10th Jan 2007, 03:54

To 17:00-

If your tundra is so wonderful, why the major re-design for 07? Why did it take Toyota 8 years to finally offer a larger V-8 option. The 4.7 liter is entry level V-8 for the domestics. Toyota has and always will play follow the leaders when it comes to trucks.

10th Jan 2007, 10:14

To the author of 19:26; If you know half as much about motors as I do, or half as much as you claim to, you would not make the claim that Toyota motors only last longer because they are pampered. Pampered? Your Chevy motor and drivetrain would scatter in a year if you tried to follow the off road abuse that I have given to my Toyota's, or for that matter, on road abuse. Toyota and Honda make the best motors available, that's just common knowledge. Yes, you can haul more, but your truck will also not last nearly as long as mine, even if you never hauled more than a load of popcorn, because the precision build of Toyota engines allow them to last longer, although I think you already know this and just are not willing to admit it. Try and see if your four wheel drive engages and disengages as smoothly as all of my Toyota's have. Yours does not. Pay attention to how the doors and tailgate shut after 100,000 miles. Mine shut better at this mileage than yours did new on the sales lot. You can haul more because your truck is simply larger. Mine's built better.

10th Jan 2007, 11:38

Oops wrong answer... I have 2 new 4WD GMs. I feel they are more powerful and also more practical. No little beds either and better frame. My engine and trans are guaranteed for 100,000 standard warranty miles not just 36,000. I test drove your vehicles and they just did not compare in my opinion... I would be severely disappointed within a week. I am open minded however if you have a model better in a few years I will go back to imports.

10th Jan 2007, 11:49

I use the AWD and 4wd on my new Trailblazer smooth as silk. Turn the knob on the dash and go. Great comfortable vehicle. My kids and my dog love it! The AWD is great on nasty roads.

10th Jan 2007, 12:50

What flimsy parts? What the h@#L are you talking about? My "flimsy" Toyota holds together off-road better than any Ford or Chevy ever could. It takes abuse that no domestic vehicle could deal with.

10th Jan 2007, 13:46

We took our GMC Envoy on a 1000 mile trip to the mountains in August. Some of the trails we drove on were very rugged, and some were so steep we lost traction (we have two-wheel drive) and had to back down and take a running start. After all this abuse there was not a single squeak, rattle or groan and the temp gauge never got past the middle. Our only mishap was a cracked windshield from a flying rock. The only inconvenience on the entire trip was getting stuck in traffic on a 2-lane paved road behind a Tundra that had over heated from trying to pull a trailer that any F-150 or Silverado would have sailed up the mountain with. I'll take a real truck any day.

10th Jan 2007, 13:53

Yes, once again the import crowd have nothing to offer except "Toyota and Honda is better because all my friends say so. Everybody knows that!" And to add my 2 cents, my 2002 Ford engages the 4WD absolutely seamlessly without the slightest noise or jerk. It has 80,000 and it runs and drives like a new car, and all the doors open and close like a new car. Your "but Toyota has better quality even if it isn't as rugged" argument is a dead issue. Sorry.

10th Jan 2007, 16:02

To all of those making openly anti-domestic truck statements and pro-Toyota statements:

The truth of what you're saying definitely shows up in the fact that, oh, the Chevy Silverado won the truck of the year award from a cross panel of automotive journalists. These are the same guys, by the way, that usually gave Toyota blind praise for just about anything from a model update to a sneeze in the office across from the water cooler at their HQ. Even though the new Tundra was meant to be Toyota's ace in the hole, it hasn't been as well-received as they had hoped and so far its acclaim has not yet matched that for the Chevrolet and GMC trucks offered for the same model year.

Also, if domestic trucks are so bad then why do the domestic manufacturers continue to outsell Toyota's truck offerings year after year? You can talk all you want about how "Toyota is going to come out on top in 2007" but it hasn't happened till it's happened. At best, Ford may be overtaken by Toyota, but GM is improving with each passing day and still holding onto their place as the primary automobile manufacturer in at least North America. If Toyota makes trucks that are the holy grail of every working man and everyone else who gets hot and sweaty over hauling capacity and the phrase "4x4," don't you think that they'd be outselling the other domestics in that segment?

It's okay to defend your point of view and your purchasing choices (this goes to both the pro-Toyota posters as well as those in favor of domestics in this "discussion") but when a person begins to make claims that have no factual basis, you make yourself look bad and fail to help people coming to this site for an objective perspective. Unfortunately, the pro-Toyotas are the worst offenders of this because they happen to be on the offensive 2/3 of the time, leaving the pro-domestics to defend themselves against abrasive, unfounded statements. Until Toyota manages to topple at least GM, all of you pro-Toyotas are just blowing hot air that makes you look like the type of people no one wants to become if they were considering a Toyota.

- Someone Who Reads Carsurvey Daily.

10th Jan 2007, 16:23

GM DID make good vehicles 30 years ago, your truck is a good one. However, with a few lucky exceptions, they have been of declining quality ever since. This is NOT opinion. Look at the shape they're in; JUST beginning to wake up a little and see that people are tired of breaking down in their sub-par vehicles. The sharp decline in sales is the obvious proof. Meanwhile, Toyota sales are at an all time high, because people see that for a few thousand more, they can buy something that will last twice as long with HALF the trouble and repairs; actually LESS than half the repairs probably. Toyota will soon become the world's largest automaker, they are already the best, people have been getting wise and dumping GM and Ford vehicles to buy something better. I also do not appreciate your random guesses as to what I know about vehicles and how often I get under my own truck. I'll guarantee I've put as many coats of wax on in my life as anyone reading this. I surely do not know it all, but years back, at the age of 18, I was smart enough to know better than to buy another Ford or Chevy. I owned a few of both; I used to break down and have to repair them; I switched to Toyota and have not spent a single dollar repairing any of them. Kind of an easy choice for anyone it seems.