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I need a new car: crowd sourcing JFC for recommendations and warnings

I have to disagree on the Chevy quality. Granted I'm fairly biased, but we've never had trouble with a Chevy vehicle. On the flip side, we bought a Passat back in 06 or 07, and have had nothing but problems with it. I would love to buy a Ford pickup someday, but the Chevy dealership is 5 minutes away, and all of the other dealerships are over 30 minutes away. When you live on a farm and don't have very much spare time to get to a dealer for the little things like oil changes, it makes a difference.
 
b_line said:
This all changes when you start talking about diesel trucks. Tacoma is a great vehicle, but the ram diesels hold their value just as well. I bought a 2007 ram 2500 diesel in 2008 for $29,000 and it is still worth Ober $20,000 7 years later.
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Shoot man, even my Ram 1500 only lost about $6000 in value from when I bought it to when I sold it over a 7 year period. PIckup prices are just high right now. The Tacoma resale is ridiculous though. Hard to justify that much money for a vehicle with that many miles, imo. We had the same thing with my wifes CRV. Sold it for well above KBB value because so many people were interested in it.
 
Anyways NAOS, buy a little pickup (Tacoma, Colorado, anything but a Honda, etc), get a topper, and then do this with it. I think it would work great for what you want. Put a spacing kit on it for a little more clearance without looking like a huge douche with a little dick, and you'll be set.

https://sfglobe.com/?id=15790
 
Howard said:
Anyways NAOS, buy a little pickup (Tacoma, Colorado, anything but a Honda, etc), get a topper, and then do this with it. I think it would work great for what you want. Put a spacing kit on it for a little more clearance without looking like a huge douche with a little dick, and you'll be set.

https://sfglobe.com/?id=15790
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Buying a used pickup when you don't actually need it is stupid imo. It's more money for something that doesn't fit your needs. Then he should spend even more money turning it into a less comfortable version of an SUV? No.

I have a pickup because I needed it when I bought it and it's paid off. If I was looking today I wouldn't buy one, when I could get an SUV for less.
 
♪alt13 said:
Buying a used pickup when you don't actually need it is stupid imo. It's more money for something that doesn't fit your needs. Then he should spend even more money turning it into a less comfortable version of an SUV? No.

I have a pickup because I needed it when I bought it and it's paid off. If I was looking today I wouldn't buy one, when I could get an SUV for less.
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Get what will be the most practical for you. A truck has a lot of utility over an SUV. Right now I have two 4runners, and miss having a Tacoma sometimes. Although, I don't miss having a truck when a friend needs to move :).
 
I have a 93 ford turbo diesel, a 2007 ram with a cummins, a 2009 ford escape and a 2009 vw jetta diesel wagon. I love them all, but my favorites are the vw and the ram. The fords are just alright.

If I had all the money in the world, I would buy a brand new Chevy diesel truck, a vw diesel wagon and a brand new 4 runner.
 
♪alt13 said:
Buying a used pickup when you don't actually need it is stupid imo. It's more money for something that doesn't fit your needs. Then he should spend even more money turning it into a less comfortable version of an SUV? No.

I have a pickup because I needed it when I bought it and it's paid off. If I was looking today I wouldn't buy one, when I could get an SUV for less.
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this is precisely what I'm thinking. The quality, price, and availability in the used market is better for a 4runner than a tacoma... to a shocking degree.
 
NAOS said:
this is precisely what I'm thinking. The quality, price, and availability in the used market is better for a 4runner than a tacoma... to a shocking degree.
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Probably because the 4runner is ugly as sin. But that wouldn't keep me from buying one.
 
NAOS said:
this is precisely what I'm thinking. The quality, price, and availability in the used market is better for a 4runner than a tacoma... to a shocking degree.
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The Tacoma was IT for the midsize market for a long time. No competition=high demand for used vehicles in that segment.
 
I've had a 1998 Chevy K1500 with a 5.7L, a 2000 Silverado 1500 with a 5.3L, a 2003 GMC Duramax, and now a 2013 Ford F350 Dually. They have all been incredibly trouble-free, except I had to replace the injectors on the Duramax at 75,000 miles due to known issue. GM had extended the warranty to 8 years on the injectors but of course they went bad on me at 8.5 years. Cost me $4500 but I sold the truck for close to $20,000 after owning it for almost 10 years. The Ford hasn't had a single problem since new(23,000 miles).
 
If I was you, I'd go with a 2016 Chevy Duramax fully loaded and lifted. Chevy's are great trucks. Lots of power.

4 runners are gutless. They look ok, and run forever, but feel cheap and are slow and don't tow heavy **** good.

I guess it comes down to what do you need more. A truck that actually does truck stuff, or a truck that can rock crawl and get good gas mileage while doing it.

Buy the real truck (a chevy) then buy the Toyota too, and tow the Toyota to where you want to play with it. Makes sense to me. Buy both.
 
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