Anybody else on the fence between a tacoma and a F-150

Lemme throw some good tires on there and I'll go find out!

 

Im game. Lemme know when you want tires.

 

Fo sho

 

I dont know what Chrysler was thinking with their knob gear shift, I cant stand the thing. All for that reason, I will never buy a Chrysler product (also because Chrysler products usually suck)

 

I had one for a rental for a month. 15 ram 1500 4wd. You know how many times I put that bitch in neutral while trying to adjust the blower motor speed?

 

I doubt that...not where I live for sure

 

Ha! Funny thing about that is there generally wasn't a taco on the lot to test drive early on, not to mention with the package and specs I wanted. Most were pre-ordered and if you saw one on the lot driving by, it was gone by the time you had time to stop in to try to get a test drive.

 

Stupidest design ever. I spent 2 minutes when I had one has a rental from Toyota when I had my rear diff leak looking for the damn gear shift. Told my girlfriend one day it was voice activated because she couldnt find it when I brought it home. I should have recorded that

 

You couldnt get me to buy a vehicle I didnt test drive first. And ive owned ALOT of cars. Lol.

 

Not sure about back seat space. I'm 6' 2", and on the test drive of a new Tacoma I stopped, got out, and sat in the back seat. Yeah my knees touched, but they weren't digging in. A 6' man should have no problem sitting behind another 6' man in a Tacoma. Problem is most people have the front seat way further back than it needs to be.

 

Hey, good looking GSP, from one owner to another!

 

Eh, I dont agree. I am 6'4" and my GFs sister is 6' and she sits behind me all the time and I have to move my seat up a couple of clicks for her to not be digging into the back of my seat.
Thats one thing I wish Toyota would have done different is added a few extra inches in the rear.

 

Do you move it to the point your uncomfortable, knees in the dash? I know it wouldn't be good for a 12 hour trip, but around town?

 

Can it work? Sure, but more than a few miles you have the front, rear, or both passengers asking, "Are we there yet?".

 

The reason behind it was to make a cheap vehicle that can be competitive their that segment.

 

Likewise!! They're pretty great!

 

They addressed this with the new new 3.5 ecoboost

 

The ecoboost is the truck, but even being past employee of Ford, "Ford Aerospace and Communications Corp, SISO", there are very few Fords I would consider buying.

 

They were doing inter cooler swaps at first I believe. Then They came out with a few shields to try and minimize the condensation. Then they actually came out with a new fix that took off any shield and fixed the issue with a PCM update.

 

Its usually for only a 20-30 min drive and then back so round trip 40-60 min. Its doable but annoying that we all cant be comfortable. With about 2-3 clicks up, my knees are touching the dash and the steering wheel is pretty much in my lap. Felt like I was driving the Evo X with a race seat again.