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12-15-2010, 09:45 PM
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12-15-2010, 09:50 PM
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New ride
My son has a Tundra and loves it. Had a Chevy Z-71 for 5 or so years before the Tundra,but feels as though this is a much better ride. Pulls a 22 foot Robalo bay boat all over and the torque is great on this truck and gas mileage is better. I've been in it once and it does have a pretty smooth ride.
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12-15-2010, 10:23 PM
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My uncle has a tundra crew max with the 5.7...that think is a beast! Very smooth ride and lots of room in the back seat. We always take it up north to the deer lease cause it has so much room and very comfortable. On the other hand,the tacoma is a nice truck too. I went to big lake with meaux in his a couple times....can hardly tell the boat is back there.
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12-16-2010, 09:05 AM
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mine is the prerunner sr5 long wheelbase btw...
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#12
12-16-2010, 10:29 AM
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I have a 08 tundra double cab with the 5.7, i dunno about now but at the time the 5.7 was only a thousand bones more and got better mileage due to the 6 speed tranny vs the 5 speed. I find the 5.7 has plenty of torque (I have no problem pulling a 40 hp kubota 4x4 with front end loader and tiller) and gets 13 mpg while pulling it. I average 18 mpg on a daily basis, and get between 19-21 mpg on the highway. The double cab has about the same room as a dodge quad cab and a 6.5' bed vs the crew max's 5' or 5.5' bed (which is why i wanted the double cab for the bigger bed). The tacoma was just too small for what I do with my truck imho.
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12-16-2010, 01:01 PM
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I have a '04 tacoma pre-runner 4-door with the TRD package..... Almost 150,000 on it and its still rolling strong. its the 6cyl and i get about 17-18 normally, highway is around 20-21.... It has the locking rear differential that has got me out of bind more than once.....and works really well for launching boats. If your getting a 2wd i would make sure it has this. Thinking back i don't remember changing anything but the battery......
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12-16-2010, 08:29 PM
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went look at em and they have storage compartments inside of storage compartments, very nice ride. I seen one fella pulling a little bull dozer with one a few months back.
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#15
12-16-2010, 11:35 PM
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I'ma take a spin in a Tacoma this weekend.
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12-17-2010, 07:31 AM
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Tundras look like a beast! Run like a beast! all around bad arse truck!
Im getting a new truck maybe this year and that will be one of my first choices, then F-150. Tacomas are sweet to i like the looks alot!
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#17
12-17-2010, 08:48 AM
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Salty,
My neighbor has a Tundra with about 120K thousand miles on it and no problems - i.e. typical Toyota. Now his mileage is somewhere around 15mpg and that fits with everything I have ever read about them. Great trucks, but people equate better MPG with the yota's and that just isn't true. Your best bet for MPG will be the F-150 hands down. I looked at trucks for months before I bought my Titan in '04 and then for months before I bought my F250 this year. You'll quickly find that the price differential between a Tacoma and a Tundra is next to nothing. I couldn't justify spending that much money for a smaller truck when for a few $K more I could get a full size with a V8. Also, I found that the yota's were more than F-150's and the response was always, it's a toyota... Titan was a fantastic truck, but MPG was laughable. This time I needed something that could tow with no worries and get good MPG. The 250 gets 17mpg in the city and I have gotten 22 on the hwy. Towing I average about 17 on highway. Titan was about 11 towing the same loads. The Tundra is a great truck, but would recommend at least looking at the new Fords. I have NEVER been a ford guy, but now I am sold.
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12-17-2010, 12:38 PM
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12-17-2010, 02:00 PM
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I've had both an 07 tacoma prerunner and currently 07 tundra 5.7L. My tundra gets better mileage on average. I commute 65 miles a day and average 17.8 overall right now in the last 20 k miles which includes towing the boat and getting around town. Tacoma was nice and I moved it too but the tundra is the way to go. My only gripe is the thin paint so get a 3M clear bra applied if u are going to do a lot of interstate driving. Tundra drives smooth and has tight turning radius so its easy to maneuver in parking lots. About to turn 60 k miles and not a single issue so far.
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#20
12-17-2010, 08:01 PM
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I know the tacoma is a little over priced, but it keeps its value more than the tundra and i bought a ford and was shocked at how the value went down so much after two years. This is one question you might want to ask your self in 5 years when you want another truck how much will this one be worth if kept in good shape?
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