I agree that toyota's are extremely reliable and known for lasting for ever, (as long as they dont rust out) but honestly what truck that is 20-30 yrs old and been heavily used and abused doesn't rust? I will say this, I have seen numerous fords and dodges run for 250k+ with basic maintenance. My first truck was a family members hand me down ranch truck, it was a 79 f100 with about 180k on it, I drove it until it had 300k on it. The only thing I ever did was change the oil and basic maintenance, sold it for 1500 bucks. My next truck was 2000 tacoma, i bought it with 100k drove until it had 260, I put a timing belt in this truck and again just basic maintenance. Since then I have owned a few land cruisers, if you count my wifes truck's you can throw in a 4 runner. My 80 series was a headache, always needed fixing. Nothing too major just little stuff but constant, similiar to an old 70,s iron head I owned. I sold it and bought a FJ60, now that truck raddled like crazy but nothing ever seemed to go wrong. My wifes 2006 4runner, went to ******** at 125k. She bought it with 20k on it We just sold it with 200k. We just bought her a 2016 4runner with 25k on it. Between 125 and 200k, it was full of problems, alternator, trans, differential, cv, all the seals went and the back door filled with water, that was a pain to find and have color matched. A good buddy has a 2001 tacoma original owner, motor blew up at 118k. His wifes VW diesel gulf has 350k on it with no issues. There are so many stories like this. I think the main thing is that companies have good yrs and bad yrs. To do the research. I will agrees for the most part toyota is really solid.
My reasoning for even thinking about the PW, is wanting a full size. I need the truck for work. The tacoma just does not cut it. Sure two trucks would the way to go, but again it is easier to just have 1 at the moment. Thats how I arrived to the PW and Tundra. The tundra is a great truck, it can town and has very similiar payload to the PW. I am looking a tradesmen PW, so my payload is higher.
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@Dalko43 you dont need all the fancy stuff. Here is my reasoning, I am meticulous by nature. I have never owned icon but the one time fee seems attractive. I have owned countless sets of OME, and they do need to be replaced every few years in my experience. Bumpers, well thats just aesthetics. I just like the arb bumpers, I think they look good and are well made. Alot of the other bumpers, make the trucks look like they were cast in some hollywood super hero movie, just not my style. Sliders do come in handy and are usually cheaper then repair with out them. I usually just like to do something right from the start, it might cost more or take more time, but in the end it always works out to the best option, IMO.
