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Old Mar 25, 2003
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Thumbs up Good-Bye Civic, Hello Truck what one?

I am thinking about trading my civic in on a truck i am thinking of a tacoma x-cab any comments?
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Why? do you have to haul a lot of stuff?
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no, future wife has 02 rsx-s and i am wanting to put more money in to that then my civic, and because i really want a truck.
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if u are going for a small truck get the toyota.. and if u are getting a big full size well get the toyota to haha
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eh, imports are the way to go for sweet and fast rides.... If you're gettin a pickup, I'd def say go domestic. They wont be as reliable as the Toyota, but Chevy, Dodge, and Ford have a lot more experience in pickups. You'll get a lot more bang for ur buck in a domestic.

My personal recomendation is either a Chevy Silverado 2500HD or a Dodge Ram Hemi
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domestic trucks: break more, suck more gas, and are weak in performance.. get the toyota
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Buy a tacoma, it will save you some cash on gas rather than that V-8 the tundra has.
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Dude. I sold my civic for a 98 toyota tacoma xtracab 4x4.............
I HIGHLY SUGEST IT.
I just lift 3" susp and threw on 33x12.50x15's........It looks sick as helllll.........
Get the V6, it would keep up w/ my civ easy......and you can run through mud an sh yt.
Go to www.TTORA.com
It's a Tacoma forum.......I'm trevr01ex18s......
Trucks kickasss...... I don't know if there is anything as fun
as runnning through some bigazz mud holes.......
Go tacoma.....Trevor : )
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Originally posted by Spider883
domestic trucks: break more, suck more gas, and are weak in performance.. get the toyota
Ram - 345hp 11/14MPG
Silverado - 300hp 13/17 MPG
Tacoma - 240hp 15/19 MPG

I think I can sacrafice 2mpg difference for 300hp in the Chevy, or 4mpg for an additional 105hp in the Ram.

I do admit that Toyota still beats out in reliability, but domestic trucks usually are a lot more reliable than domestic cars. Dispite, if reliability is ur #1 issue, then I agree with other ppl.... get the Toyota. If you're looking for more power tho, there's simply no question that domestic is where it's at
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even though i hate trucks im gonna have to say a F150,250,silverado,or tacoma
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why not wait for...

the so-called Honda truck that is suppose to be coming... what year, who knows they keep on moving it back.

anyway, I had a Ram Quad Cab 2001, I let it go because it was eating up too much gas plus it was giving me too many problems.

good luck!

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Rock on I like the Tacoma's
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F-150 Lightning!
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well a truck is always nice. you dont' worrya bout it too much and when someone pisses you off , you know you can run them over-WELL
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Ford F-series all the way. People seem to hate Ford here, but everyone has to agree they make awesome trucks.
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Escalade pickup if you have money to burn.
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Why's everyone so caught up on the Escalade?! I've been told multiple times it's pure crap.
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I like the F150 series myself. They have a very clean and sporty look. Yes, the toyota trucks have better reliablity. I don't consider nissan if your wondering. However, I think the ford trucks do pretty good in the reliability department. While I am a reliability pyscho, a foreign truck just doesn't sit right in my mind for some reason.
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Originally posted by PESTLNC
Why's everyone so caught up on the Escalade?! I've been told multiple times it's pure crap.
because its big, shiny and well appointed. i don't like it either, for luxury, i'd much rather have a car, and to haul stuff, give me a real truck any day. you can get something just as powerful for half the price.
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my neighbor had a f150 that he put over 800,000 miles on and it was still running strong when he sold it. He had some regular maintance to do but hes a civil engineer and runs around alot in his truck... f150 is a great truck... dont get a toyota or a nissan or any import for that matter just because the lack alot of power!. Also i think their bed capacity isnt as high eaither..
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Get the Tacoma. I had a 1999 Regular Cab 4x4 2.7 5 speed before the Civic I have now. I loved it. If I were you I would wait for the 2004 Tacoma. From what I hear it is going to be redesigned and will utilize the new 4.0 V6(the one in the new 4Runner). Or you can get the current one and maybe install a TRD Supercharger,either way you cant go wrong, Its a Toyota.
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yeah, the f150 lightning is where it's at
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yeah, F series
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lol, everyone says something different. i dunno, i wouldn't get a ford unless it was a lightning, i'd go with a 2500HD, with the Allison tranny. best truck IMO, and it's diesel so the gas wont be as bad asa big V10 truck. GM makes great trucks.
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Get the Honda Element.....
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get the new upcoming f-series or the nissan titan if you want a full size truck. if you want something smaller, get the tacoma then.
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The lightning is the ONLY Ford Truck I would ever buy. Other than that I'd get a Chevy or Dodge. Your best bet as far as picking a truck, is to look at past issues of Motor Trend, Car and Driver, Road and Track, etc. etc. Look at the tests they do when a new model comes out as well as the long term tests. Bottom line do your research. I had a full size GMC that was a whole lot more reliable than the almighty 'vic.
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The new Chevy Silverado SS is sweeeet .... Test drove one last week ......
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All I have to do is look in the parking lot at my office and I can vouch for any Domestic truck out there... cuz all the factory guys have one, most are not anywhere near new, they use them as trucks (ATVs, dirt, bricks, firewood, equipment, can always be found in most), others have farms on the side that these trucks are used for and I haven't heard too many complaints about anything other than routine maintainance.
I really don't think there's reliability problems with the trucks... Detroit seems to have that down real well, and I'd have no problem buying one. Don't know trucks all too well, but I know people here at work who are happy with Dodge, Chevy and Fords... I say drive them all and pick.
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