So I finally got a truck...

[tennesseetiger]

Not many truck owners tow the truck's fully capacity on anything resembling a regular basis anyway, so it's all mostly marketing hype. Most truck owners use their trucks as transportation and to haul lumber and crap from Lowe's. So what it comes down to for me is reliability and features at a reasonable price. Toyota is always tops for reliability and when I was searching for a truck Ford couldn't touch the features for the price. I wouldn't buy a GM or a Chrysler vehicle on a bet. And the Tundra is the best looking truck out there, in my not so humble opinion. The Ram runs a close second, followed by Ford and GM in a very distant fourth.

 

If towing is the yardstick by which you measure a truck, you have no business buying one with a gas engine. You could pull my house of its blocks with a PowerStroke. If I was going to buy a diesel, I think it would have to be a Ford since Toyota dropped its plans to supply us with what we have all been wanting. But I never tow anything over a few thousand pounds, so it's Toyota all the way for me.

I really like the Tundra's and in fact its arguably the only truck "with maybe the exception of a Raptor" that I would get out of a Dodge Ram for. When I bought my new Ram last week the only other truck I was interested in was a Tundra and its because of some of the reasons you mentioned. They are nice and I've always had a soft spot for them.

Diesel is a whole differnet ball game tho. Congrats on the new truck Comms and congrats on officially joining truck nation lol

Edited August 3, 2015 by tennesseetiger

[Johnny Rotten]

Please lets not use the word Raptor in the same sentence with Toyota or Dodge.. :shake:

[LagerHead]

Lager you are correct. The largest thing I tow is my 18' bass boat. I got my F-150 because I needed a larger truck due to increase in famliy size, My tacoma was not going to cut it. I looked for a Tundra but could not find one in my price range, hell I could not find a 4 door tacoma in my price range. I do miss my Tacoma. :cry:

 

That's weird. When I was looking for a truck I was comparing the 4 door F150 to the 4 door Tundra. I couldn't find a 4 door F150 in MY price range. Crazy, huh? I guess we were looking at different times.