Why do toyota's powertrains suck?

Hahahaaa

 

The power trains are just fine. They run forever with little maintenance. Now the rusting beds and frames are another story.........

 

@BlueFalconActual I love the meme in your signature.

 

I see the old, square body, 7.3 Power Strokes on the road quite a bit. I assume you're not talking about the 6.OH that resulted in lawsuits.

 

Mostly the 7.3L Powerstrok used in 1994.5-1997 F250s and F350s, and the 1999-2003 Super Duty trucks. The 6.0L in 2003.5-2006 models to a lesser extent, but only if they've been bulletproofed. The 6.0 has the potential to be damn good engine if cared for and modded properly...

 

I learned how to drive on a 7.3 Power Stroke that was beat to hell and back. It was a ranch truck with a 5 speed manual. It had 200K plus back then, which was a long time ago. I'd like to find a nice F-350 in that style with the 7.3. Be a cool tow rig.

 

What year?

I once found a Powerstroke truck that would probably be the wet dream of most Powerstroke enthusiasts. It was a blue 1996 or 1997 F350 regular cab dually with the manual transmission. It had air-conditioning, and a limited-slip rear differential; Those were the only options, and that's the way it was ordered. I spotted this truck at a fair/festival in Maine, and this was a 1-owner New Hampshire truck. For spending almost two decades in New England, this truck was very nice and remarkably rust-free.

The owner used it to pull his horse trailer, and let me take some pictures which I am currently trying to find...

 

The one I learned on was a 1995. There wasn't much difference between 94,95,96,97 was there?

 

I photographed that particular truck in August 2013. My collection of 1992-1997 F350 photos only goes back to August 2014, which means those photos were probably on the hard drive that crashed...

 

It certainly does now.

 

I had one just like that. Dark blue regular cab 95 manual trans dually damn it I loved that truck.

 

Not really...

It's just that 1992 through the first half of 1994 had the 7.3L IDI. The naturally-aspirated version of this engine was used from 1984 through 1991 if I remember correctly, and then they redesigned the truck slightly for 1992. 1993-1994 had a hastily turbocharged version of the 7.3L IDI, which was quite problematic...

In mid-1994, they switched to the legendary 7.3L Powerstroke!

 

Lol suck-cut. You get me.

 

Yeah, the beat exists in all living things, but some more than others..

https://youtu.be/cRuTcnd8YLU

Just a taste

 

Is that Chad Smith or Will Ferrell?

 

Don't got a witty meme, history of owning various trucks or toyota's for ages or none of that, but I have test driven both this and the last gen, both Manual's and never thought they were underwhelming or anything