Looking at a new Tundra with a 8.1 bed

Yep! I may do that and the dealer for me is in Fargo ND which is out of state.

 

Ah! Thanks for the tip! I will wait till July-August then.

 

Do You have Far to go to Fargo?

 

Unless you are over the road towing all the time and don't care about the cab size, then its a great option. Yet, most of the market audience doesn't live in that realm. So, at the end of the day the DBL cab with 8ft bed has less appeal for three reasons (in my opinion):

1. Turning radius - need a WalMart parking lot to swing it around, not to mention trying to park it in a crowded parking lot. One of the things I hated about my 3/4 ton Duramax and it only had the 6.5 bed.
2. Overall length - many single family home garages are 20x20 and it wont fit.
3. DBL Cab only - it cuts out all of the CrewMax market. I don't know the breakdown between DBL Cab and CrewMax but I see a hell of a lot more CMs than DBL cabs.

 

I was figuring the parking thing would be an big issue, but I live on a farm in a rural area near a very small town, so I would not be in many crowded lots. I see more CM's then DBL's also.

 

Most people who buy pick up trucks don't need them, and a 5.5 or 6.5 bed is actually overkill, you are right!
Those who require a pick up for work or business generally go for a bigger bed. However, it would be a silly choice for a commuter car. That's what Tacomas are for!

 

Unless you haul 6 foot adults in the back seat for more than 30 minutes every day, the D/C is ample. Furthermore, the D/C Tundras are able to carry 6 passengers with the flip up armrest up front. Ironically, the CC, with its bigger cab, is regulated to a fixed console up front, and has the same measly 5 passenger rating as a Nissan Sentra, and the drivers seat is not any bigger...

 

Yep! That is what I want for, to haul sheetrock, plywood and 2x4's. That way I don't have anything hanging over the tailgate. Rather do that, then buy and manage a trailer. I will probably put maybe 5,000 miles a year on it, so it won't get used much, just for hauling and maybe a camping trip now and then.

 

If you do need a trailer, uhaul has the 12x6 open trailers for $35 a day.

 

With the dc, you can get your drywall, and then pick up a 5 man crew from the parking lot!

 

Ive always heard the DBL Cab back seats are uncomfortable due to the angle...plenty of leg room though.

 

I know out here where I live in the rural, family vehicles are crew cab trucks, but I have a passenger car for that. I would never need to put people in the back on a double cab. Just me and my wife now, kids all moved out a few years ago.

 

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Not that I ever sit back there, without a doubt, but I would say more comfy than any stadium seating I have ever been forced to rest on. Good enough for kids and young adults on a road trip, but maybe not good enough for Grandma and Grandpa, except local rides. Alot like sitting on a school bus bench(but with seatbelts!), which is better than a non padded city bus bench. Mine even has that easy wipe vinyl floors and seats like the busses from childhood, lol. Toyota should offer them in Yellow

 

I haven't sat in the back of a Tundra DC in a while but the primary issue with the competitors' trucks is just that the seat is mounted too low, not a lack of leg room. If they would just raise those up so anyone over 5' didn't have to sit with their knees in their chin, I think crew cab sales would plummet.

 

To be honest, the back seat area for me is used like a lockable trunk, negating the need for any type of bed topper, which is a big plus for rearward visibility, and aesthetics if you prefer that "classic" pick up truck look . Luggage, i-sups, paddles, it all fits.
My largest bit of advice is this. Try to get the remote unlock option. The biggest down fall of engineering on my SR is that there is 1 keyed door you can unlock, and no remote to unlock the door, just the key. If that door were to get iced up, or damaged, I would be unable to lock/unlock the truck. Not a single passenger door has a keyhole. It is a system with no redundancy, as far as I know.

 

My Prius is the same way. Only 1 of the 4 doors has a key hole and I had the battery go dead! Did not releasizie there was a odd key that pulled out of the remote.

 

Dude! Your garage is GROOOWWWWIIINNNGGG!

 

lol I just officially measured it. Still wondering if that size is bumper to bumper?

 

Also seems the Tundra priced a lot lower than the other brands?, but who needs all the fancy options for just hauling things?

 

When I was truck shopping I price compared all the other guys with "comparable" options (as comparable as I could get) and the Tundra wasn'y nearly as expensive as I expected. The other guys can get you into a truck for less money, but when comparing apples to apples its pretty even steven. back in the day when they were imported they cost more and had a tarrif on them, but nowadays the prices are competitive.

 

If you went to a toyota dealer and told them what you wanted they should be able to bring it in, no? Especially since you want new!

 

Aren't Tundra's built way better too? I heard they can go half million miles? One guy has a million miles on his tundra with the original motor.

 

I won't be ready to buy till July, so just just doing research now. Ya..you are probably right, they should be able to get whatever I wanted?

 

My DC is 228 bumper to bumper. 247.8 bumper to bumper should be correct.

 

I am biased, but I do think they are built better. Alot of the reliability I believe is baked in with the "simplicity" of the trucks. Toyota design philosophy as been (for a long time) to make evolutionary changes rather than revolutionary ones. They are rarely the ones breaking new ground and having the newest fangled tech, they let ford do that. A 2020 tundra has the same powertrain and drivetrain as the 2007 ones. Any hickups got ironed out years ago for the most part. We dont have turbos and intercoolers to have condensation issues, or direct injection to create burnt intake valves or oil dillution, we dont have variable displacemtn (cylinder shutoff) to cause dropped valves and top end issues, we dont have 10 speed trannies that have issues, we dont have auto start stop, we dont have alot of the stuff certain customers really want in a truck. I think the Tundra fills a niche for people who want a simple "honest" truck (to quote Roman on TFL truck). They're not for everyone but I think if you fit this niche you will be happy.

 

Tundra's are so unpopular in Minnesota, that there is local Dodge dealer right in my small town and the whole lot is full of Dodge trucks. The next dealer from me which is the largest Toyota/Ford dealer in western Minnesota has a lot FULL of Ford trucks, and I counted 5 Tundra's on the lot! Ford sells more trucks in Minnesota then any other state, not sure why that is? Must be all advertising? When I was down in Raleigh NC last year, there was a Toyota dealer with a whole lot full of Tundra's!!
Tunda's are built in Texas and are really popular with ranchers and they say they take one hell of beating on washboard dirt roads then any other brand! It is sad, because they base truck reviews on the new features, and Tundra gets bad reviews, because it does have all the features that the other brands have, which I am not interested in anyway.

 

Toyotas in general have been maligned by reviewers for decades. Like I was saying about the tundra, the same can be said about all of their vehicles for the most part. They are equipped like last generation hondas, up until now they have looked like your grandmas car, and were uninspiring to drive...so they all got ripped by reviewers.

I cant speak to how long the suspension lasts on washboard roads as Ive only had my truck since the fall, but I live on a dirt road that is washboard on the good days and looks like the movie Tremors the rest of the time and my SR5 rides like a tractor. Everybody talking about how nice their truck rides must have a higher trim level...I am saving up my money for an upgraded coilover suspension system to help cure the ride on my low spec tundra.

 

I figure since I am 53, and a new truck lasts a good 10+ years, that will be my last truck! becuase the next stop for me in 10-15 years will be in a nursing home.

 

Awesome! Thank you!