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The big build or swap stuff is fun and entertaining but in the end it seems to be a toy vs a regular vehicle expected to get from A to B drama free. My last swaps Dodge 318 with a built Bumblebee 440 in a 78 LB 2wd 1 ton, and a Buick v8 swapped into grandmas mint condition Chevy Chevet thing...

Yup fuel has always been the issue. My grandfather lost his first plane in Florida in 43 I think. WWII surplus plane. He was just returning from his last transport flight when he had to take the Active AF rig to a safe zone. By the time he connected with a pilot buddy to fly his plane outathere...

360 is up there. All the big mile Toyotas and GMs I know of finally quit with major bearing failure in that 350-380 range. Neighbors v6 camry just died 380,000. His last one made it to 360. In both cases bearing failure. Two family Suburans kicked the bucket at 340 and 360 both lost a bearing...

Dont wait long. Roads out will be parking lots. Miami Mayor just told folks thinking about leaving to go NOW.

The new rigs use some pretty advanced TC logic. Even rigs 5yrs old with TC tech are put to shame by todays TC capability. Though I agree lockers are pretty much the final answer. Funny enough Subaru is one of the leaders in TC capability. All their cars are even using TC logic to help rotate the...

Nice!! Bummer the closest one is about 14hrs away. Grrrr

Given your fullsize truck types youll hate the Tacos power especially if your thinking of towing anything beyond a skidoo. Go Tundra 5.7. Plus the Tacos are crazy high priced and the Tundra no so much. TRD vs not I cant say. Dont the TRDs get more than just slightly upgraded shocks?

I have battled with a similar vibe. I did the runout check on the wheels looking for bent wheels all were true. My next step is the drive line I hope to do that this winter. Im pretty confident the drive line is my source. I talked to my local shop guy. He said drive line balancing is a lost...

As a side note my old roomate had a buy back diesel jetta. He has three boys all are out of car seats which is a huge deal regarding seat space. His new ride is the Diesel Canyon LB. keep in mind his Jetta rear seat was smaller than the Canyon. He says its workable with the three boys. They dont...

Lol I read that 7500lb loaded comment and said oh yea Ok sure. My J80 was great but hell no!! It was sweating our 1800lb boat and gear for 3. We were no where near 7500lbs, not to mention having to air up the rears to near max because its short wheel base wasnt exactly thrilled with the load...

Those simple yet smart plates under the shock mounts seem like something GM could easily add to the 2018's ;-)

I have two kids in car seats some times 3. I agree the ZR2 is too tight for three kids seats. Even 2 seats its kinda snug but workable. So your for sure in full sized territory. My neighbor has three kids all out of seats. He had the same issue you have. Their road trip rig is a Sienna and his...

Nor is the HG design comment correct. The big external leaky mess was all early 2.5s mainly due to a single layer gasket. That was adressed by using a multi layer gasket, but a large % of those cars overheated due yo no coolant before the owners attempted to have them fixed, causing far more...

The GX is bested by the V8 4runner regarding mileage. That and the 4runner gets a better rear gate setup. Its cheaper too. I looked at them but same reason I sold my 4runner, too small, too narrow and no where as good as the LC I had. The LC got tight on butts in seats and range wasnt so great...

Too bad its not diesel

Yep learned that one a long time ago. Google offline maps are ok for general info have done that some. It happens lol. Pretty much all of Yellowstone is lacking cell service we loaded several sources of data before we hit the park.

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Profit vs models people also pay more for the mid sized overseas and get far more rudimentry interiors etc. here to make it work they need to be 30-40k and no one is going to pay that if they have manual windows, plastic seats and loud interiors. The top trim by the way is the Denali with tax...

Way cheaper just to get a diesel Canyon or Colorado if you want a little diesel truck. You can even get locking front and rear diffs ?. My last 3 trucks were all toyotas I highly doubt Ill own another one. Pretty sure my next truck will be a domestic something. Im not too brand picky these days...

Wow