toyota shopping

Hi all
I've been lurking
my 27 year old chev L29 left me walking, not a major failure, just difficult for me to work on. it's parked until warmth comes. we're in the rust belt ,
Wife says buy a new truck, and as I am a gm guy . but it's not simple anymore.

This use to be , just find a color the wife likes, thats all she cares about . thanks EPA for mudding this up .

GM: i want a v8 w/o afm/dod , A8, 2.7 turbo or a Diesel
already have a car with the 8L90E,it has the "it acts as designed " hard 1-2 first shift of the day. so they wanted a hard shift?, hmm
Can't buy a ford (even if I loved it)! Due to me badmouthed them to my ford friends forever

Dodge is still a maybe, i have to know more about the 5.7 issues

Tundra, requires more info

I was really surprised about the 3.4 issues, for some reason it didn't pop up in my earlier search,
people I knew decades ago were 100% diehard Toyota.
maybe a longer delay in shopping is needed to let the dust settle

thanks

 

What is your usage of the truck? Hauling/towing,
Daily driver, race car, off road? Or if your like me "all of the above"
the tundra is lacking a bit in the payload department, that's why I ask.

 

Welcome from NY.

 

basic transportation few times a week & tow 4 times a year 60 miles
I don't need the 1 ton capacity,8-10 mpg, in the past i have grossed 24k ,22k was more comfortable with it.
so now loaded trailer maybe 7k-8k ,
most chev 1/2 tons handle it fine, keeping a decent tongue weigh & always having trailer brakes working

 

Just my experience with the Hemi 5.7.
Had one in my 2011 Grand Cherokee and lifters on cyl 3 stuck at 148,000 destroying the cam shaft and sending metal through the entire engine. Luckily I had a free powertrain warranty that covered another engine.
On the forums it was quite a problem up to 2015 in any Mopar vehicle with that engine. Some believe part of the problem is the cylinder deactivation crap.

 

Chevy 6.6 is also a no AFM motor. Probably not available in 3/4 ton though. The GM transmission shifting issues can be remedied or minimized with Lubegaurd platinum additive. The issue with those is the thin ATF that GM uses for MPGs.

 

Welcome from LA (Lower Alabama)!