Recommend a new to me truck...

[zooom]

04 ford f150  137xxx miles  purchased 3 years ago with 40000 miles for 10,000 

$10,000 is a great price for a used truck with that many miles. It seems like the average for that around here is $16,000 in good shape.

3 years ago,...lets see....cash for clunkers was kicking in...gas was pushing $5 a gallon and people were freaking out and dumping trucks and SUV's that were not necessary and were gas guzzlers for roughly about 60% of what their top of the market value was....that is IIRC....so it sounds about right...

[herm]

what if you want to mount SAMs or pull a tank?  Tundra = Fail.  You better get one of these:

used those in the FS (more or less.)





those trucks will do ANYTHING,..except get decent mileage

[herm]

....but the tacoma wasn't enough truck. what if you decide you want to plow snow with it? haul motos? the tacoma did these things, but the tundra has an easier time.

this is the only reason i haven't decided on the Tacoma already...
in fact, the Tundra and Tacoma are priced very close right now in my part of the world, so the biggest difference is coming down to fuel economy, and even that is not all that far apart.

i have heard great things about the Ford "eco-boost" but thats way outside my price range right now...

[Pedro-bot]

I have a 2007 Tundra ext cab with the TRD package. I echo much of the same sentiment here, wish it was a 4x4. Otherwise my truck is solid. It tows cargo and trailers with ease. It has a great tranny and a very strong motor, think 400 lb feet of torque and 380 hp. More than enough to keep you rolling down the highway at ease even with a full load.

I have found the traction control system to be very, very good. It senses any excess wheel spin to any wheel and immediately steers you right by applying ABS to that wheel to settle things down. Works great in wet and icy roads.

The only down side is that this is currently my only vehicle so fuel economy is not so great, about 16mpg on average but I do have oversized wheels on it.

Best of luck.   

[herm]

Tundra it is.

pics to come....

[phishhead1]

congrats on your choice  enjoy the truck

[ducpainter]

Tundra it is.

pics to come....

You're gonna miss that Ford.

[Ddan]

You're gonna miss that Ford.

Speaking of that, it sounds like Sam Elliot is doing the voice in the new Dodge truck ad  

[Randimus Maximus]

  on the new (to you) Tundra, herm.  I think you'll like it.

Speaking of that, it sounds like Sam Elliot is doing the voice in the new Dodge truck ad   

He has been for some time.  How do you think he can afford to build a new house. 

[Ddan]

on the new (to you) Tundra, herm.  I think you'll like it.

He has been for some time.  How do you think he can afford to build a new house. 

And he seems to be such a Ford fan.  Who knew 

[ducatiz]

He has been for some time.  How do you think he can afford to build a new house. 

i thought that was Lemmy from Motorhead...

[Speedbag]

You're gonna miss that Ford.

Yup.

[ducpainter]

on the new (to you) Tundra, herm.  I think you'll like it.

He has been for some time.  How do you think he can afford to build a new house. 

He's probably going deep in debt...

[herm]

You're gonna miss that Ford.

I might miss the Ford that I bought 12 years ago, but not the one i just got rid of...

not gonna miss the manual transmission either way.

[herm]