Who's the best? Chevy ~ Ford ~ Dodge...

**herbicide** · 06-21-2009, 04:58 PM

Originally Posted by jumbopackage

The American version was DOA, which I'm actually rather pleased about. Part of what makes Top Gear so awesome is that they aren't beholden to advertisers. They can trash a product all they want and don't have to worry about selling them ad space.

You know what? The Chevy Aveo is absolute crap as far as cars go. And they can say it. How does an American, ad-sponsored show, be objective about a car they are trying to sell during the commercial break?

It would be totally awesome it if was on, say, HBO though.

Well it's only been around for 9 years. It was the Motor Trend Truck of the Year when it was introduced, and Consumer Reports called it the best full-sized truck in 2000 as well.

You can call them "toys", but you have nothing more than your opinion, and anecdotal evidence to back that up. And I don't know what sort of "big jobs" you do with a 1/2 ton truck, but I can't imagine anything that a F-150 or Silverado can do that a Tundra can't.

And aside from all this, the OP doesn't sound like he's going to be doing any
of these "big jobs" that would make the huge difference you claim exists between the "Detroit" trucks (which are mostly made in Mexico these days) and the "Jap" trucks (which are mostly made in the US these days).

Ugh. Google Tundra rear end failures or ring gear failures like I mentioned in the posts.

You don't have any evidence either to back it your statements up either. I am also not sure why you are calling me out here, because I have said in about every post here that they all have + and -'s.

How many times has Ford, Chevy, or Dodge been named truck of the year? Exactly.

**Sparkplug** · 06-21-2009, 06:11 PM

On a quiet day you can hear a Chevy rust.

**dmclone** · 06-21-2009, 06:26 PM

Originally Posted by herbicide

How many times has Ford, Chevy, or Dodge been named truck of the year? Exactly.

You just named 3 of the 6 companies in the world that produce trucks. My god I would hope they would at least win once in a while. If I remember correctly they only give it to new or redesign trucks. How many full size trucks are there?

Nissan Titan
Toyota Tundra
Al the Fords
All the GM trucks
All the Dodge trucks.

**cytech** · 06-21-2009, 06:49 PM

One of the main reasons I went with a Chevy also is repair costs/ able to maintain them yourself.

The ford, dodge, tundra all had very cramped engine compartments. BUt chevy has always given you plenty of room to work on your own truck.

For instance you want to change the spark plugs well on the Ford and the Tundra you can't really do that on your own without taking out the engine.

**herbicide** · 06-21-2009, 07:05 PM

Originally Posted by dmclone

You just named 3 of the 6 companies in the world that produce trucks. My god I would hope they would at least win once in a while. If I remember correctly they only give it to new or redesign trucks. How many full size trucks are there?

Nissan Titan
Toyota Tundra
Al the Fords
All the GM trucks
All the Dodge trucks.

That is how I remember it too.