Buying a Truck

[Roham]

Toyota only. I have two. They may be "overpriced" but that is for a reason. It's because they are 10 times the truck of any other brand. I have 200000 miles on mine and it runs like a top! My friend has 250000 miles on his, and his runs better then mine. Toyota only

[Cabaiguan Juan]

Wow, lots of good feed back! A lot of your comments I've heard before, so I'm feeling pretty good. I need to do a little more research on Chevy/GMC, Ford and Toyota and compair side by side. Also need to re-evaluate my budget. Well my plan was to go running at this park near by and then go check out some trucks, chevys actually, before USA's soccer game (there is no way i can call this football, sorry) In a twist of fate (pun intended), I twisted my ankle while running so I'm going to wait a day or two before test driving stick.

[slcraiders]

Call it "futball".

Toyotas are badass except for the price- especially those Land Cruisers from the late 70's/ early 80's. The trucks suck ass. I will race, pull or push in my Chev any day against Toy and win, win, win! Roham, bring that TOY down and watch it get swallowed.

Don't listen to the Ford guy. After all, he is a damn democrat. Would you want to ride Hilary? Hell no. Monica all the way. Poor Willy.

Geez, I thought the politics thread was heated.

Neutral thoughts would side with Dodge. They suck 20 times more then anything beforementioned!

[WOXOF]

If you can fork over the dough, go with Toyota. I've had a Chevy and a Dodge. I didn't have trouble out of any of them. The Chevy was too small and 2wd so I "upgraded" to a '02 Dodge Ram quad cab 4wd. That was nice but it had the 360 in it which really sucked down some gas. Now I have upgraded for the last time. I bought a '04 Tacoma Quad cab 2wd with the electric rear locking diff. It's the best of both worlds. I would take it just about anywhere I would have taken that Dodge. If you're planning on "fleecing" a vehicle it really doesn't matter what you get. You'll get screwed either way.

[Bkcloud114]

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[thepyrofish]

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Yeah, they leave home early to make sure they get there if it breaks down.

[WhiteWidow]

I really want one of the new Chevy trucks that are coming out next year. They're going to have a heater built right into the tailgate - so now your hands will stay warm when it breaks down in the winter and you have to push it home.

[Roham]

Call it "futball".

I will race, pull or push in my Chev any day against Toy and win, win, win! Roham, bring that TOY down and watch it get swallowed.

But you will NEVER out perform me off roading in my Toyota. When you leave the pavement it's ALL about the Toyota

[Cabaiguan Juan]

But you will NEVER out perform me off roading in my Toyota. When you leave the pavement it's ALL about the Toyota

Yep, Living in Colorado, Toyota's are a prized possession, same with Jeeps, primarily Wranglers.

I looked at Chevy's yesterday. The Colorado is a nice truck. I think I might get better pricing and incentives with a Ford, but I really like that Chevy Colorado.

[BigMacFU]

I'll say this one more time, get a diesel, it'll outlast anything else, but do it before the new EPA emission standards go into fully swing this fall and ruin all future diesel engines! Don't go Ford diesel though, only German or Dodge or Chevy. Dodge has the best diesel engine, Chevy has the best transmission (Allison). Better gas mileage and soon to be cheaper gas with biodiesel growing.

[Empire23]

I drive a Chevy Colorado Z71 crew cab and I love it. Its a inline 5 with 220 HP and 225lbs of torque. I was going to get a Tahoe, but I dont need a Tahoe and with gas prices like they are, the inline 5 is awesome on gas.

The crew cab is pretty big for a "mid size" truck. My dad who is 6'3 230lbs fits comfortably back there. It can hall I think like 1400lbs and tow about 4000 if I remember correctly.

If your not looking for a huge truck and dont need to tow a huge boat or alot of stuff, the Colorado is it.

[Dickson]

I've owned Ford, Dodge and presntly a Chevy. Ford was a great truck...Dodge: Well when your wife says go ahead and trade the truck, need I say more. So far the Chevy has been good to me. If this helps........

[Cabaiguan Juan]

I've owned Ford, Dodge and presntly a Chevy. Ford was a great truck...Dodge: Well when your wife says go ahead and trade the truck, need I say more. So far the Chevy has been good to me. If this helps........

Well, you've helped me narrow it down to Ford, and Chevy.

[thepyrofish]

From what I've seen with GM's lately, I would get the Ford. If I were buying a truck a little Ranger would be my most likely pick.

[Cabaiguan Juan]

I've decided to go with the Ranger. My company's dealer found the one I wanted, almost the exact one! So now comes the loan applications, and paper work galore! Its a 6 cyl. manual 4x4 extended cab pick up with a 6 disc CD changer, sliding read window, 60/40 split bench seats with a center consol that opens into a storage box. The bench seats actually are formed like bucket seats. So If me and the misses are cruising down the road and three circus midgets, or midgets of all kinds- don’t want to discriminate, need a ride or to get out of the cold, I can accommodate them with the bench seat and the two fold down jump seats which are in the rear. Needless to say, I'm wicked excited and wanted to share this with everyone. I hope this goes through smoothly. Car buying sucks , but this guy who buys all the Ford for my company is a good guy, and has made this experience as painless as possible. Well, here I am, counting me chickens before they are hatched. Getting back to cigars, what should I christen the new truck, knock on wood, with? Any opinions are welcome, but living in the USA, ISOM's are difficult to come by, but feel free to suggest anything else that I might be able to get at a B&M!