JulesMaximus
No Lifer
- Jul 3, 2003
- 74,534
- 911
- 126
It's totally beyond me why all of these comparisons put GMC and Chevy in different areas on their graphs.. they're both GM.
I don't either...their trucks are almost identical.
It's totally beyond me why all of these comparisons put GMC and Chevy in different areas on their graphs.. they're both GM.
I don't either...their trucks are almost identical.
Nice try. I see contractors all over town driving regular or double cab Tundras (only the new body style though). Mostly roofing guys, but also electricians, plumbers, landscapers etc.
Rare as unicorns? Lol, maybe in hillbilly country where they're stuck in the 50's or something.
So give it up Dain, where do you live? The only locations where Tundras are 'common' are the extreme West coast of the extreme East coast, unless you count around a Toyota centric manufacturing facility. The F-150 and the GMC have ruled the rest of the country and continue to for very good reasons.
It's a very very rare review that places a Tundra ahead of an F-150 or GMC. The few I've seen have done so because of things like "unloaded ride and handling" or "fuel economy". If you're buying a full size pickup for ride, handling, or fuel economy, you're looking at the wrong fucking vehicle, and those reviewers have their heads screwed on wrong.
Pulsar, a guy on expeditionportal.com did a writeup on the Tundra. It's extremely overbuilt. The differential is the size of most 3/4 ton trucks for example.
It's probably ignorance that makes people think Toyotas are inferior trucks to Fords and GMs.
Pulsar, a guy on expeditionportal.com did a writeup on the Tundra. It's extremely overbuilt. The differential is the size of most 3/4 ton trucks for example.
It's probably ignorance that makes people think Toyotas are inferior trucks to Fords and GMs.
Open channel isn't cheaping out. The C section frame is more pliable. It can absorb stress and shocks by bending, rather than becoming fatigued.
They kinda do. Its is a 2 peice design and sometimes it blows out and takes the head threads with it, sometimes it just blows out the center part and you can use the special tool to fix, etc...
Its a mess and many places will not do plugs on a 5.4L due to so many needing the heads pulled after one or more break or strip badly.
After you get them out champion is the only one I know that makes a 1 peice plug for that motor. Ford/Autolite make the POS 2 peice plugs.
Its going to take awhile for the "I own a truck for a status symbol" mentality to finally pass on. Not that oilfield does not need a truck, but I see a lot of people who own trucks and the bed does not have a single scratch in it.
My truck, it pulls my boat trailer, my bar-b-q pit, hauls firewood, and sometimes it hauls a 4-wheeler. During deer season, I pull the deer into the back of the truck and haul the deer to the butcher. Its easier to wash the blood out the bed of a truck, then to wash out an SUV or car.
Ya, but it is something that you could have as a second vehicle as you probably need it less than 5 days a month. People are not impressed by trucks.
Also, the last time gas hit $4/gallon is when people started changing their vehicle choices. Before that happened I would frequently drive to work on the highway and count trucks and SUVs. Easily half of the vehicles were SUVs and trucks. These days, it is more like 10% and I am probably one of the few commuter trucks I see during my commute. I do see a handful of SUVs though. And most trucks have construction related ads on them (they are work trucks). Point is, trucks have lost any status symbol status they had years ago.
Well, we're at $4 again. It won't take long for people to change their driving habits. And SUVs and large trucks are about to loose alot of their value.
I see a shit ton of fullsize trucks and suvs (that's a lot for the mentally challenged among us) on the roads here. I'd estimate more than half the vehicles on the road in fact. Most of them are bright and shiny with nothing in the bed being driven by men and women dressed for white collar work.
LOL, and?
I use my truck for hauling stuff on the weekends, I don't haul anything to my day job. I guess that's too mentally challenging for you?
Jules just has a personal and totally irrational hatred for SUVs (and trucks to an extent, but mainly SUVs) and feels that they should be banned or something I guess. He's always acted like owning one is some sort of crime, I don't really know why exactly.
Ya, but it is something that you could have as a second vehicle as you probably need it less than 5 days a month. People are not impressed by trucks.
Also, the last time gas hit $4/gallon is when people started changing their vehicle choices. Before that happened I would frequently drive to work on the highway and count trucks and SUVs. Easily half of the vehicles were SUVs and trucks. These days, it is more like 10% and I am probably one of the few commuter trucks I see during my commute. I do see a handful of SUVs though. And most trucks have construction related ads on them (they are work trucks). Point is, trucks have lost any status symbol status they had years ago.
Well, we're at $4 again. It won't take long for people to change their driving habits. And SUVs and large trucks are about to loose alot of their value.
I see a shit ton of fullsize trucks and suvs (that's a lot for the mentally challenged among us) on the roads here. I'd estimate more than half the vehicles on the road in fact. Most of them are bright and shiny with nothing in the bed being driven by men and women dressed for white collar work.
I think he's just an azz, and he likes to make Californians look like pompous azzes![]()
LOL, and?
I use my truck for hauling stuff on the weekends, I don't haul anything to my day job. I guess that's too mentally challenging for you?
My point was, and I guess it went right over your head, that they do seem to be some sort of weird bizzaro world status symbol.
