Which full size truck brand do you own

["J"]

I will bite for conversation.

This is why toyota is getting popular. People are paying up to buy toyota products now for the reliability and they also dropped the ball with recalls and engine failures. Time will only tell how this latest truck holds up.

But yes, certain era trucks are just built right. They are not comparable with today's trucks tho.

Toyotas problem started when they abandoned the Gen 2.5 platform…. Trying to hang with the big 3 and their BS 4&6 bangers with turbos. I don’t plan on ever driving anything with a turbo mounted on a 4 or 6 banger. And I loved my F-150 with the 300 6cyl.

 

[giles]

Toyotas problem started when they abandoned the Gen 2.5 platform…. Trying to hang with the big 3 and their BS 4&6 bangers with turbos. I don’t plan on ever driving anything with a turbo mounted on a 4 or 6 banger. And I loved my F-150 with the 300 6cyl.

And that is all from government mandates for mpg. The makers have zero chance to make it.

 

[Mickey Merrie]

I run an SUV and have a 5x12 trailer, best of both worlds for me anyways. Putting new tires on it for winter, Nokian Outpost nAT tires. Run Michelin Defenders in the summer, again best of both worlds for me.

 

[Jackalope]

And that is all from government mandates for mpg. The makers have zero chance to make it.

Yep. Giant shit sandwich that is unachievable without severely hindering power and sustainability. We're already seeing it reaching a breaking point across manufacturers where they're having massive recalls and soaring prices for crappier trucks. It's not going to get better either. They are forcing these manufacturers to adopt electric or hybbrid electric vehicles. By 2035 look for even big trucks like the F250 / F 350 etc to be hybrid with an electric assist and a small crappy motor that has a high compression ratio and turbo. Under the current rules there isn't a way around it, they will be forced to include electric to meet the MPG standards even if the truck can only go 40 miles per charge before switching to the regular motor that's 40 more miles they can add to the MPG rating to satisfy the standards.

 

[Dannmann801]

 

[Dannmann801]

Yep. Giant shit sandwich that is unachievable without severely hindering power and sustainability. We're already seeing it reaching a breaking point across manufacturers where they're having massive recalls and soaring prices for crappier trucks. It's not going to get better either. They are forcing these manufacturers to adopt electric or hybbrid electric vehicles. By 2035 look for even big trucks like the F250 / F 350 etc to be hybrid with an electric assist and a small crappy motor that has a high compression ratio and turbo. Under the current rules there isn't a way around it, they will be forced to include electric to meet the MPG standards even if the truck can only go 40 miles per charge before switching to the regular motor that's 40 more miles they can add to the MPG rating to satisfy the standards.



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Sounds like those bureaucratically mandated rules need to be legislated away, or is that too much to ask?

 

[5Cent]

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