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Court
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 06, 2007 - 12:27 pm: | 
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Whatever happened to the thread about the guy who wanted a TRUCK to haul his Buell in? Did he end of trading the Buell for groceries?
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Mr_grumpy
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 06, 2007 - 12:47 pm: |
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Torqueflite 727, failure prone? you kiddin me? |
Ducxl
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 06, 2007 - 02:09 pm: |
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Those Isuzus',mitsubishis',hondas,daihatsus,
Nisanns,toyotas,datsuns,daewoos
ALL have no soul.Tin cans/w slanty eyes
Buy a Chevy,Ford,or Dodge for soul...I can't believe Buellers drive Jap crap |
Bads1
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 06, 2007 - 02:53 pm: |
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Say's who...You DucXl??
I'll tell ya what that I know for sure is that they have way less problems and repairs by a long shot and those Jap crap trucks have way better resale also...... wonder why?? |
Ceejay
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 06, 2007 - 03:02 pm: |
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excellent marketing, that coupled with the fact that most new cars on the road are leases-I have heard up to 70%, means that most people don't own the things long enough to see the problems, and when the problems do come up the people seeing them are the dealership or people that usually have used cars and don't complain about it, cause it is used.
I see a lot of old Ford and Chevy trucks on the road more than I see old Honda cars. Could be due to 90's sales were better for the domestic but I think it's just becuase they last longer, and the import trucks save for Nissan/Datsun haven't been around long enough.
Toyota's did make a very strong small truck that I've always wanted with an R-22 if I remember right, commonly gets 300,000 before the body falls off. Those old 4X4's were cool, functional, and fun. |
Cowboy
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 06, 2007 - 03:06 pm: |
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Because Tundra is made in TEXAS. HE HE that bad boy is stock with 381 H.P. |
Bads1
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 06, 2007 - 03:19 pm: |
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I've leased and I have owned either way They were all Toyota's. My first one was a 93 and I put a set of tires on it and some brake pads,also put 80,000 miles on that truck. then I had a 95 Tacoma got rid of it at 65,000 miles and just put tires on that one. Had a 96 Corolla 68,000 miles and put tires thats it. Toyota 4 runner 60,000 just tires. Had a GMC van 1 ton extended 55,000 miles... Brakes,tires, rear heat coolant lines, brake booster... man price one of those once you'll choke. Failed emissions once bad sensor it was only 2 years old and the first time it had to go through. Had a Suburu Outback,tire and brakes that it. Now I got this Dodge and I like it but I got such the deal that I could afford not to buy it. I bet it won't have the same service record infact I'm quite positive. I see old Honda's everywhere here in Wisconsin more so then old domestic trucks. I guess its where you live and where I live. |
Ceejay
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 06, 2007 - 03:37 pm: |
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The only old vehicles around here are usually trucks and clapped out volvo's owned by greying professors and hippies. My brother has a 03 ranger-215,000 with nothing but tires and brakes, my dad has an 80 150 with 160,000 just tires and brakes, and I have 02 250 with 95,000 with just tires.
never had any luck with Dodges, tranny's always seemed to go out.
No offense but anything under 100,000 has really gone through a teething yet. usually 10 yrs. and 120,000 is where everything can go in the crapper...
couldn't find any info on the boosters, how much? just out of curiousity |
Bads1
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 06, 2007 - 03:42 pm: |
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That baby ran me a grand at cost. Not only that that frigg'n thing had severe problems with Ball joints and tie steering components in the front end. Good ridden's to it. |
Ceejay
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 06, 2007 - 03:50 pm: |
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Ouch!!!!
yea if it can't make it to 55,000, much less a 120,000 what's the point? |
Ducxl
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 06, 2007 - 05:12 pm: |
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Because Tundra is made in TEXAS. HE HE that bad boy is stock with 381 H.P.
I'm truly THANKFUL that my fellow American laborers can keep food on the table Assembling Toyotas'.But the money trail still leads to ANOTHER country.Buy a Ford,it's the patriotic thing to do.
But i digress,the best small to mid size truck is the Ford Ranger by far.Second is the Chevrolet Colorodo.SUV??? How about the Dodge Nitro RT, or my fave,the Ford Escape. |
Bads1
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 06, 2007 - 05:25 pm: |
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Speaking of money trail the Ranger... isn't powered by a Mazda power plant. I know my brother v6 newer Couger is. |
Azxb9r
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 10:41 pm: |
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The Ranger has a Ford engine, the Mazda is a re-badged Ranger. |
Bads1
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 10:44 pm: |
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Then why does the Couger have a Mazda motor?? |
Azxb9r
| | Posted on Thursday, March 08, 2007 - 01:59 am: |
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Ford and Mazda have been working together for several years. Ford uses some of Mazdas stuff(Cougar,Probe,some later Escort engines) and Mazda uses some of Fords stuff(Navajo,new pick-ups).That Mazda powered Cougar is not a bad running car,and the Mazda engine is more compact than most of Fords V-6s. |
Kdan
| | Posted on Thursday, March 08, 2007 - 08:26 am: |
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I had a Mazda pickup. Trust me, the Ranger is a Mazda before it's a Ford. That was in '86 though. Maybe things have changed.
One of the coolest American cars I ever had was a 1990 LeBaron convertible. Great car, sucked when anything broke. The top never worked, so it was manual, but that Mitsubishi engine, man, that sucker could scream! |
Azxb9r
| | Posted on Thursday, March 08, 2007 - 04:00 pm: |
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The '86 Mazda was all Mazda,and a pretty reliable truck. Sometime after the Explorer/Navajo was released Mazda stopped building their own trucks and turned into Fords. Early 90s , I dont remember the exact year off the top of my head. |
Bads1
| | Posted on Thursday, March 08, 2007 - 04:13 pm: |
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1994 |
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