"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 4 Oct 2005 12:23:35 -0500, "Dan J.S." wrote:


"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?

For one, try doing this to a GM or Ford... Toyotas are almost impossible
to
kill

http://www.bbc.co.uk/topgear/prog28/toyota.shtml

Please - dropping an empty aluminum box on a roll bar qualifies it as
tough?

Get a life.

Did you watch the video? The hilux is incredible.

Why do you think GM and Ford has just posted 50% + decline in their trucks
and SUVs... where Toyota is actually up in parts of this sector... People
know quality, and I think Detroit finally got it that making junk is not
something people are willing to pay for...

Knowing that 2-3 grand from each vehicle is made to pay for some employee
retirement plan is enough for me to say screw that! I would rather if that
2-3 grand was spent in making the truck not fall apart after 5 years.