Considering moving to a tundra..

And now many dealerships are charging thousands over MSRP and calling it a market adjustment due to shortages caused by Covid and backlog of ships to unload at the west coast. I call a spade a spade. It's price gouging, plain & simple. I don't get a market adjustment for working as a healthcare provider during a pandemic, with a staffing shortage. Total horse shit.

 

I’m more so after more room. And to move away from direct injection. I love my Tacoma and I don’t really need the tundra per day. But if I can get the tundra for no money out of pocket, cheaper interest rate, and a better payment I might make the jump.

 

It makes sense initially, but how much are you extending your payments? If you're almost done paying your note, and you extend it another 60 months, figure that into your calculations for the next 5 years. If you NEED it, then its a different story. I'm practical and life is short, but I dont like to waste money unnecessarily on "maybe I should get this instead" ideas

Edit to add: I was only briefly on the 'maybe i should trade up my tacoma since resale is so high and get a beater to drive for work (I was going to pocket the difference and invest it) but at the end of the day, i still need a truck and I LOVE driving my tacoma so i erased it from consideration. Plus, who knows what kind of condition the beater would be in, what kind of work it would need. I raised my Tacoma up correctly from birth so i know shes been well maintained and lubed up

 

I’m more or less in the same boat, but considering a ’23 Tundra SR5 hybrid when it comes out. I love my ’16 and wouldn’t consider anything else, were it not for the current cerveza virus epidemic, severe constant weather events and other nasty stuff yet to come that has me thinking.

In short, I just need the heftier payload (bed) for a truck camper that I can drop-off easily with the reasonable mpg that I’d like.

What I fear on the Tundra is its humongous size in ever diminishing parking spaces, horrible traffic everywhere I go and of course maneuverability. Towing a travel trailer with the taco was taken off the table for the same reasons as cited above.

When Ford introduced the F-150 Hybrid with a built in generator, I got exited. However, I already have a small Honda 2200k that can last around 12hrs on a gallon of gas and is very quiet, so another truck like the Tundra without a generator is not a deal breaker.
And then there’s the matter of poor quality on Ford products like the falling headliners, window up/down issues, cheap knobs, and constant electronic issues, so no. Beautiful truck, very reliable but constant minor knick-nack chit that just irritate me.

Maybe I’ll reevaluate my plans and keep the lighter truck since I plan to get another place far in the woods with more moderate weather, fishing, deer and good farming.
But the larger payload may still come in handy and so is building an alternative mobile bug-out home on-wheels out of that. Just in case…

 

How much are they giving you for a trade in? How much are they selling you the Tundra for? Those are the most important numbers.