It may actually be the muffler. If it's a dual inlet they are pretty noisy and rust out.

I put one on two Weeks ago for 125. Probably be twice that there though lol
Posted via Mobile Device

Edit: whoops just saw they had a new muffler, might just be a bad weld, and those things always find loud to me

Its the SOHC V6 engine. Guess I will go ahead and have the mechanical inspection done.

Sadly, I was absent from the board for the Dee Ford draft pick (took a year off after Indy) but my search for the draft thread turned up this old sucker.

Guru, did you end up buying this thing? If so, how'd it work out for ya?

Pretty sure it's already tanked

Yes he did buy it and it lived up to the Exploder nickname.

But did it make it a year? You don't get forever for $1,500...

There we go...

http://chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthrea...light=explorer

February of '15. Hey, that's 24 months of car for $1,500. That's a damn bargain right there. And you could probably get at least few hundred back as a charity write-off, if not a little more if you sent it for salvage.

Used cars are so expensive right now. You can't get shit for under $5000 anymore, it seems. My first car (in 1980) was a six year old Gran Torino with 33,000 miles for $650. That's around $2800 in today's dollars. You can't find anything with fewer than 100K miles for that (though it could be argued a mid-'70s Ford with 33k miles is comparable to a newer car with higher miles).

My in-laws just traded their 2006 Accord EX with 215k miles for $2125. I wish I knew. I would have given them $3000 and could have easily sold it here for $4-5,000. Most of the miles were highway miles from their frequent trips around the US.

Well that's if there weren't any significant repairs along the way, which I believe there was...I mean hell it was an Exploder.

Shit, if you think car market is bad, look at the used truck market. It's ridiculous.

...$3500

This. A lot.

When I bought mine new I also looked at used.

40000 mile comparable used trucks were only about 3000 cheaper

I have looked at the used truck market and it is nuts. I wanted a basic low miles 2wd small pickup and everything I could find was crazy expensive. I ended up buying new cheaper than what I could find used.