The Truck used oil and light rear end slid out from me on a slick road resulting in total wreck.
The gas mileage wasn't as good as I hoped. Really poor power in the 2.3L. Even on dirt roads and in the snow and mud I never got stuck, I'm used to those conditions and I put off road tires with siping to improve traction in the 2wd. It did OK with sand bags in the back during winter. I loved the interior of the extra-cab it was always very comfortable. This truck handled like a car and drove great. My main complaint was that it didn't have good power or good fuel economy.
You expected power from a 2.3? Fuel economy could be fixed with a tuneup probably. You didn't notice the shortage of power during the test drive?
You can't list the rear end being light as a problem with the truck since this a trait common to all trucks.
Its not the truck's fault you don't know how to drive.
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