Posted on 11/25/2016 2:49:27 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Ford can go to India and stay there, we’ll just put stiff import taxes on ‘em or send independent inspectors to verify there are no manufacture defects, and if so refuse to import.
Have to admit, the only Ford truck I remotely put any kind of trust in is the old-school models, run like a tank. The new ones, well...saw a brand-new $73K truck with all the bells and whistles break down at a red signal, poor man was calling for a wrecker. My fav, old-school Chevys up to 1992 models, Dodge always rocks.
Toyota’s shelling out $15,000 a crack to certain year-model Tacoma, Tundra and Sequoia model dealerships to pay for frame rust damage (manufacturer did not put anti-rust coating on frames, says 15% inspected will need repair [WE’LL SEE...]). Thankfully my parent’s vehicle was spared this one, but not the other with the passenger-side airbag that blows out metal fragments (no worries, it was replaced).
Do they run on curry?
Whatever happened with body sheet metal on all the new stuff? Especially pickups with acres of fenders, doors, etc. It’s so thin you could stove it in with your hand or pop it out again.
I know; my wonderful parents just bought me a 2017 Toyota Tacoma TRD and it has plastic bumpers. Eeee! For what those things cost, Toyota could’ve put chrome on them.
I’m going to put chrome on it first chance I get and a front guard/grille for all the deer we’ve been encountering.
I’ve really been wanting a Tacoma ... and the TRD package is great looking and all the performance you need.
But my 01 Ranger, 4.0 liter 5 speed manual 4wd, keeps on running strong and I get people wanting to purchase it often. Only 145K on the clock and I’d like to take it to 200K before I consider something else.
Plus it has Montana pin striping down both sides, rubs from branches from driving logging roads on hunting trips. I wouldn’t take a new truck on those roads as the first scratches always kill me.
Used Tacomas are impossible to find here. If you do they are beat up and driven hard or have 60 to 80K miles and are priced within 5 grand of new.
Enjoy your Tacoma!
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