"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 4 Oct 2005 09:12:21 -0500, "Dan J.S." wrote:


"Jack Goff" wrote in message
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On Tue, 04 Oct 2005 02:12:54 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
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"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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3,500 lbs or there abouts.

Damn....

What - that's not a lot.

It's precisely the towing limit of my truck. Being a Toyota, it's
probably
a
conservative number, but still....I don't want to mess up a 10 year
investment. If it was a throwaway like a Chevy or Ford....


I'm not a big GM fan, but my current yard truck is an '89 Chevy 1500.
Original 350 motor, tranny, rear end. Interior and body all original.
Everything works,it drives and rides great, and it still looks good.
At 16 years old, it's worth more than that Toy.

Besides, it'll snatch that puny-assed Toyota all over the place.
3500# towing limit? That's not a towing limit... it's a warning... to
not try to tow anything!

Give it up dude. Any Toyota truck will put ANY GM or Ford truck to shame.

Really...

And just what do you base that little piece of data on?

Don't you ever talk to anyone who's owned Toyotas, Tom? With rare
exceptions, the vehicles simply do not have mickey mouse bull**** problems
that make you wonder what the designers were thinking (if in fact they
were).

My '92 Taurus had a fusible link in the wire to the starter motor. Not
unusual, except for one problem: It was located under the car, with no means
of protection from the elements. One day, it simply crumbled. No ride to
work that day.

My Mercury wagon's stick shift was held onto the tranny by a threaded
plastic collar. Great idea for a part that's 4" from the exhaust pipe. I
downshifted from 3rd to 2nd approaching a traffic light, and the stick shift
came out of the tranny. The collar had melted. Ford said they'd never heard
of this before. Even better: The only way to fix the thing was to remove the
gen-yoo-ine leather boot. That was attached to a frame which bolted to the
body, not to the console. So, the carpet has to come out. That meant the
seats had to come out. Bull****.

By contrast, spend some time looking over a Toyota, imagining how you'd
access various things for repair. They're brilliantly thought out.