Why did you buy a Tundra??

I traded my 6.7L Powerstroke diesel for my ‘18 SR5. I don’t have the torque, payload or towing capacity. But I have reliability...

My Ford routinely threw codes related to the DPF equipment that are DESIGNED to strand you to idle speed within 50 miles if not taken to and worked on by a dealer. And then there’s the danger that fuel/DEF contamination will cause you $5-18K in repairs. No thanks. I’m keeping this little 1/2 ton truck for >20 years!

 

No offense but, your friend is a moron. You have one of the most liked tundra. The reason I have a crewmax is because I have three kids. If I were younger or without a family, I would be driving the exact truck you have and I bet half the members here would do the same.

 

As someone who's been around the car scene for over a decade, I fix cars on the side while having a full time office job, then i switched over to being a full time safety/emissions inspector and also do some light repairs at my shop. I can say without a doubt, Toyota makes the best vehicles, period. Hondas is up there too but i've had to replace a couple of transmission in the Odyssey and accords and TLs etc. Nobody build cars like Toyotas, they last forever, they're easy to work on, it's like their engineers design it to be easily accessible to repair things that are wear and tear.

VWs, Audis, Mercedes are pieces of shit. They're awful to work on, always require special tool and it's just annoying to get to some things to repair. BMWs are okay, they're probably the easiest to work on out of all the German brands.

Nissans, Mazdas, Mitsubishi, are also pieces of shits. If you're smart, you drive a Toyota/Lexus/Honda. I love it when people argue with me like "oh i have this and that, and never had an issue with them" Well your opinion means diarrhea to me, because i see different cars day in and day out so overall, I think i have more experience than you sir.

Sorry long day at work, Nissan Rogue rear brake slide pin seized, but Nissan designed it in a way that you have to remove the caliper to rebuild the pins, customer didn't have money so i did the extra work for free.

 

Yep, no wife, no kids, not even a pet, just a short gf so i have to put rock sliders on it soon. I searched for months to find a single cab, 5.7 4X4, had to fly 600 miles to get it, none within that radius of me. Wish i had found a white one though, but i can always wrap it a matte pearl white like i did with my land cruiser and benz.

 

I had two Fords previously and continually had problems. Ford ranger first, then an f150 before I bought my tundra. I felt like I could never trust those trucks. I have had this one for nearly 3 years and have not had one problem with it. Plus it is a beast!! Last I pull my bass boat all over the place and I can’t even tell it’s back there. If gas mileage is an issue for you, don’t buy a tundra, go get you one of those gas sippin Prius’

 

I like Tundras.com better than Tacomaworld.com

 

That's good. Because if you had said it the other way, you might as well have walked into a trailer park in Arkansas and yelled, "Walmart sucks!"

 

I converted to Toyota from Chevy when I had troubles with my truck Camaro and suburban. Ever since then happy with my Tundra 2010 RW 4x4 5.7 with 3.5 lift 35 295 70r 18 with exhaust. Gas sucks but luckily it’s not a daily driver

 

Never thought I'd own a pick-up, but I purchased my 2017 Tundra last Friday. LOVE. IT. I've been a Toyota driver for a decade. It's a phenomenal brand. I ended up buying the Tundra for Toyota liability and, being 6"6', I couldn't believe the amount of leg room I had behind the wheel. My two young sons are already tall for their age and will be at least my height. It's nice to have a vehicle they can grow into. The 5.7L V8 engine is a beast and makes the rig fun to drive. It also didn't hurt that my wife loved the truck the moment she sat in it. We're a road-tripping family, so we plan on putting some major miles on the odometer.

 

No offense, but your friend is a moron. That's a gorgeous ride!

 

I’ve always been a Ford guy. I e had several F150’s with 200k mikes without a single hiccup (special note here, I’ve only had straight 6 and v8 f150’s never an eco boost). Nothing but routine maintenance. When I bought my Tundra, I had a short list of what I wanted.
4x4
Crew cab
Sliding rear window
V8
Adaptive cruise control.

