Author Topic: trucks? (Read 13956 times)

Chris_D. · « **on:** March 15, 2008, 08:30:30 PM »

what do ya think?

archery288 · « **Reply #1 on:** March 15, 2008, 08:32:28 PM »

had a new scion tc(made by toyota motor corp.), got bored of it, and traded that for my new tacoma! Wouldn't own a different truck!

bowhuntin · « **Reply #2 on:** March 15, 2008, 08:34:40 PM »

Tacoma's are awesome I have a 96. It is realiable and tough. I wouldn't mind owning a bigger truck like a chevy with a duramax diesel in it though.

Bookworm · « **Reply #3 on:** March 15, 2008, 08:39:14 PM »

What about a Dodge.

Chris_D. · « **Reply #4 on:** March 15, 2008, 08:41:32 PM »

ya if you guys here of a Toyota Tacoma for sell cheap let me no preferably a 4 cylinder I'm just a kid lookin!!

Chris_D. · « **Reply #5 on:** March 15, 2008, 08:43:48 PM »

ok i put dodge up there!

Bookworm · « **Reply #6 on:** March 15, 2008, 08:49:38 PM »

I have an 2001 2500 cummins.Hands down the best truck I've ever owned. Just gotta luv the cost of diesel.

Red Dawg · « **Reply #7 on:** March 15, 2008, 08:51:57 PM »

depends on what you need the truck for. i have owned nothing but fords so i am biased. diesel=4.09

mossback91 · « **Reply #8 on:** March 15, 2008, 08:52:24 PM »

mossback91 · « **Reply #9 on:** March 15, 2008, 09:06:13 PM »

lol none of that yet. Havent had it too long though. Used to clunk aorund in a '86 f-150 so it is alot better so farr haah.

jackelope · « **Reply #10 on:** March 15, 2008, 09:09:46 PM »

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Nice looking chevy......how's the frontend clunk and the squeeking doors. Has the ABS light came on yet??

geez miles...you must have got a bucket...mine's at 96k miles and none of that yet. if he gets any clunking out of that one, it's sure to be from that lift kit.
good looking truck, mossback...2002?

mossback91 · « **Reply #11 on:** March 15, 2008, 09:14:15 PM »

Quote from: jackelope on March 15, 2008, 09:09:46 PM

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Nice looking chevy......how's the frontend clunk and the squeeking doors. Has the ABS light came on yet??

geez miles...you must have got a bucket...mine's at 96k miles and none of that yet. if he gets any clunking out of that one, it's sure to be from that lift kit.
good looking truck, mossback...2002?

yep exactly 2002-did clunk but that was just the worn out shocks good to go now though

jackelope · « **Reply #12 on:** March 15, 2008, 09:27:54 PM »

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just the worn out shocks

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if he gets any clunking out of that one, it's sure to be from that lift kit.

hmm...i'm pretty good at this stuff.

miles...i worked at the dealer from 97-03. i know all about the intermediate shaft clunk in the steering column. wierd that whatever dealer you were taking it to never replaced the shaft. mine oddly does not have that clunk. i know it should, but it doesn't. no abs light yet either. it has been a few year ssince i was at a gm dealer, but i don't remember the abs issue as being common. the 2006 you own has a completely different steering column than the other ones, so i gotta wonder what the deal is with that. are you sure it's the same clunk?
p.s. i have owned nothing but chevy trucks since 1995.
why not take the truck to the dealer while it's still under warranty and get it fixed?

Red Dawg · « **Reply #13 on:** March 15, 2008, 09:29:48 PM »

my friend has a 99 chevy and all of the options have rattled off of it. I makes so many noises now you cant tell what is going on. And i think every light on the dash is showing some kind of problem. I though maybe it was just his truck but maybe not.

mossback91 · « **Reply #14 on:** March 15, 2008, 09:34:49 PM »

dads WORK 1500 has never had a problem like those and it has 120,000 miles on it

jackelope · « **Reply #15 on:** March 15, 2008, 09:48:38 PM »

yes i have an extended cab and no, no squeaks. mine is quiet.

the thing we used to do is just spray some lube like a silicone spray lube to the rubber weatherstrips to quiet them down.

the intermediate shaft ckunk is not in the front end, when i say front end. some say tomatoes, some say tomatos. as in it is not a suspension clunk. it is part of the steering column. i'm assuming you know this...but figured i'd mention it just to be sure. you keep saying front end clunk.
first we used to replace the shaft...then they said we just need to do the lube thing. it is a syringe full of grease. you essentially pack the thing full of grease to take the play out of it. then they were replacing them again...all of this went down while i was still at the dealer. since i am not there any more...they were not doijng anything. gm said don't make any more repairs till they figure out how to fix it...i have not looked into it recently to see what they are doing now.

shanevg · « **Reply #16 on:** March 15, 2008, 10:10:24 PM »

None, I want a Nissan!

