Why did you buy Tundra?

Just curious what made you thought buying weakest BIG / FULL size truck on market?

When you could have had taco i mean their bed size is same. Not even a diesel.

 

I’ve not bought one yet, but they have more room, more power, equivalent mileage, and are just better for everything
Smoother ride, family friendly, list goes on and on

 

Because walking home sucks.

 

What he said. More reliable than all the other full size trucks and your puny, weak Taco isn't going to haul my family and tow my travel trailer.

 

Like my old man use to say, "I don't care what you ride, just ride".
Of course, he was referring to bikes but same applies.
I'll give a nod to a dodge....
let a Ford get in front of me during heavy traffic. Ya know.

 

I bought mine for work. I drive allot and just need the bed for hauling. Didnt buy it for towing anything. Reliability was the biggest factor. I have a 08 taco and a 97 4runner all built up and didnt want to put the miles on them. The Tundra checked all the box's for me and is more comfortable driving all day over the modded out vehicles I have.

 

The question is ‘Do you need/want a mid-sized truck or a full size truck?”. Assuming you want Toyota either way, question answered.

 

Because I can.

Already do

 

I owned a Tacoma for a few years and my needs outgrew it, so then I bought a Cummins. That piece of garbage was too big so I settled back on a Tundra for every day use. It's a happy medium between the two and compared to a four door Tacoma I can actually fit my toddler in the back seat even though my Tundy is a double cab, not the crew max. If the Tundra came in a Double Cab Short bed, it would be about the same length as a double cab Tacoma, but with more room in the back seat and enough balls to turn 35's on stock gears without major modification. That'd be the fuckin truck for sure

 

Exactly this. I bought my SR5 Tundra because I was in pursuit of a lady who had a couple of amazing kids. It had awesome cabin space in the CrewMax (full roll down window FTW), a proven and reliable 5.7 V8, and it would tow a small camper that was just big enough for a family of 4 to get out and have some adventures. Long story short, the family thing didn't work out, and I downsized and upgraded to a TRD Pro Taco.

If you want to have kids in the back seat a Tundra will do it better. If you want to get out solo or with just one other person, Taco is all you need.

 

How does a manufacturer R&D a pick up when they don't build a single cab long bed version of said pickup? I don't care who the manufacturer is, that just don't make any sense.

Anyway, I saw a Azure Gray F-150 Lariat super crew 4dr Shelby Super Snake yesterday looked kind of badass.

 

They did up until 2014 or 2015 I believe. I know that the latest generation doesn't have that option though

 

Yes the 2nd gen was available with a regular cab and 8' bed. I think it pays off in the long run on the other configurations that are built. Even if they don't want to sell it, they need to be developed as a base point for the other trucks. I think that's why the 2nd gen Tundra was a good truck, it was engineered to be a truck. Skipping that part of the development phase will leave things missing from the end product.

There's no RC Frontier, 3rd gen Tundra, 4th gen Tacoma, 19+ Ram 1500, new Generation GM twins. 5th and 6th gen Ranger RC exist overseas, not in the US. I don't believe there's a single cab truck TNGA-F product anywhere in the world.

 

Couldn't agree more with your point on development. The 3rd gen is turning out to be little more than a disappointment based on the activity I see over on Tundras.com. Tons of quality concerns and overall usability. Not to mention that my earlier comment about legroom has now been negated with the latest trucks (the 3rd gen legroom is shorter than 2nd gens, in double cab anyways)

 

The 3G Tundra is having some issues recalls, engine failures, class action lawsuits. Sounds like a domestic 1/2 ton, I'm kidding of course. I like Toyota, and if your 3G Tundra is fine, these things are not a problem.

I wonder how much this has to do with product development and what happened? Like I was saying there is no standard 3G Tundra configuration, can that impact truck development that much? It's early in the truck's life cycle but if things can't improve I'll come to that conclusion.

4G Tacoma could shed a light on the subject. 3rd gen being so closely related to 2G Tacoma which there was a RC can't really be used as a judge.

Not that it would have made sense for Tundra sales, based on units sold and people wanting the V8 in the 2-2.5 gen. If Toyota would have started experimenting with forced induction engines earlier would they be better off now, or even offered a V8 option in the 3rd gen.

The cab losing leg room and anywhere else that the 3G doesn't compare to the 2G is a head scratcher for sure. I know there has to be trade offs here and there.

 

Yeah you’re preaching to the choir here man haha. I think that the unfortunate reality is that V8’s are all but dead outside of the second hand market. I’m with you on seeing how the fourth gen Tacoma does, I really hope that Toyota takes all of the lessons learned with the new tundra and applies them, at least in regards to the leaking fuel line recall. That one should be a layup for Toyota engineers to fix.

 

Toyota has run turbos and superchargers before. They aren't new to it. I think there are the usual new build stumbling blocks in the 3G tundra, but the state of the world and the stupidity of it acted as a magnifying factor on those issues. It's fairly common for an "all new" vehicle to have some growing pains. Look at the frame issues of previous Toyotas, or the cam tower leaks of the 5.7, etc. Those were handled quickly and didn't leave a lasting mar on the reputation of dependability that Toyota is famous for. The newest Tundra will get the kinks worked out, but it'll take longer because the economic landscape has shifted and the panic of prior events is having some lasting effects. I think it's just going to take longer to work out those kinks than it did previously.

 

^^ hit the nail on the head, great points.