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Ford!!!

My work truck

My newest truck, a commuter that I just bought a couple weeks ago.   The only pictures that I have of it are from the other day when I smashed into a tree on my way to work:

That sucks, and only a couple weeks old...One of the kids in my town wasted $45,000 of his own money on a new gmc and it was in a ditch on the side of the road the first day it snowed this winter only about one week old. He was mad as hell when the old beater 97 was pulling him out haha.

Fairfield county, CT

so bad it hurts to see!

true my dad says toyotas are very dependeple trucks especially the smaller ones, like they dont break down as easily as 2000 model v8

he has a 95 tacoma 4 clinder with 148,000 miles and it hasnt let him down

I have a 1990 toyota tacoma SR5 (automatic) with 168,xxx on it still running strong! My buddies dad bought a 1997 tacoma SR5 brand new off the showroom in 98' has 345,xxx on it on orginal clutch, pistons, and valve train. His is a inline 4 like mine as well. You cant go wrong with 22RE motors by toyota, always parts available and last for ever!

Yay..

Thanks Paul, all though I am jealous of your work truck.. I LOVE the looks of them! Our friend is looking at getting a brand spankin' new one, to replace his Tacoma. Too bad about your commuter truck, just glad your ok.

U got 6 cyl ecoboost in there hondarider?

Thanks Mike! You ask and you shall recieve..! the story: I was an idiot one night and listened to my buddy, and decided to try and go through what's pictured. WELL, its a lot softer then I thought. Call up my old man, he comes down, barely has to touch the throttle to pull me out. So, he turns around and decided to dive in to show me how its done.. he gets stuck(this was before we had mudder tires and a winch). So he locks the rear end..still is stuck. Turns out the drain wall thingy went farther over then he thought, so he bassically hit a wall and couldn't climb it. so I pulled him out after he pulled me out..crappy pics as my buddy was taking them..but you get the idea.

i cant even tell you what my dad has. he has had at least 20 trucks in the past year. he buys then sells and buys then sells.

hey jake, the ranger is a good truck i think you'll like it.   Why Toyota you ask?   I gave my '98 Tacoma to one of my daughters and she has been driving it for the past 10 years.  It has 265,000 miles on it and I haven't had to do any repairs, EVER.  Still on the original clutch too (5 speed manual).  Before the Toyota I had a Dodge Dakota that lasted exactly 90,003 miles (the dealer wouldn't help me out since the factory warranty ran out at 90,000 miles, true story).   I had a Ford Ranger before that and it was a decent truck but didn't have enough power for towing or passing others.  Before the Ranger I had another Dodge that was a great truck!  We still run it on the ranch, but with full-time 4 wheel drive I got about 4 miles per gallon.  Before the Dodge I owned a '67 Ford 1 ton with a straight 6- now THAT was a great truck!  It had a flatbed deck and I'd put easily 2 tons on it several times a week (I was a stone mason back then) without a hiccup.  Before the Ford I owned several Chevy '65 trucks that I would buy for a few hundred bucks each and piece them all together to get one decent truck out of the bunch.  I'm still partial to Chevy trucks and think they're nice rides.   In fact I'm still partial to Ford as well.  When it came down to this most recent truck purchase it was the high mileage and dependability of the Toyota that swayed me.  Price and terms also played a big role.

I would honestly never buy a toyota. Im not one of those "made in america or nothing" kinda guys, but ford has driven me through a shitstorm and made it out running great, powerstroke especially. I wouldn't mind a cummins or a duramax. Im waiting until i get on a job (iron workers-union) and then i can save up some money and buy an lbz duramax, or maybe build myself a 1997 dumping flatbed body 97' 4 door Fummins, talk about one of a kind.

well now you've heard different, for what it's worth

Toyota makes a solid truck, most are assembled in the states now as well. I dont think the accelerator issues applied to the trucks at all.

Here ya go. I'll diesel action. 03' 2500hd LB7 duramax

wow Mike, that is a nice truck!   Especially for one going on 10 years old.  How many miles do you have?

It has 147k as of right now. The down side, its getting the driver side injectors replaced right now. $1400....gone! It has volant air intake and 4 inch exhaust. Does very well towing and has a little juice ;) Definitely cant see going back to gas anytime soon.

7.3's where it's at for diesel, they are tough to find with low miles, but if you can, it's usually always a good pickup.

Oh hi

Hangin dawg, ready to go boarding next week.

My buddy has an 02, it's such a beast. I was looking for a while for one, but I thought about how much I drive to California, figured I would go nuts if I had to commute that much in a diesel. Guess when I get a travel Trailer again I'll pick one up.