Truck shopping
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Firearmfanatic
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I agree. I did that many years ago and it was a big mistake. Could not tow as much as I thought I could with it even though the specs said I could tow what I needed to tow, and the fuel mileage regardless if towing or not was not that much greater than a full size truck. Also the interior was much tighter than a full size truck.
If your not already you need to pay attention to rear axle gear ratios. There can be a difference in trim packages and option. And small or big gears can have a huge impact on the way it pulls or hesitates as you put it describing a tacoma. And don't rely on a salesperson to know the difference, read the window sticker.
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Can you expand on this?
BTW, I'm only towing about 4k pounds... Tongue weight is a bigger issue for my Xterra. The camper is right at the limit and those shocks aren't new!
For that money you can get a really nice full size truck.
I just looked, the colorado is KBBs 6th best resale value right now.
https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/inven...e_0&isRecentSearchView=true#listing=177451603
I just looked, the colorado is KBBs 6th best resale value right now.
https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/inven...e_0&isRecentSearchView=true#listing=177451603
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I would prefer too much truck than not enough.
Firearmfanatic
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I agree. To have more than you need and not to have to use all of it, is better than to not have enough of what you need and not be able to use more if you dont have it.
I drove compact trucks for a long time, been driving the current full size for 10 years. I tow a 30 ft camper so going back to compact is not an option.
Firearmfanatic
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I have owned only one compact truck compared to several full size trucks. The compact truck was never up to the task of the full sized trucks I owned concerning towing, interior space, comfort, fuel mileage difference, bed hauling capacity. Thats the reason I owned only one compact truck. I will never own another compact truck.
I meant the gear ratio part...
I was going to trade mine in recently and wanted another titan. The wife said she wanted one with 4 full size doors, I didn't have a problem with that except the bed was only 5 ft or less. I like the one I have with the 8 ft bed, but they don't make them that way any more. The XD models have a larger bed but most of those were out of my budget.
Trucks can come with different gears. A truck with 4.10 gears feels like it has allot more torque than a truck with 3.23 gears and pulls better. Example an f150 can be had with 3.21, 3.55, or 3.73 gears. Maybe even 4.10.
The tocoma you drove that hesitated might have had a smaller gear ratio than the one you said that didn't. So even though it had the same engine it felt much weaker and was slower off the line. Just an example I don't know about Tacoma options.
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So higher ratio is better? What's the trade off?
A little worse gas mileage. But when towing it could be better mileage. Depends on vehicle/load. Kinda like the small tundra motor getting worse mileage than the big motor...because it doesn't move that weight around as efficiently.
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https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...mper-size-a-v6-tacoma-dbl-cab-can-tow.188837/
According to these people the ecoboost gets crappy gas mileage.
According to these people the ecoboost gets crappy gas mileage.
Any turboed motor will if you keep the turbo spooled up. That's the nature of turbos. It's eco or boost. The driver gets to decide.
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Another thing about the Fords I don't like is the aluminum bodies. That thread is a good example of what a small truck can and can't do.
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Get used to it. Wouldn't be surprised if in a few years they were made of some kind of polymer
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