[elky] Re: Truck Discussion
- From: Chris Lindh <chrislindh@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:48:05 -0400
No Brian I appreciate the feedback. I'm still shopping... I'm thinking I
want 4x4 now, so I can drive down to my basement. 4x4 adds costs... there
are pros and cons to all of them. If I'm going to make a purchase I
definitely want to be sure it's what I want and will work for the family.
On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 10:43 AM, Brian Mongar <ctsvmongo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> You can't put much in the bed of eitherm the bed is very shallow, and
> payload is worthless. Bite the bullet, if you want a dodge mega cab, a
> toyota tacoma will not fill that hunger, they look cool but its not much of
> a truck. Just been there done that, realized if I wanted a truck I better
> get a truck. If I had bought a tacoma like I had my mind set on, I would
> still need to borrow a truck when I needed one.
> They are cheap and sull inside compared to the fords, gm, dodges and
> overpriced too.
> I got my gmc for less than a same model year double cab tacoma, and I was
> amazed at how much more I got.
>
> Nissans cab is worthless.
>
> My 2 cents and you asked for it
>
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> From: Chris Lindh <chrislindh@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 9:23 AM
>
> To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [elky] Re: Truck Discussion
>
> Please delete if you are tired of reading about my never ending search for
> a vehicle... believe me I understand.
>
> We're going to test drive a Tacoma and a Frontier tomorrow. I know there
> is no MPG benefit to getting a smaller truck, but no full size truck is
> available with a manual transmission, at least no half tons. I think it may
> be a good time to buy a Toyota, given the hysteria over the accelerator
> pedal recall... and I was impressed with the salesman we used for my
> brother's Tundra.
>
> I'm leaning towards a Tacoma because the double cab has more interior room
> and the factory supercharger available. What sucks is you can't get a
> double cab / manual / long bed like you can in the Frontier, but the short
> bed (5') should fit in our garage... (20" shorter than the space).
>
> Another bonus with a smaller truck is I could justify buying new,
> especially with the great financing rates right now.
>
> Chris
>
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