Who's the best? Chevy ~ Ford ~ Dodge...
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Could your Tacoma pull the boat the diesel was pulling?
Also, comparing a diesel to a gas motor in reliability is apples to oranges. Especially starter motors. If you know the differences in the designs of the motors, you'd know why.
My 1999 Tahoe made it to 140,000 before it had any major problem. Of course, it had three at about the same time!
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Yes it did pull the boat and the Chevy at the same time (the boat and trailer were probably only 3500lbs. Don't know how much the truck weighed. Not a big deal...it was a very short distance just to get the truck started. I realize there is a difference between gas and diesel engines and the demands on the components involved but there is no excuse for a starter or any other vital part that helps the vehicle move to fail so soon. The owner of the truck told me he has had many problems with this vehicle. Who knows-maybe he never maintained his vehicle properly or....
Honestly the owner of the truck is an idiot if he bought a diesel to pull around a 3500 lb boat.
Diesels no matter who makes them tend to have problems like the starters going out. Believe it or not, the Chevy diesel Duramax it is actually a Japanese Isuzu motor in disguise.
An anecdotal counter to your story is I know someone with a Titan that has been in the shop seemingly more than its on the road.
Another example is to google Tundra ring gear or rear axle failures.
We are talking about trucks here not cars that happen to be missing their trunk lids.
Pretty much all cosmetic, save for a different engine and a new crew cab option.
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I can't believe how many of you really favor the foreign trucks. guess I didn't see that coming.
As far as "rugged" goes, NONE of the Big 3 have anything on Toyota. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrk6vsb77xk]YouTube - Top Gear - killing a Toyota pt 1 - BBC[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Uc4Ksz3nHM]YouTube - Top Gear - killing a Toyota Pt 2 - BBC[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfZDtC9kjVk]YouTube - Top Gear - killing a Toyota Pt 3 - BBC[/ame]
I don't know what your definition of "ruggedness" is, but I haven't seen too many of any of the current generation of trucks from anyone broken in two anywhere.
I almost always buy imports but if I was buying a truck I think I would go with Ford or Chevy. They make a ton of them and they know how to make them right. A couple of years ago I would have said Chevy but now with everything that has happened, I'd probably lean towards Ford.
Buy a Ford of a Chevy. I've had Fords and Dodges (Dad's a Chevy guy) and I had nothing but trouble with the Dodge.
I think I'd avoid a Toyota like the plague after reading several reports of the frames rusting in two.
I think I'd avoid a Toyota like the plague after reading several reports of the frames rusting in two.
Motor Trend magazine would say ford for the last few years. I have a few friends with fords as serious work trucks and they swear by them. My brother has a 01' F150 and they stopped taking the minivan on long trips because it was more comfortable. My moms side of the family likes GM and they seem to have good luck with them too. I would rank them Ford, GM, and dodge coming in last by quite a bit.
GM makes the best truck hands down. For fuel mileage Chevy beats Ford and they both are better than Dodge.
I had a '95 Tacoma while I was in college. I loved that truck, but I sold it after I graduated to get something with better gas mileage. However, just this past weekend, I bought an '04 V6 SR5 w/ the TRD package. It's one sweet machine.
I haven't read through the thread yet but I'm actually interested in the insurance on the pickup trucks, who has the lowest, chevy, ford, or dodge?
I forgot to add that I'm a dodge guy personally, but I think their insurance rates are pretty high relative to the others.
I forgot to add that I'm a dodge guy personally, but I think their insurance rates are pretty high relative to the others.
I am not talking about rock-climbing, smashing, or off-roading. I am talking about chore abusing them with overloaded trailer weights, overloaded bed loads, pushing snow, and those types of things. I'd be the first to admit the Toyota's are the most rugged when it comes to off-roading.
You know, the types of things trucks are used when they are "work-trucks." How many Toyota's do you see contractors driving around?
My work truck is a 2002 silverado 3500 My dad has a 07 silverado and I got a 08 last year (gotta use up that GM card)
We bought them all new and none of them have had any breakdowns as of yet.
When I got my truck last year, I was really leaning towards the Tundra it just cost about 5k more for the same truck as the silverado.
My dads 07 is just a basic 6 cyl 1500 work truck no 4x4. It was 13k new he was looking at trading it in since the dealership offered him 8k for trade in value. Surprisisling the blue book value is still around 10k for his truck.
We bought them all new and none of them have had any breakdowns as of yet.
When I got my truck last year, I was really leaning towards the Tundra it just cost about 5k more for the same truck as the silverado.
My dads 07 is just a basic 6 cyl 1500 work truck no 4x4. It was 13k new he was looking at trading it in since the dealership offered him 8k for trade in value. Surprisisling the blue book value is still around 10k for his truck.
Gotta say I really liked the new fords when I was looking last year and my dad is seriously looking at them now too. They have a great truck no doubt about it.
I didn't care for the new Dodges
