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Hondaracer · 05-16-2019, 11:17 AM

Hey my 2000 F150 is still going over 300k you ford haters!! Lol

Taco is a truck for granola munching overlanders. “Small” trucks like that are a bit prohibitive in terms of the “truck” functionality. You can’t even fit a sheet of plywood in the bed.

Personally I’d never even consider a taco because A) it doesn’t serve my needs for a truck, and B) the interior is very tight and the opposite of what I want in a truck.

Not to mention the price tag. I get the Toyota reliability and as Hypa said you guy the fancier ram for cheaper and just have problems

However, a guy I used to work with bought a brand new taco for like 46k or somthing stupid all plastic interior, the most basic cloth seats, plastic dials etc.

Then a carpenter on the other side bought a Laramie ram, big engine, quad cab, leather and wood grain everything etc. for the same price as the taco. Taco’s are a bit about diminishing returns imo. I think personally I’d deal with some reliability issues and have leather and wood grain over plastic and small

fliptuner · 05-16-2019, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by originalhypa

First you're talking about moving to Langley, and now you're looking at buying a truck?!

Will you join the wife and I at the curling rink this winter?
It's not far from High Point. I'm only a little bit joking too, I really like curling.

Curling?!?! We're in. Never been, always wanted to.

MarkyMark · 05-16-2019, 12:40 PM

I had a 2010 Tacoma and my 14' F150 is better in every way imaginable. If I planned to keep the truck 20 years then maybe the Toyota is the better choice but it's not like every other manufacturers truck is just going to fall apart in comparison like some people here make it sound.

punkwax · 05-16-2019, 10:28 PM

^ this. If you plan to keep it 10+ years spend the extra $ on a Toyota. I’m a sucker for the Tundra but tend to keep my vehicles for 5 years or so before I move on. For that reason, F150 FX4 is what I’d likely go for if I was shopping for a truck today.

I like tacos too and they’re big enough for my needs but the F150 is a lot more truck for the money. Especially during employee pricing days.

My wife wants a truck (and a boat fml) and we’ve had the Sienna for almost 5 years. If it weren’t for the ability to send one of the kids to the back row when they’re getting on each other’s nerves, I probably would have got into an FX4 by now.

quasi · 05-17-2019, 12:43 PM

I've always liked the F150's I had as company trucks.

I have to provide my own vehicle now, I bought a 2018 Colorado last year which is barley a truck. It's alright gets me to and from work but I'd prefer a Ford. Wife already told me to go ahead and buy another truck and she'll take mine but with the house shopping I don't really want to be buying another vehicle at the moment.

Badhobz · 05-17-2019, 02:35 PM

im 99% sure my ancestors are rolling in their graves due to my found desire for country living.

"le say chun lun yeh(stupid fucking dick head), we leave farm generations ago and now you want to go back!?!?!"

I got it all figured out Hypa.

2 properties = 1 high point house
1 maserati = tundra + gassssss
1 scooter = 3 craigslist animals (some beat up old horse, a retarded sheep, etc)

THEN Ill be done and i can die there.

Unless i neglect my lawn, in which my white neighbors will promptly tell me so and then after continuous neglect, probably set a burning cross on my lawn followed by a good old fashion lynching......

OR ill just get a job at CP rail and get blown up rebuilding CP's dying infrastructure. JUST LIKE GRANDPA!!!

PeanutButter · 05-17-2019, 09:18 PM

I always heard that Honda's and Toyota's are reliable, but all of the cars i've had were somewhat reliable.

My dad had a Ford Ranger for 10 years = reliable. Traded it in for a F150, never had a problem with it, had that for 10 years, sold that and bought a Toyota Tacoma and has had that for two years.

Our family has also had a BMW since 1990 and those were all reliable too. We have owned two 325i's with no issues and two X5's, both unsurprisingly had oil leaks and had to change some hoses and the oil pan.

My wife drives a Nissan sentra and we had to pay $900 to fix the passenger side wheel bearing.

I was surprised it was that much to fix a Nissan part....

It seems like every car we had, there are just typical maintenance items we have to change.

Badhobz · 05-18-2019, 07:41 AM

I like the new f150's too but i heard they are horrible reliability wise. I guess its just luck of the draw.

Is there such a thing as an economical truck? hows that chevy colorado? is that good on gas? is it reliable?

Hondaracer · 05-18-2019, 07:43 AM

F150 has one of the better engines now with the 5.0 coyote and their new frame design seems like it’s built for the long term. I’ll be looking at few year old lease returns when I’m in the market for mine. F4L

hud 91gt · 05-18-2019, 09:27 AM

Colorado diesel is great on fuel. The Ram 1500 diesel too

fliptuner · 05-18-2019, 09:29 AM

I'm waiting for a decent Ram 1500 diesel, to come up for auction. All the ones that have gone through, are rollovers - the hillbillies up North, really know how to fuck shit up.

twitchyzero · 05-18-2019, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Hondaracer

Taco is a truck for granola munching overlanders. “Small” trucks like that are a bit prohibitive in terms of the “truck” functionality. You can’t even fit a sheet of plywood in the bed.

personally I’d deal with some reliability issues and have leather and wood grain over plastic and small

versus rednecks that expect leather and wood grain in a pick-up?

not everyone's in trade or owns an acrege, products like Ranger, Bronco and Defender are coming back for good reasons

MG1 · 05-18-2019, 10:23 AM

I like my 2006 Ridgeline. I haven't driven it for a couple of years now, but if I ever need to haul some sheets of plywood, I'll just put temporary insurance on it. It takes plywood flat in its bed. It tows 5000 lbs, which is good enough for all my needs. I'm not sure how reliable it is. I only have 180k on it, but drove it across North America. All the way to New York, up to Nova Scotia and back in 4-1/2 weeks, almost non-stop, lol. It's comfortable enough. Not your gun toting, Albertan truck, that's for sure. It's different enough and borders on not being a truck. Unibody on a frame. Neat little features.I was concerned about it being designed and built in NA, but it's been okay. Leak issues due to poor workmanship, but it's all taken care of.

