Beach cats will have rudder hinges bolted to the back of the hulls, linked together with a rod and controlled by a tiller. A large power cat will have rudders that pivot on posts that go through the hull. The “good” scenario would be the rudder control surface breaking cleanly off the post, so it’s just a replacement…

You left off the most appealing part of the Ranger: three pedals.

I don’t disagree with your suggestion, but your comment makes it sound like crashing as a beginner is a (near?) certainty, which could dissuade potential riders.

The XR150L is also chinese.

Carbs work until they don’t, but I’ve never had EFI fail. I have three motorcycles, (2 EFI 1 carb) and the fuel injected ones are simply a superior experience. No fiddling with a choke, better fuel economy, and seasonal layup becomes a non-issue.

I can’t see ever recommending anything with a carburetor.

An obvious question is why craigslist instead of bringatrailer?

The “manual s2000" is found easily on BringATrailer.com.

For those that want the full explanation in video:

In the northeast, I’m paying $0.45/kWh.

A lease is financing the expected depreciation over the lease term, instead of the whole vehicle purchase price. With covid cutting down miles/year for people, you’ve effectively paid for more depreciation than has actually occurred. Buying at lease-end is the way you recover that, bringing net cost in-line with…

Or get a Mazda5 minivan with a manual.

Massachusetts. Not Oregon.

Budget tires are always a red flag for me, especially on a non-budget vehicle. Modest spending can be a virtue, and a necessity depending on where you are in life. But if you’ve splurged on a range rover but go low spec on tires, where else were costs cut?

Snark aside, a big part of the cost is just lifting mass into orbit. If they’re going to just build another one, even using the “spaceworthy tube structure” part as a starting point seems like it would save costs.

My grad school car was an ‘87 mustang. It wasn’t fast, but it lasted 10 years and >200K miles with just oil changes, tires, and brakes. It broke the clutch cable a few times, but never needed a clutch itself.

powering everything from Rangers to — in turbocharged form — Mustangs and Thunderbirds

Power valve seems to be a Holley thing. (I’ve never had a holley, and hope to never again add anything with a carb to my garage. The 8 I have is 8 too many.) As this page explains it, it is to allow lean mixture under light load, moving to correct stoichiometric under load.

As you can see here, the Fuel Pacer system was, essentially, just a switch that detected engine vacuum levels. When they reached a certain point, caused by the fuel-air mixture becoming richer due to the driver pressing the accelerator pedal more, that switch would activate the driver’s side turn indicator tell-tale…

That’s a tough one to google. SEO matters.