Opinions on Trucks

[Chadillac]

Hey guys, I was hoping you could help me out. I'm hoping the SL-R should be here in a couple of weeks and was planning on going out shopping this week for a truck that I can use to be able to pull the SL-R. There are other reasons, but pulling the SL-R is one of them. I've been looking at the 00-05 Tundras. I'm a huge Toyota fan and my parents just bought an 08 Tundra. I've been really impressed with their truck but don't know too much about the first generation Tundras. I've also seen some Ford F-150's out here that look really nice and seem really cheap for what you get. My requirements would be under 15K, 4-wheel drive, extended cab but really want the full 4-door. Any ideas or advice?

[StatGSR]

frankly id go with a diesel, mileage and towing abilly are just so much better. plus i know people that get like 30+ mpg after they get one of those fancy obd2 programers.

[Karlo]

My vote would be the 4dr 4x4 Ford for the reason you talked about.

I have a dealer friend that can help.

I will talk to Barry and see what he has available.

[Craig – Absolute PACE]

Doesn't really help you, but I have just bought a 1 year old Toyota Hilux Cab Chassis. Has the 3.0lt D4D Diesel. Fantastic truck, the D4D is substantially more powerful than previous diesels.

Fuel economy with mix of city & highway driving is 8.5lt/100km. Which I think works out to be 27.7mpg.

Big enough tray to carry an SL-R. Already tested that.

[Gage]

I found and bought an 05 standard Cab Tundra with 7k Miles for 13k dollars. I regularly tow (weekly) about 5k pounds with it. It does fine. I have no complaints.

Before that I owned a 4 door 06 model with was also trouble free and a good work horse.

As you may know, the new generation can pull more.

[Chadillac]

Thanks for the help guys. I would look into the diesels, but in America to get a diesel you're looking at a pretty big truck. Somewhere around a Ford F-250 or F-350. A truck like that wouldn't even fit in our garage.

Karlo, let me know what your friend has. Hopefully tonight I can go and test drive a F-150 and a Tundra to see which one I like more.

[B-T]

My brother has an 06 Tundra crew cab. We use it to tow a small enclosed car trailer to the mountains. The total weight of the trailer / cargo is around 4,000 pounds. At around 80 mph, we get around 9-10 mpg. It doesn't struggle to pull the weight really. The open Uhaul trailer is not even noticeable at all, and the mileage doesn't change from regular truck driving of around 16 mpg.
BT

[Chadillac]

I found a 2000 Tundra with the extended cab, 127K, 4x4, TRD, SR5, canopy and a front bench seat for $11,400 obo. From the pictures it looks to be in great condition. I'm thinking if I can talk him closer to $10,000 it might be a pretty good deal.

[Karlo]

Chad

My guy must be on vacation, he usually has a good selection of trucks.

[Chadillac]

I went and test drove some Tundras last night. They were both 2006 with the full double cab. One looked really nice from the outside but smelled like sweat when I got in. It was also pretty beat up. The second was in really good condition but was gold and had some really ugly rims on it. The first was 16,900 and the second was 18,900. They were OK, to drive but I think I'm spoiled after driving my parents 2008 Crew Max Tundra. I think I may have to wait until I can afford one of the new Tundras. They've really improved it a lot. I LOVE that new 5.7 V-8. I think their Tundra is faster than my IS300. My little 4Runner will just have to struggle pulling the SL-R.