I start it up every now and then to make sure there'd be no surprises when I might actually need it.

Anyway.......... carry on carrying on.

underscore · 05-18-2019, 10:45 AM

If you're buying used you have to be careful where a domestic truck is coming from, if it's been used for any kind of work up north or on the prairies it's been beat to shit and left idling forever. I almost never see imports out at sites though.

If you're buying new a Toyota costs about the same as everything else but it's more reliable and has better resale. My inlaws bought a brand new Ram and the screen that controls absolutely everything fried in the first 200km. They had to go to the dealer multiple times to get it "diagnosed", then it took another 2 months to get a replacement because who the fuck knows. When it finally showed up the apes at the dealer mangled the trim around it getting the old one out so they had to wait another 2 weeks for a new one of those as well. Somethings fucked with the headlights too because oncoming vehicles are constantly flashing them at night.

Maybe I'm just biased because the electrical in my 07 Jeep is a huge pile of shit but I'm genuinely curious how long some of the fancy features on this new truck can last before breaking.

MarkyMark · 05-18-2019, 11:28 AM

When I was looking at full size trucks the Tundra wasn't even close to the price of a similarly equipped F150 after factoring in discounts. Shit I think my F150 was 5k cheaper than a fully loaded Tacoma lol.

Don't get me wrong the Tacoma is good but it's not worth more than a well equipped F150. People seem to buy them purely based on the fact that they have good resale value. My Tacoma got the same gas mileage as my V8 F150, except the tank was half the size so I was filling up every 350km.

The Tacoma and Tundra are so reliable because they only update them once every 12 years.

Hondaracer · 05-18-2019, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by twitchyzero

versus rednecks that expect leather and wood grain in a pick-up?

not everyone's in trade or owns an acrege, products like Ranger, Bronco and Defender are coming back for good reasons

Nothing like paying more to get less

twitchyzero · 05-18-2019, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by MG1

I like my 2006 Ridgeline. I haven't driven it for a couple of years now, but if I ever need to haul some sheets of plywood, I'll just put temporary insurance on it

U-Haul is $20

but you have sentimental value with, so that's different

OT, would 3 weeks across Canada & back be do-able and still be comfortable? 2 weeks there, one week back via the US/whatever is fastest

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Originally Posted by Hondaracer

Nothing like paying more to get less

i'm sure the F350 owners say the same about F150

maybe just realize people have different needs/expectations

MG1 · 05-18-2019, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by twitchyzero

U-Haul is $20

but you have sentimental value with, so that's different

OT, would 3 weeks across Canada & back be do-able and still be comfortable? 2 weeks there, one week back via the US/whatever is fastest

Three weeks is doable, because I stopped at every roadside attraction and hit quite a few cities. If you have another driver, it's totally doable. Two of my kids went with me, but none of them could drive.

US is way faster. Shorter distance, plus higher speed limits. Driving through the Dakotas and Montana was nuts....... the speed limit was 80 mph. So many places to see in the US. Canada, not so much. I mean, the Prairies, Nuff Said.

Badhobz · 05-19-2019, 12:07 AM

I wanted to see Rideau SK for the corner gas set. Now even that's taken down

quasi · 05-19-2019, 09:38 AM

Has anyone looked at what the new Rangers are selling for? I went to the Ford Dealership yesterday and even the salesman was like yeah I wouldn't buy one of these they are overpriced. 20-30% more than an equivalent Colorado, might as well buy an F150 if you want a ford.

punkwax · 05-19-2019, 12:50 PM

No offence to anyone here but aside from the taco I wouldn’t buy anything other than a full size truck.

Badhobz · 05-19-2019, 01:23 PM

why though? isnt these midsized trucks just as capable? how much bigger is that rear bed? i dont get it.

punkwax · 05-19-2019, 01:28 PM

Full size trucks just seem to be way more reliable. Almost everyone I’ve known with rangers, Colorado’s etc have had problems, eventually get into a full size and regret not getting one in the first place.

fliptuner · 05-19-2019, 02:07 PM

I say midsized trucks are only good for camping or people that don't have kids and haul the occasional load.

For payload, towing, interior space, etc. full-size is the way to go. My Tundra is barely a 1/2T by my standards but it rarely revs past 3k rpm

quasi · 05-19-2019, 02:41 PM

Colorado works fine for me and I come from years of owning F150's. There are times when I do miss the F150 box but honestly even though I don't really like Chevrolet it's a pretty decent truck.

Has most the bells and whistles my F150's had although no Air conditioned seats but I manage. The back seat legroom obviously isn't the best but even my 6'5" 280 pound friend was surprised how roomy it was in the front and he drives a 2018 F350 and a 2018 Silverado.