Stick with your F250. The Tundra is a girls truck.

 

Thanks for all the input!!! I prayed about this matter and I am sticking with the F250. I like the Tundra but the Ford is lifted with 35" T/A's,Diesel and also chipped!!! Maybe next year!!!

 

My dad has the '96 GMC Sonoma Highrider, off road package, extended cab, and towing package. Well with the off road package he got the transmission cooler, around 53,000 miles later the hoses deteriorated and leaked transmission fluid out while he was unaware driving down the interstate, transmission got to hot and dropped. The little plastic coverings on the corners of the rear bumper have been replaced 3 times between the two of them at a cost of 125 dollars a piece. Other than those two things the truck has been a pretty ok truck but I would rather have the Tundra. It's the same size but just has more reliability, I love GM but they need the reliability of Toyota and the other foreign car producers out there. We also owned a s-10 Blazer, dropped the tranny twice and had all sorts of problems with it. During the course of owning both cars my mother owned a Toyota Starlet which was only junked at 150,000 miles because it got the front end leveled by a big a$$ buick and a '94 Toyota Previa Minivan which now has close to 200,000 miles on it and the only things ever changed on both were the Oil, Air filters, spark plugs, oil filters, and I believe the battery wires were replaced on the minivan last year. One last add on, Toyota trucks cannot be called girly for the looks because if you look at the new bodystyling on the Gm's and other trucks they all look some what the same. Now for girly part, one advantage american made trucks have over the foreigners, Vortec and Cummins, I cannnot believe how much ***** my dads Highrider has, when you get up on that 5-speed Vortec it lets you know it's there.

 

Drive whatever truck you want but don't compare the Tundra to an F-250 or any other full-size Ford or Chevy. If you care, go to the respective manufacturer websites and check out the numbers for towing capacities, payload, engine torque and horsepower etc. G.M.'s stats for the half-ton series alone blows away the Tundra and the 3/4 ton options that Ford and Chevy have made recently are awesome. Be honest-how many contractors and people who rely on their truck to make a living do you see in a Tundra??
The Tundra has a good reputation but until Toyota gets heavier engines and a 3/4 ton option they're gonna lag behind. Who buys a full-size pickup for drag-racing, quiet ride and nice mileage (not that good anyhow!)? Not putting anyone down for buying one-competition keeps everyone sharp! Keep the F-250!
p.s.-check out the big 4 shootout at www.edmunds.com
they did a real comprehensive comparison between Dodge, Toyota, Ford and Chevy 1/2 tons.

 

I'm curious to see what the TRD supercharged Tundra will do against the F-150 Lightning.

 

Are you guys enen sure a Tunra is a fullsize truck?I rode in one and if we had a 3rd person in the front it would of been much tighter than my GMC 1500.Even parked beside each othe the Tuntra looked a bit on the light side.I like the idea of a full size Japaness truck but they should not fool around and just go for it and build one.

 

The Tundra Falls right in the Middle between the Dakota, and the Ford f-150. Toyota is coming out with a 3/4 and a 1 ton.The Tundra is small, but is very Capable for towing and Hauling.

 

Fact is , The tundra is Produced exclusively at its plant in Princeton Indiana.This hasnt been done before. What percentage of Fords, or Chevys are are built in Canada, or Mexico.The Tundra has Created 9,000+ Jobs in the USA.Sure Toyota makes profits.They also return profits to the Employee.Detroit has been shifting job outside USA, and Toyota has been adding jobs.

 

It gets around 15mpg. Its a real good truck