Anonymous

Reviewed a 2007 Ford STX on Mar 11, 2009

I ordered a Ford Ranger STX with the extended cab minus the rear door option and left out the jump seats. I like the truck except for the cheap plastic parts which are failure prone. The center console in mine has completely failed with a center crack transverse to the part which renders it unable to remain in position. Both the upper and lower portion has the crack and I can't see any method of making it stronger or less susceptible to cracking. The front air dam is what lead us to want this model when we saw one in late 2006. However we have found it is weakly attached and at low temperatures is highly susceptible to vinyl beakage rendering the part unable to remain in a position where it looks acceptale. The bucket seats aren't all that comfortable but are acceptable. The seat belt tends to twist and run under making it upside down and difficult to return to the correct position due to the tight clearance of the belt where it goes through the buckle. Gas mileage using the cruise control is about 26 MPH. Performance is about equal to our 2008 Mustang which both have the 6 cylinder engine and similar performance characteristics. The Ranger isn't as aerodynamic as the Mustang getting slightly less gas milage.