Talk Trucks to Me
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I don't really have a "max" to spend - but would like to keep it around $20k just for monthly payments sake.
4x4 would be a plus for hunting - but not a "need". No tow plans except the occasional small trailer or car dolly. Could maybe see trailering the E30 if I ever wanted to go to a big show on the East coast or such.
If this is the case then why would you not get a wagon of sorts? I don't see any benefit losing fuel mileage and possibly comfort for daily driving if you don't plan to actually do truck stuff with a truck.
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My dad bought a 2004 f150 with the 5.4L brand new and traded it in last year with over 200k miles on it for a new f150 xlt 5.0L. He averaged about 18 combined and never had any "major" mechanical issues. All of the work done was all maintenance stuff but he is also very meticulous about maintaining his vehicles. His was 4wd with the extended cab which gave you enough room in the back for an adult to sit but it wasn't very comfortable. The quad cab is much nicer in that gen f150 and it's awesome in his current truck.
I'd stay away from the canyon/colorado's. From what I've seen in the shop is they're a turd. Part's are as expensive as the big trucks (god forbid you do the brakes on your own). The 5 cyl had overheating issues while the 4 cyl can't get out of it's own way. The extended cab is great for your lunch box and maybe a dog but I wouldn't put actual people back their regardless of their stature.
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Get a touring
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seconded, by a guy who wants a truck, but can't stand how they drive like buses.
in one trip to the hardware store i can fit some 10' pvc sections, a few sheets of 4x8 ply on the roof, and a pile of 2x4x8s
add a 4x8 trailer and the possibilities are endless.
a truck it ain't, but a truck it is!
Dan
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I've got a Ford Escape to fit my "truck" needs right now but anything taller than 4' and i'm fucked. I have a trailer which is nice but it's still a hassle. I understand why someone would want a truck, especially if you need to pull anything over 1000lbs.
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This thread was doomed to failure from the start based on the title. If you pool all the responses together you get a hodgepodge of opinions that have barely a few strands of continuity.
Once you factor in this response I'm typing it's even worse because I'm not even talking about trucks.
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Of course you get all sorts of opinions. That's kind of what he was asking for.
I mean shit, earl suggested a touring and Dan sort of justified it.
Collin just get another e30 and cut it into a truck. That would be a way cooler thread
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Of course you get all sorts of opinions. That's kind of what he was asking for.
I mean shit, earl suggested a touring and Dan sort of justified it.
Collin just get another e30 and cut it into a truck. That would be a way cooler thread
Dan
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I'm with the wagon/touring guys. I may be biased tho. That is all.
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Honestly, whatever truck you get will do truck things well it just depends on what you like after you drive them. Between the big 3 they spend more on development of the full size truck lines than most OE's spend on their whole line. They're all good.
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Honestly, whatever truck you get will do truck things well it just depends on what you like after you drive them. Between the big 3 they spend more on development of the full size truck lines than most OE's spend on their whole line. They're all good.
This, except Dodge.
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This, except Dodge.
That's a given. Every groups got someone that licks the windows.
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Dodge doesn't make trucks. It's Ram now......lame.
I'm only owned 3 trucks 2 GM's one Ford. Gas mileage was never a concern for me so I always had a big V-8 that would get 14MPG max.....My opinion really doesn't count.
As for you 'Wagons are life' guys, I agree to a certain extent....until you have to pick up a refrigerator or a swingset, or a load of gravel. Wagons have limits and when doing truck stuff with them, you find those limits VERY quickly.
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Dodge doesn't make trucks. It's Ram now......lame.
I'm only owned 3 trucks 2 GM's one Ford. Gas mileage was never a concern for me so I always had a big V-8 that would get 14MPG max.....My opinion really doesn't count.
As for you 'Wagons are life' guys, I agree to a certain extent....until you have to pick up a refrigerator or a swingset, or a load of gravel. Wagons have limits and when doing truck stuff with them, you find those limits VERY quickly.
I'm just saying without doing these type of activities on the regular, justifying the extra fuel costs and overall comfort/driveability of the vehicle is hard to do. I mean honestly, we all know at least one person close to us that would let us borrow a truck for the evening if we needed to move anything sizeable like that=)
Not trying to sway decisions or push Tourings as being "the very best all around vehicle" but I figured I would show the value/option versus buying a truck that could potentially rarely be used for its intended purposes
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I mean honestly, we all know at least one person close to us that would let us borrow a truck for the evening if we needed to move anything sizeable like that=)
But if everyone followed the touring logic, there would be no trucks to borrow!
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But if everyone followed the touring logic, there would be no trucks to borrow!
This is sorta true. There are people who have trucks for good reason though=)
People who race or camp and have trailers to pull, people who own landscaping businesses and need to haul load of aggregate/mulch or a mower trailer, grandpa who cuts wood behind the shed and hauls it over to everyone in the families houses, etc.
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This is sorta true. There are people who have trucks for good reason though=)
People who race or camp and have trailers to pull, people who own landscaping businesses and need to haul load of aggregate/mulch or a mower trailer, grandpa who cuts wood behind the shed and hauls it over to everyone in the families houses, etc.
Or, ya know, people who just enjoy driving trucks. That's a pretty good reason.
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I towed a 18ft trailer with a new Colorado earlier this year. I thought it was pretty comfy but I agree with Kaiser the transmission shift maps were weird when driving around town. Not really a great tow vehicle visibility wise either but that trailer was big
Thats is the only real input I have, I'll be driving 90's GM trucks until I die.
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As for you 'Wagons are life' guys, I agree to a certain extent....until you have to pick up a refrigerator or a swingset, or a load of gravel. Wagons have limits and when doing truck stuff with them, you find those limits VERY quickly.
agreed, there are plenty of good reasons to have a truck. personally, I'd love to have a truck and a car. but i can't have both, so a wagon does double duty. i think it has more to do with how often you find the limits, not what the limits are. the amount of times you 'really' need a truck is more the determining factor.
and yes, i would shovel gravel into the back of my wagon.
Dan
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Or, ya know, people who just enjoy driving trucks. That's a pretty good reason.
I mean, if that's your thing. At least 75% of the people I see with trucks out by me have absolutely no use for them besides the point of liking trucks. A good 50% of those never see anything put into the truck bed besides beer cans and human bodies.
In my head, Collin just doesn't strike me as a truck driving fellow unless it was his Caddy
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