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When I bought my Expedition (F150 station wagon) I decided if I need a trail rig somewhere I’ll rent one lol. Let someone else deal with it outside my rare need. I’m more likely to be towing a rented hard side travel trailer or my soft sided tent on trailer than trail bashing. Which case load...

3ft 2 with a rear facing kids seat. Lol

The RTT is the diamond studded gold band ?

Mileage displacement in gas engines and new tech go right too mileage under load.

Yeah same here. I thought sitting in my moms car without moving the seat was bad. I’m not even a big guy and actually couldn’t get into the Taco with rear facing seat center line rear. Only option was passenger side which ment it was basically a 1.5 seat vehicle ?

US Coast Guard is the Agency that sets passenger weights. You know the plate on boats and aircraft seating/weights. USCG upped it I think 2 years ago. 120/160 F/M. Today its 180 for all adults. I blame central heating and Walmart State weight average data Would be interesting. I know my Indiana...

My Subaru was a good parts runner for my Toyotas ?

I went from the yota 4.7 to the 3.5 Ecoboost. I have zero regrets and not worried. I figure $1200 will go farther on the Eco boost than the Timing service on the 4.7 lol.

True makes you wonder tho. All the Auto companies are moving to limit their exposure to bad Auto loans. The shift to cash kick backs for paying cash instead of doing a 0% loan is a big deal. The banks and analysts have been looking at Auto loan debts that are sky high and see it as a big big...

Except Ford could see the writing on the wall and has the new 7.3. GM has big V8’s too. Add the new tech with low rpm grunt and its hard to make that jump.

Keep in mind the FWC Taco guys travel solo most of the time and travel light. The Wander the west peeps typically couples Toyotas are actually the exception not the norm due to load limits issue. With a young family I highly recommend looking forward. It seems like just yesterday I was packing...

Many Taco owners seem to move up or go back to basics after having experience / s that get them thinking its not a great idea. Usually most that move up all seem to mention braking as something they really couldn’t address after nearly building a whole new truck. Adding weight to the front nose...

Keep in mind the website price isn’t the dealer price. Example my 2019 Expedition was $84,000 at its speced out format. I paid $72,000. I’m a used car guy my self but my last 5 trucks were used purchases all had prior owner induced issues that I had to eventually address or decide to ignore. So...

Pink /red dye Diesel being caught in a road legal vehicle is like a wet dream for rural law enforcement. Lol

I will say that my 3.5 with 5600 miles on it is way more Diesel like than my old V8’s in prior vehicles. Its a bit strange having a 400hp V6 that basically never runs past 3000rpm and has lots of grunt at 1200rpm. On the rare case where it gets asked to run hard its still weird given it...

Its reaching that point. Heavy equipment even the micro construction equipment however still get basic benefits from diesel power. But even the small stuff is starting to migrate to gas powered engines.

North America Mercedes is exceptionally strict about Sprinter modifications. Just ask any RV builder. Most RV shops will tell you they really dislike Mercedes especially the super limiting requirements they must follow with the sprinter chassis. Any of the Van life conversions that have drilled...

Actually after working for Saturn the plastic panels had issues, the foam formed engine parts had issues too. The plastic panels broke in cold climates usually where the clips held the panel dealers were constantly painting new panels and replacing them. Got expensive so it made sense to simply...

It is except the cost and reliability is hitting the point that the modern gas engines are more attractive. And I’m a diesel guy. My current diesel just got a emissions repair last yr. Yeah my 1986 Kubota/Universal had a blocked up exhaust elbow. $300 service call. Lol

My dad is starting to get up to speed on Van based RVs for his retirement plan. I’m pretty convinced that his budget and use that the gas ones are the best and only way to go. He likes the sprinter but after talking about the limited service locations and the “sprinter” issues that are widely...