MARYLAND TACOMAS

Happy New Year Jerry!

The pup and I saw a couple this morning on our walk. She went on point and I looked up the hill and could make out the silhouette of what I thought was a decoy my neighbor had set up because it was so close to his single wide. Then it started walking. It was huge so I suspect it's the buck I heard tales about. I didn't see a rack though but the sun was just barely making an appearance at that early. But it was a good distance away so if it was a doe it was easily over 150 lbs.

 

All you had to do is ask, lol

 

Well, I try to respect peoples privacy and who knows, you could be a secret agent and not able to say.

 

Spying for those Ford people....

 

There’s nothing to worry about, we all know the influencers and clout chasers are going to trade in their tacomas for Broncos. No one like that on our thread haha!

 

I wouldn’t say that .As a former 1st gen Bronco owner I could go back once all the bugs are worked out and if it had a solid front axle

 

Yea but it's still a Ford...

 

I’m just messing, i think it looks sick but I agree with Dave

 

I'd still have to get a T4R first, and I had a Bronco too.

 

This Coming from a former F100 owner, I get it Ford in general has sucked for years but there truck were decent until the 90s then it was all down hill . And I still own 2 and a Tribute/Escape .

 

I'm old AF but even I don't know what a Tribute is!

 

That is a Mazda crossbred with a Ford .It’s the Ford Escape brother from another mother. And it not that old anyways ,well maybe it’s a 2005 and my daughter drives it for her 20 mile round trip commute.

 

Old F100's are cool. The old Broncos were cool too, but fords nowadays nah. I'll stick to my 20yo 240k mile 4runner that in the 12 years ive owned it has never let me down, never left me stranded or never not started. Try that with a 20yo 240k mile ford explorer lol. I wont even mention my 492k mile Tacoma. When it comes to reliability for my DD I'll never stray away from Toyota. Now for a weekend cruiser or hot rod yea I'll take a 50's to early 70's f100. I would love a Sanford & Son tribute f100 on bags, my dream classic truck.

 

Bought my wife a 2020 Expedition Max...twin turbos and a locking rear diff...it’s badass. Not a Ford guy, but this may be an exception.

 

Full disclosure I am a Tacoma owner!! LMAO
Our company fleet of 20 trucks are all F150s. The years range between 2009 to 2017 and everyone one of them have over 250000 miles on them. Most of them have broke 350000 miles with just general maintenance and are still running like a champ. We do have two newer F150s a 2018 and a 2019 which in my opinion are junk. When I first look at buying a truck I looked at the F150. Only because I’ve seen how hard our companies employees and foreman are on them and they keep on running. My father said he would disown me I bought a Ford I would never give me any advice or help with it. So I bought a Toyota and haven’t looked back and it’s been two years. Only time will tell with these third GENs. In the meantime I’m enjoying my Tacoma.

 

All new vehicles are nice, I was in a 2020 Kia Telluride recently and it was nice. Now in 8-10 years, 140+k miles what's the cost of ownership gonna be compared to a 2020 Toyota 4runner or Highlander? Is a 140k mile 8yo Kia or Epedition gonna hold its value compared to Toyota suv, sadly no comparison. Look up the book value for a 150k mile 02 tacoma 4x4 compared to a 150k mile 02 ranger 4x4 or 02 s10 4x4. Toyotas hold their value better than any other brand because they're known to last. The kid that I sold my 93 camry too 5 years ago is still driving it everyday. When was the last time you saw a 93 ford Taurus or a 93 chevy Beretta or Lumina on the road? I see old 90's Camry's & Accords all the time on the road, that says something.

 

Umm...if Toyota made something big enough to haul my family around in, I would have bought it. But they don’t. So the Expedition beat every other large SUV in its class. And it has turbos.

 

All the Berettas were fast, furioused and crashed or burnt out.

 

Bought my wife to be a brand new 1989 Berreta a week before our wedding,was a nice car until it was about 6 years old then the issues started