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I dumped my CVT Subaru and won’t own another. Servicing them has become an issue at dealers its a simple drain fill 30 minute service but dealers are so hard up for techs that can follow manufacture service procedures they either play stupid and say its non serviceable, or charge you 10x what it...

Oil quality is a big issue with these engines and several other modern engines I would bet many of these issues are oil related.

With all the brands and new engines. The biggest on going factor will be actual quality engine oil used and OCI consistently. Lots of garbage oils out there many with prior history of being good but switched out with junk today. That will be a huge factor across vehicle brands regardless.

Full sized van will get the same or better mileage as the land crusher. Number one reason I took my Outback more places than my Land Cruiser was the mileage and 2x the range. I did many solo trips sleeping in a 4runner, outback, Sequoia, only slept in the LC once it was the worst of all the cars...

Have come across several delivery vans running the 3.5 with over 250,000?. Thinking its doing pretty well, but parts quality issues have plagued all the auto makers. I bet parts suppliers even the good ones are turning out batches of junk every few weeks to bump their bottom line.

Hilux was out sold by the Ranger last yr in its top markets. Which by the way are tiny compared to Los Angels CA Auto market where the Toyota trucks are not the top sellers.

The 5 generations old battery technology in the after thought passenger compartment location is just absolute trash coming from the company that brought us the Prius. My first thought major battery supply chain issues for Toyota’s future which doesn’t bode well for their EV designs. The toss it...

As a long time Toyota owner I love how you zero in on vehicles that aren’t even anywhere close to a Toyota in its Market. Oh and the Audi owners I know put 200k on their turbos and spent $7000 on replacements. I’m sure some one out there dropped way more!! I was getting a recall on my Sequoia...

Needed something to haul stuff. Multi use made the boss happy. It does double duty hauling boats and bikes to the lake rental too lol.

Yep!! I canned the truck camper idea for the family a 9 yrs back same deal. Bought a Lifetime Tent Trailer from Costco on Thursday had it on my driveway Tuesday morning. Added some LED lighting “50cal ammo box solar/battery” and a tongue box. Has been good except its terrible in desert winds...

I’m in nor cal not Redding ??. My family up there says the umm “church” is making them think about moving cuz its not ok to shoot at people no more.. loL kidding sorta. Nor Cal has been hard to find the right rubber compound that can handle the scorching pavement at high I5 speeds and the...

One thing for sure long tie downs are no bueno. The shorter the better.

Funny enough that Alaskan is the exact camper my dad had. The tie downs were on the corners in steel corner plates with a zillion bolts into end wall and side wall and lower wing plate. All campers are usually built this way especially with modern corner jack points. FWC and a few others built...

Interesting testing. Thanks for sharing

I think they had the Taco and wanted to build their dream camper / desert racer and what better way to pay for the build with deposits from dreamers. I bet they never build more than 2?

Yeah except the agro bro look paired with zero down and credit card tires and lift kit move product ?.

Smaller displacement hotter running ie more HP means everything is about heat management which means all of them need a huge grill like a semi to handle the heat shedding.

Wall corner ties on or at lift points make sense but thats not remotely close to whats pictured there. Most campers have very little structure beyond some plywood once you move inboard from the corners and in this case especially on the over hanging part of the camper. I have yet to see any...

Looks like the Opus importers are spinning off another LLC and doing lower content trailers ie cheaper price point?

Thats what my 4.7l Sequoia got!! ???