buh-bye Toyota Tundra V8

[deckeda]

N-OS X-tasy! wrote:
[quote=deckeda]
End of an era. Toyota's innovation was V8 reliability.

FTFY. Toyota has been known for reliability all the way back to when they only made four-bangers.
True but I was trying to stay within the topic of V8 trucks.

[JoeH]

N-OS X-tasy! wrote:
[quote=deckeda]
End of an era. Toyota's innovation was V8 reliability.

FTFY. Toyota has been known for reliability all the way back to when they only made four-bangers.
Only so far back. They had a few I-4 engines in the '60s and '70s known for certain reliability problems. Pretty much cleaned those up by the '80s.

[macphanatic]

deckeda wrote:
Look at any so-called 1/2-ton gasoline truck in the years to come and only Toyotas will have any resale value. It's the same reason why Tacomas hold value despite not really driving as well as Colorados. The small GMs are really great for a couple years whereas the Toyotas are what you buy if looking for a used one years later.

Just don't drive a Colorado off road. They had a terrible issue with airbag deployment when off-roading. Even the ones sold as whatever Chevy referred to as their off-road model.

[Buzz]

Last V8 (other than daily veggie juice) was 1976 Buick Regal w/ its 350 cu. in. power plant. For most of its life, it averaged MPG in single digits. That was a royal pain in the gas. BIL has an older Tundra V8, and he'll keep it as long as he can.... it already has over 200K mi. on it, but he still loves it.

With gas prices in the stratosphere these days, we're rethinking ICE cars.
Big Toyota/Lexus fans here; will be curious to see how their FV's take shape.
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