Toyota Tundra vs Ecoboost F150

[MOA_Chaser]

Call me crazy, but I did the SCT tuning. Yeah, it's a gamble... but it backs up the factory tune so I can re-install it, etc. I know it's possible for them to see the history, but I've heard that it depends on where you take your truck if it needs worked on. Some places are REALLY forgiving.

 

[cwoav8r]

Tomorrow we are going to Nashville

Sometimes I miss Percy Priest... spent a lot of time on that lake. Grew up on Old Hickory...

 

[BigN8]

Kinda off topic, but I responded to an email from a company called Research Design Specialists a few weeks ago. That lead to another email survey, which lead to a quick phone Q&A, which lead to a 3 hour focus group about new truck interiors. I decided to participate because it was on a Saturday morning and my kids were off to work at the school for a volleyball tournament and my wife was sleeping in. So I go down to the facility and had to answer questions about 8 different truck interior designs, then was part of a 4 person live focus group that was video taped asking about the different truck interiors. I could never figure out what brand of truck it was but all the guys in my group were F-150 drivers. 2 of us had 2014's and the other 2 guys had 2009 and older.

It was kinda neat to see some of the new designs. For our time they paid us each $100. Also we were not allowed to have our phones or any photographic equipment in the building.

 

[Big Shasta]

Kinda off topic, but I responded to an email from a company called Research Design Specialists a few weeks ago. That lead to another email survey, which lead to a quick phone Q&A, which lead to a 3 hour focus group about new truck interiors. I decided to participate because it was on a Saturday morning and my kids were off to work at the school for a volleyball tournament and my wife was sleeping in. So I go down to the facility and had to answer questions about 8 different truck interior designs, then was part of a 4 person live focus group that was video taped asking about the different truck interiors. I could never figure out what brand of truck it was but all the guys in my group were F-150 drivers. 2 of us had 2014's and the other 2 guys had 2009 and older.

It was kinda neat to see some of the new designs. For our time they paid us each $100. Also we were not allowed to have our phones or any photographic equipment in the building.

"No, these aren't Google Glasses, just regular glasses...nothing to see here."

 

[DoubleThrust]

The following is my opinion only. Based upon Ford automobiles (not trucks) I have driven over the years (only owned a 69 Mustang but that's different) I will never own any Ford vehicle. Not sure if the trucks are different, but if in the same family, they tend to smell the same. Poor craftsmanship; I wouldn't trust one past 30,000 miles. Remember - every vehicle usually works well the first 30,000 miles or so. I was stuck driving a few brand new Fords (Fairmont, LTD Crown Vics, P71 Interceptor, Crown Vics) over the past 30 years in police cars, (we switch 'em out every 2-3 years) and the Fords were the absolute worst cars I have ever driven - and with the "Police Package" should have been a superior vehicle. Ratty, noisy, cheap bells and whistles that failed, uncomfortable and always in the shop for one mechanical defect or another. I remember my neighbor complaining that his Ford Econoline Van was having so many mechanical issues, but it should be expected as the van had "many miles" on it. When I asked how many, he replied "about 50,000, you know, alot of miles on it." I snickered. A Chevy truck or a Honda or Toyota for that matter would barely be broken in at 50,000 miles. Get a GMC or Chevy truck. You won't go wrong. I sold my first Chevy truck (three on the tree!) after 20 years and 225,000 miles - only thing wrong with it was it started to rust out real bad after years of salt use (took it on the beach). I am now into year 13 of my Silverado - nary a problem with it at all. Ever. Yes. I am biased against Fords, based on my personal experience. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Like every other American brand.

Toyota trucks are the best quality - that it's even discussed otherwise is inexplicable in my mind.

Tundra! Especially coming from a 4Runner...

 

[woodard1983]

Like every other American brand.

Toyota trucks are the best quality - that it's even discussed otherwise is inexplicable in my mind.

Tundra! Especially coming from a 4Runner...

from my experience, they are a great quality, nice fit & finish, and an all around great vehicle....for an in town/slight recreational user

start beating on them and using them for farm duty, turns into a different story....theres a reason I took a huge loss and got rid of mine w/in a year

again, that is my opinion only, everyone else is of course entitled to their own opinion

 

[trace]

I have a 2008 Tundra Crewmax, with 135000 miles, towing literally 1000s of miles each year, never had any repairs other than 2 warranty covered items, best truck I've ever owned. Having said that, I really like the power curve of the ecoboost.