luberhill

I just did Varoom on my 2021 Jeep, they offered more than I paid 7 months ago . I get supplier / family discount from Ford , Gm and Chrysler .. Not sure if there is a clause that I can’t resell within a certain timeframe … Probably not.. also if I sold sit I may not be able to find another . Doesnt sound like this will end anytime soon

I’d be concerned if I had to pay for gas for work. When I retire , soon I think , I’ll probably do less than 10k a year . Friend of mine hauls gasoline , his Peterbilt has 500k miles on it , not sure what his avg per year miles are but it’s a lot . He doesn’t go out of state though

Yea some day I will have my CPA send me the list of vehicles I’ve owned since I’ve been on the road. Last year he told me my work miles were over 2 million.. Again, it’s not as much fun as when I was in my 20s I worked with a rep last week that covers the whole east coast ..he has a company provided car . Gets a new one every year

Yea Ford isn’t into the hybrid tree hugger wannabes market . I get that . Right now trucks is where the money is even though they keep telling us electric cars are where it’s at .

Yea again, I’m not looking for “ value” per say, I like comfort and reliability . I have never had a major issue with any of my trucks ( knock on wood ) Kinda makes sense the more products you sell , the more issues will show up. Toyota sells 1 tenth of the trucks that Ford does Maybe I’m just lucky but I’ll stick with what I have had luck with ! Ive been averaging 65k miles a year just for work . Its getting old and so am I .. Looking forward to retirement and cutting way back on those miles . I was buying new trucks every couple years …then I got hooked up with a local dealer and started buying used . I still bought my wife’s new and I also bought a new Jeep last year .. Trying to keep the miles down on that but still have 18k on it and it had 3 miles on it in May

My King Ranch I sold about a month ago , the dealer kept bugging me and I wasn’t driving it It has every option , 360 deg cameras , parked itself , trailer assist , locking rear diff, even had washer on the camera lens I probably could have gotten more but I didn’t want to deal with the tire kickers

Well I think the limited , then platinum , then King Ranch , but … the King Ranch had its own interior features , heavier leather , dash trims etc.. I laughed at the massaging seats until I tried them .. Compared to the Chevy Hi Country there is no comparison . Ram has come a long way but I still think Ford has the best truck of all !

I like that Chevy went to rounded wheel wells , I always hated the look of the squared off ones like on my current Silverado .. Just didn’t look right

https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/reviews/2020-toyota-tundra-2wd-review/

Humm

Coming out of Indiana I’d guess that’s correct

I don’t buy to resell, again PRICE…the value on a Toyota is LESS than the value on a Ford or Gm . I sell most of mine to private owners and have always been more than happy with the prices paid I just sold a 4 yr old 67,000 truck for what I paid for it .. Im more than pleased with that !

Gm ?

Tundra sales in its best year were 100,000 Ford sales in its best year , almost 1 million ! Toyota has a lonnnggggg way to go Enjoy your truck , again , you are the one paying for it , drive what you like

Also , Chevy IS Gm

I’ve owned GM , Ford and Dodge,I prefer Ford trucks,agree they are not inexpensive ( cheap) you want comfort and heavy duty parts you have to step up and pay for that. Sounds like you need to stick with Toyota

Not at all..I’ve had great luck with every Ford truck and suv in this family. I looked at towing capacity too, Toyota is at the bottom of the list . Towing boats, RVs , etc never any major repairs on any of my trucks. Except one T bone collision for a tractor trailer

My King Ranch was the nicest trimmed truck I’ve been in , and I’ve been in most of them. Even had massaging seats !! Ram has really increased their interiors but the King Ranch was still a much nicer leather, layout etc as far as I’m concerned . Toyota doesn’t even come close in that category ..too much plastic and cheap feel.. Again that’s my opinion

The component items seem cheap, thin, light weight ..doors , hood hinges , interior … Just comparing it to what I’m used to driving

I’m a tier one supplier to Ford , Gm and Chrysler , back in the 90s I remember we couldn’t park a foreign vehicle in the main parking lot Its a global economy now Yea I like my vehicles plush because my butt is that seat for hours every day.

My buddy owns a Chinese restaurant , he said the prices are doubling on avocados , rice , chop sticks , containers etc.. Last week he kinda complained to the supplier when buying over 400 pounds of rice .. Supplier told him , “ if you don’t want it , no problem, the guy down the street will take it” Avacados were 22.00 a case , now 42.00 a case .. Now they can’t use polystyrene to go containers , the plastic ones are double the cost. If he raises the prices his customers bitch …

Those “ biggest in the world “ numbers are mainly overseas numbers so that makes sense . I always thought it was the same reason Dollar Stores do so well , people like cheap Im sticking with what has worked for me, I’m sure you will do the same ! Cheers !

Again drive what you like , I have had zero reliability issues with Ford or Gm . I put a lot of miles on my vehicles , oil changes every 5000 miles . All the foreign “ trucks” seem small and cheap. I still remember seeing the stacks of Toyota rotted out frames with the 4 billion dollar recall . They just seem cheaply made and small compared to a full size American truck. But if YOU are happy that’s really all that matters

We were at the Lincoln dealer Friday for my wife’s inspection and oil change. Nobody was there , I did t see a salesman , I asked the service manager why . He said “we don’t have any cars to sell” “Anything coming in is already sold , for full sticker , it’s going to be this way for all of 2022” This is crazy .. housing market is nuts too

This one had fat like that too , you’re right , it peels off easy