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March 31st, 2016, 08:29 PM
#1
Trucks, which one, Tacoma-Frontier or Colorado?
Hoping someone with some real life experiences can chime in.
I am looking at getting rid of my SUV and getting a truck.
Criteria
4 doors
4 wheel drive
Auto
Air
Power windows
Power locks
It will be my commuting vehicle (100km per day) so it is used mainly to drive to and from work, hunting on weekends and pulling a boat a 2,500lb boat in the summer. So looking for the most economical vehicle that meets my criteria.By doing some internet searching, I came up with the following...
2016 Nissan Frontier SV Crew Cab 4x4 5AT Average Price out the door $37,080
4.0L V6 Fuel consumption (L/100km) : city= 15.7 ; highway= 11.3 ; combined= 13.7 ;
http://kijiji.unhaggle.com/vehicle/2...b%204x4%205AT/
2016 Chevrolet Colorado WT Crew Cab Short Box 4x4 Average Price out the door... $37,570
3.8L V6 Fuel consumption(L/100km) : city= 13.5 ; highway= 9.8 ; combined= 11.8
http://kijiji.unhaggle.com/vehicle/2...t%20Box%204x4/
2016 Toyota Tacoma 4x4 Double Cab V6 SR5 6AT Average Price out the door..... $43,232
3.5L V6 Fuel consumption(L/100km) : city= 13.1 ; highway= 10.5 ; combined= 11.9
http://kijiji.unhaggle.com/vehicle/2...6%20SR5%206AT/
Judging by what I can see from my research, the Nissan Frontier offers the most standard feature for the price but has the worst fuel mileage of the 3....
Can anyone speak to these vehicles? Reliability real world mileage/performance numbers etc....Just trying make the most informed decision possible...
thanks in advance...
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"Meat is not grown in stores"
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March 31st, 2016 08:29 PM
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March 31st, 2016, 08:36 PM
#2
Can't speak to those vehicles but have considered a full size truck ? I don't think the operating costs are much more but so much more functional and comfortable ....like anything else the fuel economy depends a lot on how you drive it
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March 31st, 2016, 08:41 PM
#3
I think if you look harder you will see most full sized trucks now have the same mileage as these mid sized ones. My Ram 1500 with 5.7 Hemi will cruise on the hiway at @ 11lt/100kms. I can do over 700kms on a fill up and sometimes 800 if all hiway. It has a 10,000 lb tow capacity. The Toyota and Nissan are proven and good trucks, The Colorado is too new to have much useful history.
I’m suspicious of people who don't like dogs, but I trust a dog who doesn't like a person.
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March 31st, 2016, 08:43 PM
#4
Has too much time on their hands
Ram 1500 or the Toyota hands down.
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March 31st, 2016, 08:46 PM
#5
Originally Posted by
73hunter
Can't speak to those vehicles but have considered a full size truck ? I don't think the operating costs are much more but so much more functional and comfortable ....like anything else the fuel economy depends a lot on how you drive it
I have thought about a full size but there are bigger, won't fit in the garage, are a little bit more pricey and will have a hard time parking them at the mall...Just figure the smaller ones will do everything I need it to do and still fit in my garage...
I have to remember I don't need a truck but would prefer one over another SUV. My SUV has done everything I needed it to do but its getting up there with 249,000 km's.... need to start looking for an alternative. Biggest reason for the truck is so I can separate my outdoor clothes and catch from the cab......
"Everything is easy when you know how"
"Meat is not grown in stores"
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March 31st, 2016, 08:55 PM
#6
Who the hell parks a truck in a "Garage" ??? Where do you keep all the normal Krap we store in the garage? When I got married and we bought our first house my wife wanted to put her car in the garage. I told her if she wanted a cat I got the garage...forever. She is on her second cat and my garage is bursting at the seams.
You really should test drive a full sized truck before signing on the dotted line, you may be surprised. I also was an SUV guy and wanted nothing to do with a full sized truck but our company switched over to them and I had no choice. Now I would hate to drive anything else.
I’m suspicious of people who don't like dogs, but I trust a dog who doesn't like a person.
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March 31st, 2016, 09:00 PM
#7
Originally Posted by
terrym
Who the hell parks a truck in a "Garage" ??? Where do you keep all the normal Krap we store in the garage? When I got married and we bought our first house my wife wanted to put her car in the garage. I told her if she wanted a cat I got the garage...forever. She is on her second cat and my garage is bursting at the seams.
You really should test drive a full sized truck before signing on the dotted line, you may be surprised. I also was an SUV guy and wanted nothing to do with a full sized truck but our company switched over to them and I had no choice. Now I would hate to drive anything else.
How do you handle the winter...frozen windshield every morning, scraping it off must be a PITA?
"Everything is easy when you know how"
"Meat is not grown in stores"
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March 31st, 2016, 09:01 PM
#8
How do you handle the winter...frozen windshield every morning, scraping it off must be a PITA? In my garage, it keeps nice and warm 
"Everything is easy when you know how"
"Meat is not grown in stores"
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March 31st, 2016, 09:03 PM
#9
Here's a vote for the Tacoma, you will love it. One thing about Toyota, they never rattle (pet peeve). If you're going to go off road, there is no other choice, I go places my buddies in Rams and the rest won't even try.
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March 31st, 2016, 09:03 PM
#10
And a second vote for "Who puts a truck in the garage" WTF
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