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[QUOTE]Macintosh - 12/8/2015  7:30 AM

Taco is way nicer in city driving, even in a small city.  V6 will tow your boat fine..  It'll even stop it fine too, a taco only weighs a couple hundred pounds less than an equivalent f150.  Fuel economy may not be sufficiently better to cause someone to choose a taco or frontier over a half-ton truck if thats whats driving their decision, but if you use a total cost of ownership calculator such as the one at edmunds you'll see the mid-size trucks consistently come in 6-8 thousand dollars cheaper over 5 years of ownership.  Which brings up another point--how long you plan to own it.  I read these truck threads all the time and am constantly amazed at the number of people who trade their vehicles in after only a couple years--seems a lot of people just buy new trucks and trade them at 50-75k (especially with the leases all the manufacturers are pushing these days), and in my opinion the manufacturers are building their trucks around these buying habits.  I am just a "drive it until it wont pass inspection, then fix it and drive it some more" guy, so ultimate lifespan is important to me and thats the main reason Im a toyota fan.  You can find toyota lemons to be sure, and you can also find someone who's driven XX vehicle 769,000 miles with not a hiccup, but if you look at what most people say there seem to be toyotas and then everything else.[/QUOTE]

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Posted 12/8/2015 7:30 AM (#795604 - in reply to #795422)
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Taco is way nicer in city driving, even in a small city. V6 will tow your boat fine.. It'll even stop it fine too, a taco only weighs a couple hundred pounds less than an equivalent f150. Fuel economy may not be sufficiently better to cause someone to choose a taco or frontier over a half-ton truck if thats whats driving their decision, but if you use a total cost of ownership calculator such as the one at edmunds you'll see the mid-size trucks consistently come in 6-8 thousand dollars cheaper over 5 years of ownership. Which brings up another point--how long you plan to own it. I read these truck threads all the time and am constantly amazed at the number of people who trade their vehicles in after only a couple years--seems a lot of people just buy new trucks and trade them at 50-75k (especially with the leases all the manufacturers are pushing these days), and in my opinion the manufacturers are building their trucks around these buying habits. I am just a "drive it until it wont pass inspection, then fix it and drive it some more" guy, so ultimate lifespan is important to me and thats the main reason Im a toyota fan. You can find toyota lemons to be sure, and you can also find someone who's driven XX vehicle 769,000 miles with not a hiccup, but if you look at what most people say there seem to be toyotas and then everything else.