I may be in the market for used vehicle and I've narrowed my search down to a Toyota Tundra or a Honda Pilot or Honda Ridgeline. I like the Pilot because it has the 3rd seat that also folds down. It's somewhat comparable to the Mountaineer I have now. But I've been wanting a truck for a long time. Every once in a while I run into situations when I need a truck and no one I know has a truck. So I end up at the damn u haul. The tundra offers that SUV feel but with the capability to haul stuff.
Does anyone have any recommendations? Or any experience with the vehicles I've mentioned? In case it matters to anyone for the sake of helping me out, my budget is no more than $23000. So I've seen that at that price range I can end up with a few certified used with under 35000 miles.
Rob
Do you need an SUV daily? The reason I ask is that you could save a -ton of money buying a car, then renting a uhaul, or those pickups from home depot during those (in your words) every once in a while situations that you need a truck. I suspect that you don't need an SUV since you are also looking at pickups.
No judging, just trying to help you see the fiscal sense of going a different route.
You can't go wrong with either, but I would choose Honda.
Working around light and heavy duty trucks all day I can say first hand that I like the Tundras. Its a good vehicle to tow and haul with. Gas mileage is decent too. I haven't looked too closely in the last 6 or so months but I think you could find one with less than 35k miles on it for somewhere under 21k possibly under 20k or 19k if you stretch the mileage to say 45k.
The Ridgeline is a piece of . I've had a ton of customers pull pop ups and all I ever hear from them is how little is always falling apart. Knobs, trim, button...
Are you serious? Sitting around all day and hoping for the dream car isn't going to get it done. You need to get up off your ass and pound the pavement. Start going out and test driving trucks and SUV's and do some research. You can hope in one hand and in the other and see which one fills up first.
I am tired of lazy people like you coming on here and complaining about not having their dream vehicle instead of going out and putting yourself out there. I mean go get a focus in the mean time and once the vehicle you want is available then dump the focus and go get that one!
lol
Dude, where did this come from. Inside joke or something?
I was making fun of the Ashbeeigh thread.
he got it.
I don't know about those specific models, but I come from a Toyota driving family. Toyota's are what we drive, always have, always will.
I suggest you do the same.
Well in all honesty, no. I don't have an immediate need for an SUV. A typical week driving my SUV is going to work then to lunch then home. Nothing major. On the weekend I may drive to Sams club or maybe to the mall. I take about 2 trips a year to either Corpus or the guadalupe with the fam. It's just a matter of preference. I have a wife and 2 small kids so it's not like we cant fit in a car comfortably. I've just always had a truck or suv for the past 10-12 years.
I get your point about buying a car and then just renting a truck or uhual when needed. But that's what I would like to avoid. There have been times when me and the wife spontaneously buy , like furniture or whatever. So it would be nice to have the ability to just haul it my self right then and there.
Rob
At least with the Tundra you're driving a respectable truck. At some point you may grow some balls and decide to put a nice little lift on it and some aftermarket goodies....at the very least you can dream about it when wifey tells you no way.
The Ridgeline just locks you into a vagina mobile for what will seem like an eternity.
Thanks for the heads up on the ridgeline. There not the norm out there and if they are problem vehicles then I will take that off my list. I just figured a Honda is a Honda.
So far it looks like Toyota is the popular choice.
Rob
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM vagina
Cool, no problem. I understand. I would love to have a Dodge Dakota (favorite vehicle of all that I have owned), but I just can't seem to bring myself to buy another one considering the amount I would have to spend on it vs. a car in both pricetag and gas. Especially since the bed would remain empty except for maybe 4-6 times a year.
But I really do WANT one. lol.
Frankly, I think a pick up made by a Japanese company is a sin, but that's me.
Dude, I'm so done with Ford. I've said it before and still get suckered by the price tag. This time I mean it. I will not buy a ford no matter how ing cheap. It's time to try another brand.
Rob
But, but, but, Ford is the best selling truck of all time!
Funny. I've known plenty of people who've had Ford trucks at one time or another and only 1 out of 10 people have positive things to say about them.
Why don't you just enjoy life and throw caution to the wind and get a nice late 50's Bel Air. Parts are dirt cheap and you could easily find a restored one (non-numbers matching) for under 23k. There's your family car.
I like the Tundra personally, but with a wife and 2 kids I would probably opt for the Pilot. My friend has one of those and it's a nice rig.
Hmmm. What year was it. I bought a '97 when they came out and I was thoroughly impressed with it. That thing was a tank and was always reliable. I had no major work done to it. It was manual transmission. Had I not been in a drug daze I wouldn't have needed to put another engine in it. I didn't change the oil for quite a while. I think the engine had about 175000 miles on it at the time. Other than that, I didn't even change a hose in that truck. I wouldn't hesitate buying another f150. Ever.
Take the cross stroke off the F and the crown off the O. What's that spell?
You know what, it's probably coming down to these 2. I'm gonna hit the pavement and continue my search... lol
Rob
Just to be perfectly clear the Pilot has just as large of a vagina as the Ridgeline.
See now you got me there. I once had a 95 f150 extended cab manual transmission with dual tanks. That was a beast! It was one of my favorite vehicles ever. I never had trouble with it. But what did I do??? I traded it in for a new ford explorer. ing piece of ! But then Ive owned Mazda's and Mercury's and haven't fared any better.
Rob
Go with a Tundra. I bought a Tundra 4x4 a few months back and couldnt be happier with it. Im working on after market goodies like B2B said so hopefully this time next year ill be done with everything.
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