By the time I had those on an f150 it would have been $60-70k and I refuse to spend that on a vehicle (and I would have still had the tiny sliding window). All that said I am very happy with my Tundra so far. Ask me again in 10 years.

 

I think proper maintenance has much to do with longevity in most cases. To group Nissan in there might be a stretch as I have seen many go 300k mi or more. I have also put over 500k mi on 2 Chevy trucks myself. The guy I bought my Tundra CM from was just as meticulous with his maintenance as I am so I'm confident I can get many miles and years out of this one.

 

That's kinda out of anger from the Rogue i worked on, but a majority of Altimas that come into my shop, were all falling apart at 130k miles or so. Not necessarily pieces of shit but required more work than usual. All the engine mounts broken, many failing alternators, oil leak, valve train/timing chain noise. They're nowhere near Toyota. You're absolutely right, maintenance is key, but Toyota seems to take abuse better than anyone else.

 

I had wanted a T100 when I was 16! Kinda weird for a brotha since my buddies all had slabs and whatnot lol! When the 1st gens came out I was just getting started in my adult life and they were $$$! But I remember the older and established gents around the area had em and they were running laps around the American 3 brands. They were ALWAYS pushing the limits on em hauling timber, drag cars, etc. Then the 2nd gen came out and I vowed that one day I'd own one. I fell in love with the pre-runner side of modding and what you could do with trucks and the styling of them. For the longest they were just way out of my reach financially and it got me down in the dumps because I couldn't afford one. I had obtained a black 2011 model in the summer of 2012 and man I was stoked, so much that I tentatively signed a $800mo payment for it but my wife made me take it back because it was a dumb purchase due to our then finances. That was the "keeping up with the Jones' truck" I knew I couldn't afford it. Fast forward to 2014 and I spotted my SS CM on a lot in Dallas. I knew it was the truck that I was gonna be blessed with. That 5.7 had no end when I got on the gas! When I moved the baby seats over, it was SO ROOMY. The truck was so smooth and out shined all the other pre-owned trucks on the lot. I had driven a F150 and a Sierra 1500 just to waste some time on the lot and I can't really bash em because they were nice "pretty" trucks . But I wanted a mans truck, something I knew for a long time that it would never let me down since I'd be the one taking care of it and upgrading. A lot has changed in the 4yrs I've had it! And it still fires up and burns the tires just like it did the moment I fishtailed out the lot summer of 2014. My advice; buy what makes you happy in the beginning and the end. Every truck has its good and bad. I wish I had a better factory audio system but that's a grain in the sand compared to what I love about my Tundra.

Good Luck sir.

 

Thanks! This is my first Tundra, truck in general, I'm still getting used to the girth of this thing. Really hard to park, i don't know how you double cabs/crew max guys do it. Then there's that huge one with the double cab 8ft bed, nothing short of driving a limo at that point.

 

Yeah I bought my son a 2dr 2010 Altima because that's what he wanted. Not my choice for his 6'3" 230lb frame but he loves it and fits in it nicely. You are right, the weak link is the alternator and it just recently just crapped out at 105k mi but the rest of the car seems solid. Now if I can just keep him off the curbs

 

It helps to take the big rig driving course and obtain your CDL before driving one of those

 

We keep our vehicles a long time. 10+ years and 300+ K. So I value quality and long term reliability in a vehicle above anything else. My wife has been driving Toyota cars for almost 20 years now. They have been extremely, extremely reliable and trouble free.

Over that time I’ve been driving all the domestic pickups for work. Some were OK, some were absolute moneypits. Comparing my domestic truck experience to my wife’s Toyota vehicle experience, I knew it was only a matter of time before I made the switch to Toyota trucks. I moved back to a 1/2 ton as soon as I no longer needed the capacity of a 2500/3500 diesel. After researching every little aspect of all the new trucks available... It was of course a Toyota Tundra and has not disappointed in almost 3 years of ownership. I plan to keep it another 12 years minimum. The 5.7/6-speed tranny should be good for it.

