodeo (Honda Passport) or Isuzu Trooper. The Nissians and Toyotas can be modded like mad and the Rodeo's & Trooper's mildly. But for all out cash, you really can't beat an older model Bronco. You can do so much with them and since there is so much avaliable for them, you might find them cheaper to repair.
Phillip Jackson
`98 Mystique LS
262K+ and counting...
ATX rebuilt @ 151K
"This storm has broken me, my only friend!" RIP Dime
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I'd go with Andy's suggestion. I have a Nissan freak of a friend who has had 2 Pathfinders and had little to no problems with either. One was a 95 his dad now drives and his current is a beefed up 92. I hate to say it cause I bust his chops all the time, but Nissan make a heck of a nice vehicle.
Shawn Clone
Jezabel- 1999 SE Sport V6 MTX- Severly wounded, comatose
Silver frost/Black Exterior-Midnight Blue Interior
The Firecracker- 1995 Mystique LS V6 MTX stock and backfiring like a rifle shot
I have 3 loves, my God, Brittany, and my Car.
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I dont really need anything too reliable. Why you ask? Because I already own a Toyota. By the end of the year I plan on buying a Scion xB. I'm just looking for a nice cheap 4x4 to play with and to use when the weather is really bad. so i think an explorer it is, unless i can find a really good deal on a bronco.
1995 Mercury Mystique - The $280 Wondercar. Sold for $96. 
1996 Toyota Camry LE - At least it ran.
1988 Ford Bronco Custom - Chock full of get-up-and-slow.
1996 Taurus Wagon LX - In loving memory. *sniff*
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OK,just checked out the Autodrader there are over 200 Explolers at $2000, take your pick
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Originally posted by Cheapo Mystique-o:
I dont really need anything too reliable. Why you ask? Because I already own a Toyota. By the end of the year I plan on buying a Scion xB. I'm just looking for a nice cheap 4x4 to play with and to use when the weather is really bad. so i think an explorer it is, unless i can find a really good deal on a bronco.
Why not the Jeep Wrangler? The previous model (YJ) from 1987-1995 can be had cheap if you shop hard (4 cyl with a five speed). I have a 1992 with the hardtop and the 4.0 with an auto, it has 195K miles on the original motor (it leaks like hell, but it's never been apart, even the head hasn't been touched).
dion
98 SVT, 200 whp/190 lb. ft tq (tuned by ADC), 3.0, P&P heads w/2.5L valves, optimized TB, MSDS, SCA 2.5" catback, SHOshop UIM/LIM, underdrive pulley set, TD's, Koni/H&R, BAER/TCE, Progress, CF1 products
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I could get me a 92 Talon TSI AWD for $1500. 
Hector
2003 Rally Red Mitsubishi Evolution VIII
257HP/259TQ
2005 Lapis Blue Mazda 6s
RET: 00 Cabernet Red Ford Contour Zetec ATX SUPERCHARGED
160HP/141TQ
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Think also of what the "new" car may need, and it may usually be another 1 Grand.
I say the big Broncos, more solidly built than the old Explorers.
2005 Nissan Sentra 1.8 SE, Code Red. '00 Tropic Green Ford Escort SE [Contour's little cousin]
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Originally posted by LoCoZ:
I could get me a 92 Talon TSI AWD for $1500.
damn i used ot love those when they first came out...never an eclipse fan but loved that talon
99 expedition eddie bauer, 5.4 v8, k&n drop-in, 3" magnaflow catback and gas mileage that makes the contour look like a hybrid
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