You can say that again!
That's very similar to the article by CNN at the top of this thread.
Here's a highlight.
Truck buyers complained about new full-size pickups from Chevrolet and GMC, which were plagued by squeaks and rattles.
I think that's what something does just before it falls off ... or apart!
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness" - Mark Twain
I believe you all.
I just know what I see. It's the same thing that you are doing, reporting your own personal anecdotal 'evidence'. I just know what I experience. Hard to believe I'm lucky......but maybe so. Don't care.
Still, the old "reliability" (by a small percentage at that) is not what drives my choices.
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Ha! Yep, you proved that with your previous wheelie.Originally Posted by Buckrub
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness" - Mark Twain
Yep. A Japanese Major Manufacturer. Gives me great confidences in that genre.
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What do you have now?
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness" - Mark Twain
Don't know where the double post came from, but it was worth repeating.
My doctor friend came down to fish last weekend and decided to stay to Sunday and fish. I needed to come in Saturday night so he pitched his keys to me. A fully loaded, limited edition Toyota! I drove it in 4 hours Saturday night and could not wait till I got in my Chevy truck.
That thing was all over the road. It was like the front end was loose or "soft" and I can tell by how it ran it would not pull a greasy string out of a cats ass...
Yall can have the toys. I keep driving a non yuppie real work truck.....
Oh and I will say it seemed to get good gas mileage.... So I guess if you are gonna need a truck to haul your kids bikes around it should fit the bill.
A Government that pays people to do nothing destorys their willingness to do anything!
These guys are all covert Soccer Mom's, Cappy.
I owned one of these before too.......a Nissan......it was nice to have half a truck and half a commuter vehicle when I drove to Little Rock every day. But it wasn't a real truck.
I like to pull stuff. Toys don't cut it.
But........they won't quit, and they won't admit it, so......whatever.
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You guys make such a cute couple, smooches!
If we all threw our problems in a pile, and you saw everyone else's problems-- you'd take yours back.
Ha! I know you're FOS just by reading your first sentence. We all know you ain't gots no friends!
And number two, it's obvious that Toyota drivin' wife of yours is the one with the brains in the family!
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness" - Mark Twain
It is kinda cute when they hook up, isn't it?
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness" - Mark Twain
Deja vu all over again. And again and again and again and again.
BKB
I'd bet it had more to do with the brown likker intake and less to do with the quality of the vehicle being driven.
"Never try to fight an Old Dude. If you win, there's no glory; if you lose, your reputation is shot."
I'd bet it's because he was in a REAL truck for once ... and couldn't reach the pedals.
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness" - Mark Twain
Sure beats baseball talk.
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness" - Mark Twain
At least baseball talk isn't a circular argument.
Besides, I'm kind of out of this discussion for a while. I love my new truck, but I've not had it long enough to really make a valid argument one way or the other. Haven't really had it any tight off road situations like I did in the old one, haven't driven it on ice and snow yet, and haven't pulled anything bigger than my 21 ft boat yet. Seems to have the power and handling for all of those situations but I'll wait and see until I've put it to the test before I testify. I will say that my old Chevy passed all those tests with flying colors, which is about the limit of what I put a truck through personally. So if this'un does as good as that'un, I'll be a happy camper.
BKB
You have a new truck? A Toyota? Who'd have known? Gots any pics?
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness" - Mark Twain
I've had my '07 Tundra since the summer of '10.
So far, here is a list of what I have had to do to it.
Shortly after I got it, I put a set of Michelin tires on it. (A number of round trips from here to Houston.)
A couple of months ago, I put another set of Michelin tires on it.
Last month (or Sept...I don't remember persacly), I put a set of brakes on it at 90+ K miles.
Had a few recall items taken care of....mostly computer programming stuff, and a recall for somekindof grease in the drivers side window controller.
I need to either get a seat cover, or take it to an auto upolstery place to have a "rip" in the drivers seat fixed from where I slide out of the truck now.
I've pulled a couple of U-Haul trailers with it, but so far no BIG loads. I'd like to get a brake controller and hook it up, but I don't anticipate towing anything large in the near future.
Whenever my wife an I go anywhere, we take the truck. It rides much better than her Honda Accord.
So, antecdotally, I'd say that so far this has been a good truck.
Homestly, IMHO all off the newer trucks are much better than the ones built 20 years ago, with the excepton of Fords. If I won one in a contest, I'd trade it the first chance I got.
My wife don't drive a Toyota, she has a Lexus.
If someone is driving a Cadillac you don't say they are driving a Chevy?
A Government that pays people to do nothing destorys their willingness to do anything!
Ummm, a Cadillac, Chevy, Buick and GMC, etc. are General Motors Corp. products.
A Toyota and a Lexus are Toyota Corp. products.
(your turn)
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness" - Mark Twain
Then why have the Lexis name you big Dufi....
If you drive a Chevy you don't say he's got a Buick? Although both are made by the same parent company.
So why don't Toyota just get rid of the Lexus line if they are "just" Toyotas.
This is like arguing with my sisters kids.....
A Government that pays people to do nothing destorys their willingness to do anything!
You have a sister?
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Ha ha! Back when I worked in a GM plant (Arlington, Texas) they were manufacturing the Olds Cutlass and the Chevy Chevelle on the same line ... they were the same car with different badges and options.
When I worked for Pontiac, we'd have screwed up Pontiac Firebirds come in with Chevy Camaro hubcaps and one with a Camaro interior! Same car, different options.
When I worked for Cadillac ... the Cadillac Cimarron was a Chevy Cavalier ... same car, different options.
Ya' gots Chevy/GMC pick-ups ...
Chevy Traverse - Buick Enclave - GMC Acadia ... same cars, different options.
Chevy Suburban - Cadillac Escalade ... same car, different options.
Heck, even the Hummer H2 is a Chevy Tahoe!
The list is endless.
Lynn drives a Toyota Avalon ... same car as a Lexus ES350 ... different options.
Everyone wants a "Luxury Line" ... Toyota/Lexus - Nissan/Infinity - Honda/Acura - etc. etc. etc.
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness" - Mark Twain
I assume you bought your car at a Toyota dealer = Toyota
I bought mine at a Lexus dealer = Lexus
If I wanted a Toyota I'd gone to a Toyota dealer.... Numbnuts!
A Government that pays people to do nothing destorys their willingness to do anything!
Well if we had a fishing forum and someone to look after it we could argue reels, bait and boats over there.
A Government that pays people to do nothing destorys their willingness to do anything!
It ain't my nutz that's numb these days.
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness" - Mark Twain
It ain't my nutz that's numb these days.
Sho nuff. Its your brain.
BKB
I've been told many times that's where my brain is.
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness" - Mark Twain
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