Straight Six Engines

Lately I have been learning a lot from a friend of mine about the long-lasting, virtually maintenance free straight six engines. He's interested in buying somewhere around a F-150 or E-150 with a straight six, but I know that Jeep, Mazda, Isuzu and some other select vehicles have straight six engines (comes from my recent browsing on California Craigslist websites).

My downstairs neighbor has a 2000 Jeep Cherokee Classic 4x4 with a straight six engine, it has close to 160,000 miles on it. He bought it from a local dealership in Reno named Cal Neva Auto for $6,000, and it came with approximately a 6" lift and 35" off-road tires.

Why did straight six engines stop being made after a certain model year? They should bring them back.

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Samuel Owens is originally from San Luis Obispo, CA, and has lived in northern Nevada for the past ten years. He graduated from high school in Virginia City, and is currently pursuing a civil engineering degree at the University of Nevada, Reno. He enjoys mountain and road bicycling locally, as...

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