I’ve felt like the MPG thing gets way over blown. The latest TFL review proves that there isn’t all that much real world differential between all the full size trucks, in terms of MPG. And the repairs my buddies and coworkers put into their trucks will pay for a LOT of fuel and miles in my Tundra, at a 1-2MPG difference!

 

So true! After 15 years of driving 2500/3500 Dodge CTDs and some time in the seat of a big rig, my Tundra feels like a small truck.

 

Lol my god...I bet it's really smooth because of the long wheel base

 

I grew tired of having trucks that needed an engine replacement every 60,000 - 100,000 miles.

 

This is nothing. I used to drive a 21' long 1ton Chevy crew cab long bed for my hotshot service. I had a receiver hitch in front and back and with my bed extender inserted in the front receiver I could legally carry 30' lengths of drill pipe if needed.

 

That's insane! I can't imagine driving that, i've been driving sport coupes all my life, this was a big leap for me. I also live in DC where everything is crowded and cramped, no place for a big truck really.

 

New Tundra owner/member here (Inferno!). I came from an Accord after 14 years, but had 3 Silverados and an 88 4Runner before that. I had decided that I wanted a truck again and looked at the Chevy and Dodge offerings, but they want way too much for a vehicle that I can't see owning/maintaining for 10+ years. So I looked at Toyota and thought I wanted a Taco -- until I drove it. Uncomfortable, underpowered, etc. Took a drive in a DC Tundra and came away excited about a vehicle for the first time in a long time. I'm on day 4 and love driving this thing.

 

I narrowed my search down to the F150 Supercrew and Tundra CM. Tested both, rented Tundra for a weekend too. I think the F150 has an edge from interior design, technology and payload, and from a driver perspective the seat positions, mirrors, visibility are a little better, but the 10 speed did not shift well at all and the new 5.0 has sprayed in piston cylinder walls that havent been tested through 15 years of start and stop from cold. I liked that the 5.7 is stout and tested (barring the cam tower leaking issue which i have, but it is just weeping). The Tundra is a smoother riding truck and the back seat feels much bigger, wish the floor was flat though. Overall I was able to buy a Tundra Limited for the same price as a well optioned XLT after getting all the ford rebates and discounts figured out.

 

Nissan is not what they used to be. Also, anecdotal stuff here, but my very first p/u was a little 94 Toyota, in 96. Sweet little truck I bought with the help of a co-signer. I drove it off the lot, picked up a friend that night went hammer down the highway -AND- it stalled. After combing it over we found out that someone at the dealership didn’t tighten off the oil plug properly. It stalled because it ran flat out of oil. Seized? Nope. That tough little bastard fired up after plugging the pan and refilling. It ran all the way until it got rear ended and totaled on the Sanibel Causeway, some ¿5 years? later.

 

With the 1.9% apr you'd get on a new one I'm sure you can get one close to 40k I was out the door with taxes for 47 on a 19 limited.

 

My gf has really gotten into fishing, and we even started our own YouTube channel, Instagram, and Facebook....but we can only catch and film so much while bank fishing.
I’m working on trading my Harley for a boat, but all of the boats that were offered to us were too big for my Wrangler Rubicon to tow.
We needed a truck, and I knew right away I wanted a Tundra. I’ve always liked the look and the features, plus I’ve heard only good things about reliability. We found the one we wanted a couple of weeks ago, and I couldn’t be happier.

 

Reliability
Resale
Toughness
Long time multiple Tacoma and 4Runner owner. They have never let me down....ever..

 

I keep my vehicles for 10-12 years on average. I wanted an unquestionably reliable full size pickup truck that would last me (the second owner) for at least 10 years. After doing my research, Tundra was the only logical choice.