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Every vehicle I buy from now on will be a Toyota or a Honda. I have a Tundra and love it. My wife has a Honda and loves it. Neither of us has had a problem with it. Both 2010's. They are so reliable compared to other brands of vehicles I've had.
GM and Ford are having huge sales on 2018's right now, roughly 11000.00 off of msrp. I received a similar deal on a 17 GMC 1500 a year and a half ago. Although I do agree other than full size trucks Honda and Toyota are the way to go, very reliable. Personally I wouldnt buy another dodge. chrystler, or jeep ever again. Good luck, I hate dealing with the salesman.
I am thinking about doing some upgrading and would like people's opinion. I am currently driving a car as I used to travel a lot for work, but now I use it as a commuter car. My wife has an Acadia that we use 95% of the time, and considering we just had our second child, it is time to upgrade to something that is larger. I have been thinking about getting a truck or an SUV (thinking a dodge durango), but not sure yet. With 2 car seats, I need a bigger back seat. The big reason I am leaning towards a truck is how large the rear seats have gotten lately, and for the fact I can throw my shanty in the back and drive out on the ice. The 4runner TRD Pro also looks like the anglers dream, but its not very large and I would have to shell out some coin for it.
Wrong forum.
A vehicle is a major portion of an ice fishing setup. Interesting thread in my opinion.
Don't buy new vehicles... a couple of years old...pay cash...save thousands...problem solved.
I got the wife's escape used. But I won't buy my next truck used. I don't want some jackwagon's half beat truck because they drove it for 2 years and didn't take care of it. I want the thing for 20 years.
Not always true...bought my '96 Ranger in 2000 with 32,000 mi. on it. Just traded it in April with 325,000 miles and still going strong...well strong for it's age. Never any major repairs and wasn't burning a lick of oil. Best "used truck" I ever bought.
My current truck went 278k and it failed with a hole in the piston. But it has spent alot of its life with a trailer behind it. I got it with 61k on it used and thought the engine blow by it had was normal until I replaced the engine. This one runs so much better and stronger. I'll take as much of factory warranty I can on my next diesel.
I said that too after 3/4 of a million miles in 3 different Tacomas, all bought brand new. They are simply awesome but just absolutely suck as a tow vehicle. When I got my 19' inline enclosed trailer I had no choice but to go full size and the Tundra is just way too expensive and I didn't like the mileage it got. Almost cried when I traded my '13 Tacoma TRD Off Road for my '17 GMC Sierra 1500 but so far I've been pleasantly surprised. If you don't have to tow, I highly suggest a Taco, but if you need to haul get a full size. My Sierra double cab has plenty of space in the back for kiddos and gear and still has a 6' bed without being stupid long.
A few pieces of advice I'd give is if you're buying a used vehicle make sure it's certified, the warranty that comes with certified vehicles is a good piece of mind, and make sure you understand what the certification warranty covers. Even if it's a certified vehicle I'd invest in an extended warranty for the added peace of mind. Also look for a vehicle on www.Carguru.com, this site gives you lots of info such as how long it's been for sale, number of owners, and if there's been any changes in price. When I was buying my truck I checked it out on Carguru and found out they jacked up the price by $1,000 the week before so when I was talking with the salesman about buying it he gave me the jacked up price and I told him I'm only paying the cheaper price, I saw it on Carguru, and showed it to him. He pulled the I have to talk with the manager and when he came back he said they can't find it so I pulled it up on my phone and showed the both of them again and I ended up starting off at the cheaper price. I'm sure they weren't happy with me about it but tough crap, my money is better in my pocket than their's. I've had a 2004 extended cab, 2008 extended cab, and now a 2014 super crew cab (four full sized doors)Ford F150 and liked them all no major problems but I stay on top of the maintenance. As other people said before it's better to go bigger rather than smaller especially if you have kids. My extended cab trucks worked great for me until the kids started getting bigger and they started complaining about not having enough room. If I bought a super crew cab when I bought my 2008 I wouldn't have ended up buying the 2014. Oh and there's one other thing about buying a truck, when you never had one you don't realize what you're missing but once you have one you'll ask yourself how you ever managed without one and will NEVER want to be without one.
I’m surprised there are so many Taco lovers here, especially up north. Google frame rust recall from the cheap multi piece frame. Poor transmission programming along with torque converter shudder issues. Poor ride, noisey cabin, incurable vibing front end. But the engine is good.