Ram or Toyota
we're down to a couple of choices that fit our budget a 4 year old Toyota tundra, big v8, 4wd, all the usual bells and whistles, 40,000 miles, $28000 new (demo) ram 1500, hemi, 6 speed 1500, 4wd...
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VernDiesel wrote:
I have ALWAYS been a Toyota fan but am not brand blind. You can keep those rose colored Toyota glasses strapped firmly to your head. But if you took them off the world would look different.
If Toyota had brought a small diesel to the table I very much may have a Toyota truck in my driveway. Naturally with some of the worst fuel economy & no diesel option it was out of the question for my needs. I sincerely hope Toyota brings a small fuel efficient diesel to the Tundra in the near future so that Toyota owners can also get 14 & 15 mpg dragging a TT at 65 & 30 mpg hwy when unloaded at 65. Many times I've gotten over 700 miles out of the little 26 gallon tank. Having done that makes it hard to go back to a gasser.
You assume I have only owned Toyota's? Over the last decade its been Honda and Toyota, but I'm very much a Chevy guy who would not fear buying a Ford these days. Ford is kicking a$$.
The Tundra and the Cummins 5.0L. Have you done much research on this engine? Hmmm. Could it be...just may be...that Toyota experienced during development and test the very same problems and reality that the Nissan Titan is facing with the very same motor? Nissan Titan 5.0L owners call their rig a slow dog, but a decent tow vehicle. MPG's are no better than the 6.XL oil burning engines used by Ford/Chevy/Dodge. You may want to re-think about what you're asking for!