PolarBear · « **Reply #17 on:** March 15, 2008, 10:24:33 PM »

I have replaced the alternator and cam sensor (factory recall) and that is it. Fully loaded my 7.3 will out pull just about any other rig, at least that has been my experience so far. By the time this one wears out I will be too old to drive.

Red Dawg · « **Reply #18 on:** March 15, 2008, 10:30:46 PM »

that is a nice truck. cam sensor replacement is standard issue with those 7.3L. I wish i would have kept my 7.3.

PolarBear · « **Reply #19 on:** March 15, 2008, 10:36:48 PM »

Thanks, it had been a great rig and has hauled a LOT of alfalfa from Eastern WA. It is my boat/hay/trash hauling mule.

Bofire · « **Reply #20 on:** March 16, 2008, 09:13:14 AM »

Depends on lots of stuff. I have had new Ford/Dodge /Chevy. I like the Toyota Tacoma if it is able to do what you need.

The new Consumer report Auto issue just came out, 2007 best pick up buy is the 1500 Silverado, how ever accross the board it is rated average, in 'reliability' 'Satisfaction' and 'owner cost', very general ratings.
The new Toyota Tundra 4X4 V8 is rated 'reliability' "well below average" the Nissan Titan is rated the same. The Dodge 1500 is rated one step better it says "below average" Ford is rated "average".

That said consumer report is not the end all answer. I have been buying new Chevys since 99, and 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006. I put on loads of miles.
I buy them as they have given me good service, BUT mostly cause, the dealership is 3 miles away and I have known the owners for 25 years, we get along and they make me GREAT deals.
If I did not have to tow a trailer, Id drive a toyota tacoma.
Carl

quacker whacker · « **Reply #21 on:** March 16, 2008, 12:21:12 PM »

Dodge for sure

deerslyr · « **Reply #22 on:** March 16, 2008, 01:42:21 PM »

jeep??

MIKEXRAY · « **Reply #23 on:** March 16, 2008, 01:55:35 PM »

Ford diesels for me. I drive them for 200,000 miles in six years, then trade them in and only have to change oil & standard maintenance. I haven't even had to do brakes. Probably just lucky. Wish I had the 7.3 instead of the 6 litre I have now.

Bigshooter · « **Reply #24 on:** March 17, 2008, 02:10:53 PM »

Give me a toy any day.

jackelope · « **Reply #25 on:** March 17, 2008, 08:32:52 PM »

tacoma?

Antlershed · « **Reply #26 on:** March 17, 2008, 08:56:11 PM »

That yours jackelope?

I had a Tacoma, and now I have a 2004 Chevy 1/2 ton. I like the truck, but i would like to get a 3/4 ton and get something that doesn't have crappy IFS.

jackelope · « **Reply #27 on:** March 17, 2008, 09:07:45 PM »

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That yours jackelope?

nope...belongs to a friend.
thats a pic from saturday. maybe i'll start a new thread.

Antlershed · « **Reply #28 on:** March 17, 2008, 09:37:01 PM »

Here's a pic of my old Tacoma taken up at Reiter...

Head-shot · « **Reply #29 on:** March 18, 2008, 12:15:46 AM »

Quote from: Red Dawg on March 15, 2008, 09:29:48 PM

my friend has a 99 chevy and all of the options have rattled off of it. I makes so many noises now you cant tell what is going on. And i think every light on the dash is showing some kind of problem. I though maybe it was just his truck but maybe not.

That's funny Red, A friend of mine had one that sound just as you described, but he drove the damn think like he stole it.

He put a couple strips of black electrical tape over the idiot lights so he could drive it at night, otherwise it was like the vegas strip in the cab.

cascademountainhunter · « **Reply #30 on:** May 26, 2008, 02:08:05 PM »

older chevy or newer dodge diesel

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