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| I have a 98 Explorer with the 4.0 V6. About 138,000 miles right now. I have zero problem pulling a very light 14' alum boat. I get around 24 miles to the gallon, too.
I used to have a 98 F150 Extended Cab 4X4 with a decent sized V8, and man I loved that truck. I liked it lots more than my Explorer. But I sold it 2 years ago because it's gas guzzling ways, like 14 miles to the gallon. I see lots and lots of the F150's with the V8's for sale right now and I bet increased gas prices are a common reason why folks are dumping them.
Explorers and Cherokees are big bargins right now because there's an oversupply of them, especially the mid to latter 90's. I paid something like $4,200 for my Explorer (purchased from private individual), it's got all the bells and whistles, leather, sunroof, big CD changer, etc. It had high miles, though, like 120K.
Be aware that the 90's Explorers (and maybe the early 2000's?) have a track record of the front ball joints going out around 100K(?) and that's a very expensive fix, like $750+. Mine needed the fix when I bought it and I figured it out 15K later, when I noticed my front tires were suddenly totally shot. So $750 ball joints plus another $700 for the killer BFGoodrich All Terrains. Ouch. The sellers were aware of the needed fix, I suspect, because now I know that they moved the damaged front tires (from the bad ball joints) to the rear just as they put the Explorer out for sale.
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