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sayanara
I would love to hear pros and cons on the new addition to man country.
"Spoog-you fail the courseand need to take it over, physics 101 ( F=MA)"
LOL. The Toyota outbrakes the Chevy. Are you going to deny that? Ill come right back here with the facts. THE TUNDRA OUTBREAKS THE CHEVY.
Get over it. Anyone with a clue knows that Chevy and Ford are notorious for bad brakes and rotors.
"force equals mass X speed. wilbit-a 95 Z71 is very
desirable and will bring top $ or trade but drive
one of the new GMs they really are a new level you
won't find with a toy."
Hold on a second. The Toyota Tacoma has a MUCH
higher resale value than the Chevy s-10.
The 4runner has the highest resale value of any compact SUV. The Toyota LandCruiser has the highest resale vaule of any full size SUV. Based on these FACTS , what makes you think the Tundra will have poor resale value????
On what past evidence are you basing "your" conclusion on?
Go ahead and spout more gibberish and lies Citrus.
Tundra 4X4. Options included the convenience package,6 speaker/cd stereo, fog lights, and distributor installed alloy wheels(std. tires). Two internet sites show the invoice price to be $24810(approx). Dealer sold the vehicle for
$25,716 plus tax and tags. Will take delivery in
three weeks. I hope this helps future Tundra
buyers. F.Y.I. this vehicle was purchased in
North Carolina.
By the way, I currently own a 1984 Toyota 4X4 4 cyl X-tra cab which now has almost 167,000 miles on it. It has been driven relatively hard to and from the mountains but still runs great and should keep going for much longer. It has been very reliable and "cheap to keep." Over the life of this vehicle, my repair costs over and above oil changes and tuneups, which I do myself, have averaged about $400/year. Bed rust, which has been a problem on these models has been kept to a minimum since I have always had a topper on it and kept it garaged when not in use. My son now has his eye on it, so it is time for me to step into the present.
" why preach to the choir. We all knowing blessedneed to educate the ignorant"
Wow. Your scary.
I don't know how your regional market is for full sized pickups and/or Toyotas, but if you can get a Tundra for 24000 thats great. Don't forget sales tax (of which we don't have to pay in Oregon) Go get one man, trust me you'll love it!!
This is a forum to discuss the truck (it's positives AND negatives) not play monday morning quarter back with a case of sour grapes.
The Constitution protects your right to show your $ss to the world, but wear your white sheets somewhere else.
Yes, Toyota is a "foreign" name, but the people who build them live in or near Princeton, Indiana - not Saltillo, Mexico City or Silao, Mexico, nor in Ontario ...
Should be easy to follow that an old technology like pushrod motors gets better fuel economy and equal acceleration than the lightweight Tundra.
I guess everyone in the US should drive American cars and the big three should not bother exporting to any country with an auto industry beause every other country should be as patriotic as Americans and buy their own automobiles only.
There are reasons why Russian and Eastern European cars were such pieces of [non-permissible content removed]. Not having free enterprise and open market competition is a big one.
Protectionism works about as well as socialism.
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"Why would you buy a vehicle not made in the
USA.You live in the USA, go to move to china if you
want a foreign vehicle.I work for a union shop
anybody pulling up in a foreign truck and the iron
workers turn it into scrap metal.keep americans
working buy American."
part of being american, as you so proudly claim to be, is the option of choice. And to save you from furtherexpressing your ignorance, the Tundra is 100% Indiana built. i think the issue here is your fear of "others",no so much where a truck is built. get over it, for DECADES american manufacturers have been producing piece of [non-permissible content removed] cars, thats why japanese makers got a
stronghold in the 80s. if american union quality would have been reasonable, more people would support USA builders. I would never buy a piece of [non-permissible content removed] for the sake of supporting an American family -that family wont be paying for repair
costs. FYI, i am going to be buying a new GMC, not becasue its "american", rather its a good value with, i hope, greatlyimproved reliability. i dont want to rip on you, but when people make claims as you did, i makes "americans" look
stupid.
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"I thinkin the long run the ford is a better value and has a better resale.ford and chevy have been makingtrucks for years in the usa, you don't see to manyold toyotas on the road and if you do the're allrusted."
ok, again, let me inform you of the facts. you see TONS of old toyotas on the road (70's and 80's)! the reason you dont see 40's, 50's, and 60's is becasue toyota didnt make stuff back then. ever heard of the toyota 22r motor? without a doubt, most bulletproof engine ever built. not uncommon for 200,000 plus miles on original engine. Toyotas also do have a better esale than any american truck, you have no argument there. ill give you one thing though, older toyos do rust, but the are mechanically superior to older american stuff. i just want to re-educate you to further your knowledge base....
Tundra-bad
You-good
Can we all get back to discussing the truck and leave all this crap to another topic list. We'll call it [non-permissible content removed] and bitching. Cool?
Thanks
It just bugs you that the Tundra whipped
up on the big 3 in those performance tests, doesnt it? The fact that it was faster and accelrated faster while towing except for 2 big 3 v8's reall gets you.
All you spout is lies and myths. Get a clue.
You say the big three trucks have a higher resale value then Toyota trucks. Your wrong.
Why dont you for once provide some numbers to back up your BS? I dont think ANYONE is going to buy your crap until you post some reilable sources to back up your claims.
I guess it whipped up on the big three if you throw out the acceleration test it lost to the Ford and tied with the Chevy 5.3L. And if you ignore that it gets stomped by the Dakota in price and acceleration, its most direct true market competitor.
Funny how you guys rave about how it gets EPA certification as a zero emissions vehicle, but then when the EPA fuel economy ratings come out and Tundra is worse than Chevy full size, all of a sudden the EPA test is bogus.
Go ahead and buy one. It's your money.
Curley, I've bought some of those junky, abused government trucks at auction that you refer to. Many are falling apart at just 40,000 miles. But the 32 valve OHC Tundra engine is a high rpm engine to be coddled, and would have no chance under the flogging foot of a government employee.
Guess what, the Big Three do make some very decent cars and trucks nowadays that can stand their own without your help slamming on the imports. So put away the baseball bat. Defending what don't need defending is actually making what you're defending look worse. A bunch of mean hairy Hell's Angels ranting and raving about their Softtails in a Yamaha store kinda turns people off Harleys, if you know what I mean.
And for that guy who works for the US goverment,I don't know what I'd rather have protecting me an F17 stealth fighter and some cruise missiles,maybe an air craft carrier like the Ronald Reagan or a nuclear sub or maybe you "d rather have a fleet of tundras thats your choice,
I bought a new T-100 in '95, SR5 4wd extracab, fairly loaded for $23,500. It's been a very good pickup, and my 4th Toyota. A few months ago, I made the last loan payment, and my wife and I were discussing what vehicle we would buy next. We were seriously considering waiting for a Tundra, but when I saw that it wasn't much bigger than my truck, particularly the back seat, we went out and bought a 99 4Runner, kept the T-100, and sold our '91 Rodeo. The 4Runner came with equipment not available for the Tundra, yet, and dealers wouldn't laugh at offers less than sticker price.
My local dealer did offer to let me drive a new Tundra, with a 2 week wait on the test-drive list.
My T-100 still books out at $15k trade-in and
$20k retail on Kelly Blue Book, just as an example of how Toyota's trucks hold their value...