New truck, what to buy?

[CFECO]

I was a Gubment motors fan for ever, till the bailout and bought a used Toyota ( went to the dark side). I have friends, one with new Dodge Ram diesel 4x4, front rotors gone in less than a year, one with new Ford Powerstroke, turbo went bad, had to pull the cab to replace it, rear main seal leaked, three trips to dealer to fix...he sold it and bought a Chevy. All three trucks ran strong. My old work truck, 04 GM burned up AC relays.

[Hersbird]

The Tacoma is great, I'm sure it will do everything you want with few troubles. Great resale as well. Just seems they haven't put as much into economy on their trucks as the other makers. Probably because Toyota will all their small cars and less trucks meet the fleet averages easier then Dodge, Ford, and Chevy with all their trucks and bigger SUVs.

[CFECO]

It's a Tundra

[Hersbird]

Tacoma, Tundra, T100, sorry.

[CFECO]

No problemo!

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Originally Posted by CFECO

I have found an aftermarket 4x4 conversion company which does vans.

Quigley? I know they convert full-size Chevy Express/GMC Savana and the Ford E-Series to 4WD using regular truck parts. I like their RHD conversions mostly targetted to mail carriers too.

[CFECO]

Sorry, I don't remember and cannot find the 4x4 van conversion site, Quigley was one I know of.

[CFECO]

As I have said before, my plans for improvements to the 2013 Tundra we just purchased are; max out the tire pressures, change tires to Load range E's which allow 80PSI, bed cover, front air dam. I stopped by the tire place today and checked on trade in on our tires with 200 miles on them...$200. So a new set of BFG All Terrain's would be about $1000 out the door. If they gained 3 MPG it would take about 33,000 miles to break even...that doesn't sound worthwhile really. As I am on the first tank of gas, I have left the truck as it came from the dealer, at the first fill up I will increase the tire pressures to their max, 44PSI for the second tank. They are currently at 33PSI.... to enhance the ride no doubt. Our average speed so far is 18.2 MPH and Mileage is 12.9, but some of that was going through Saguaro National Park in the rain the other day with steep up and down slowly. The truck has power folding mirrors and when I get a chance on the highway, I will try folding them and see if there is any change. The MPG readout shows about 20 at 70MPH, we will see.

[Hersbird]

You van buy a full size AWD van directly from GM, no conversion necessary. They get only 17 highway with the v8.

[CFECO]

Our first tank today on the new Tundra, figuring miles on truck, including the 40 that was on it from the dealer, we got 18.2 mpg. According to the factory computer, our average speed was 24.9 mph, so this was mostly in town and some light 4 wheeling one time 26 miles. I am happy with this, our 2003 Tundra's best was just under 20 on a trip, all highway. We will see....