Truck Of The Year "Not"

[Ketch]

Originally Posted by 06Z71

It is a chevy it is made to run and run hard not to park in the garage!!!!!!!!!!

throw enough parts and money at anything and it will run forever. Just piles of trash talk wearing a bow tie and hiding that pos you call a truck. a Chevy runs and runs - like diarrhea!!! lol

[jveik]

as for the guy that said his domestic vehicles all died at under 75k miles, i dont know of anyone else with that problem. My dad sold his 90 silverado with a 350 and a 700r4 a few years ago and had done no work on it, just oil changes and stuff. he never flushed the rearend and had the tranny filter and fluid changed once or twice. It was still running strong at 180 thousand miles. granted it smoked a little at startups in the morning, but other than that, the only other problem was the radio that had to be smacked a few times to turn on lol

[06Z71]

Ketch if weedeater engines is what you like than thats you. I think the have a forum for POS cars somewhere

[BlenderWizard]

Originally Posted by Ketch

throw enough parts and money at anything and it will run forever. Just piles of trash talk wearing a bow tie and hiding that pos you call a truck. a Chevy runs and runs - like diarrhea!!! lol

Dude, wtf is your problem? You're pissed off because you bought a dud (I read your posts in the sub/hoe forums), but guess what? ALL auto manufacturers make duds, and you would have been as likely to get one from them as you were from Chevy. So, pack it up and get the hell outta here, because you don't even have a truck.

[masapell]

I looked this up and thought I would present just data. This data is a bit dated, but does give a picture of what has historically been the case with REPORTED problems. Now I'm sure most have seen this data, and will not sway anyone, but it is interesting to see. Now let's be civil.

Consumer Reports 2002 Report

Most Reliable based on reader responses for 1994-2001 vehicles

Small car Toyota Echo
Sporty car Toyota Celica
Sports car Honda S2000
Family car Infiniti G20
Large car Toyota Avalon
Upscale car Infiniti I35
Luxury car Lexus GS300/430
Coupe Acura CL
Small SUV Subaru Forester
Midsized SUV Infiniti QX4 (best overall)
Large SUV Toyota Land Cruiser
Compact pickup Toyota Tacoma
Large pickup Toyota Tundra
Minivan Toyota Sienna

Top Picks

Best car tested BMS 530i
Most fun to drive Subaru Impreza WRX
Family sedan/wagon VW Passat
Small car Honda Civic EX
"Green" car Toyota Prius
Upscale sports sedan BMW 330i
Small SUV Toyota RAV4
Midsized SUV Toyota Highlander
Pickup truck Toyota Tundra
Minivan Honda Odyssey

Most Reliable Manufacturers
U.S. Chrysler Group with 22 problems per hundred vehicles.

European Saab with 14 problems per hundred vehicles

Japanese Toyota and Subaru with 12 per hundred then Honda and Nissan with 14.




J. D. Power Long Term Vehicle Dependability
Top ten car makes based on lowest number of reported problems.
These are car makes, not individual models. 1998 study.

Lexus
Cadillac
Infiniti
Mercedes
Acura
Buick
Lincoln
Toyota
Audi
Oldsmobile

These brands have more problems than the industry average.
Listed in alphabetical order:

Chevrolet Geo Mazda
Chrysler GMC Mitsubishi
Dodge Hyundai Plymouth
Eagle Jeep Pontiac
Ford Land Rover Volkswagen

[Faze3]

Originally Posted by sreve

the tundra is only produced in indana.

Toyota is also building a Tunda mfg plan in San Antonio, Texas.

http://www.toyota.com/about/operatio...cturing/texas/

Just an FYI.

[twomorestrokes]

Originally Posted by horse482

Just wondering what everyones thoughts are about that POS Honda being named "Truck Of The Year" by Motor Trend. I think that it was a bad decision on Motor Trends part. This is kind of like calling the Chevy Aveo the car of the year.

Who really cares about what Motor Trend says about ANYTHING? It is a boring magazine that selects car of the year in accordance to the amount of payola received IMO. How else could you explain the 1983(?) car of the year, the Renault Alliance? I had one of these for the winter one year, purchased for $100 and it came with parts cars to keep it on the road. It even had the Motor Trend sticker in the rear window. It was in excellent appearing condition, but I soon had to find more parts cars to finish out the winter. What were they thinking? The thing ate trannys, starters, alternators, etc almost daily. Not to mention I felt stupid being seen in it.

As for the foreign vs American made, I don't want to even get into that. I personally drive American, but won't argue the fact that the quality standards are not on par with the Japanese. If we'd ever figure that out, we may be able to keep some of our own plants open and keep ourselves employed...

[Ketch]

Originally Posted by BlenderWizard

Dude, wtf is your problem? You're pissed off because you bought a dud (I read your posts in the sub/hoe forums), but guess what? ALL auto manufacturers make duds, and you would have been as likely to get one from them as you were from Chevy. So, pack it up and get the hell outta
here, because you don't even have a truck.

DUDE you have serious issues. Lose the hate.

[Ketch]

Originally Posted by 06Z71

Ketch if weedeater engines is what you like than thats you. I think the have a forum for POS cars somewhere

don't get me started about weedeaters they are junk. Stahl and Echo for me, nothing less. Oh, but Echo is Japanese boo hoo gonna get a bunch of rednecks upset agin! OK, off to the lawn trimmer forum. See ya.

[BlenderWizard]

Originally Posted by Ketch

Oh, but Echo is Japanese boo hoo gonna get a bunch of rednecks upset agin!

Man, don't come in here calling people names, you can take yourself right back out of this forum (and please do)

[n8zdogg]

Originally Posted by horse482

Just wondering what everyones thoughts are about that POS Honda being named "Truck Of The Year" by Motor Trend. I think that it was a bad decision on Motor Trends part. This is kind of like calling the Chevy Aveo the car of the year.

Its Motor Trend - they are not a credible authority on trucks as "we" know and consider them. They are primarily concerned with things like gas milage and comfort, ride quality, and ergonomics. However, the ignorance in dismissing foreign car/truck quality and value and calling them weedeaters and such is exactly what GM, Ford, and Chrysler are counting on you to do...paying top dollar for an inferior product only adds profit to their bottom line. Look at the other forums here. The overall frequency and severity of problems with American made brands is far higher than the foreign vehicles....and many are manufactured right here in the USA.

[knogoodidleft]

wow dug up a old thread. Anyways... My only complaint from my old truck was at 250K miles my 88' scottsdale tranny started slipping, and when I reinstalled a new one the speedo didnt work.

[taillight]

Why do all of the Toyota trucks say TURD racing on the side? I didn't even know that was a race. I'm not going to see that.

[silverado122775]

You guys are funny!!!
I really like Chevy and not just there trucks. I do watch the competitors and they all have something to offer. However the Honda does not make a truck, the Ridgeline is like the El-camino or the Ford Rancho. it doesn't it pass as a 1/2ton. So what ever Motor Trend is smoking.. I want some!!!!

[n8zdogg]

Originally Posted by taillight

Why do all of the Toyota trucks say TURD racing on the side? I didn't even know that was a race. I'm not going to see that.

TURD - funny, but Toyota Racing Development - http://www.trdusa.com/racing.cfm I have not driven a Tundra or Tacoma but the V8 4runner RUNS STRONG. It would easily eat the chevy v8s of similar displacement.