2013 Tundra vs 2013 Ford

[deerefan]

I must have had all great ones along with my family and friends. We have none of these issues. My buddy did just have to replace a alternator on a 2001 last weeked. Junk....

Chris

My 97 F150 has been ok. In the 16 years I have owned it, I replaced both window motors, odometer and engine. The engine ran fine, but kept pushing coolant out of the expansion tank. It ended up being a small crack in the drivers side head. We opted for a new motor as it was only about a $600 difference. That was at 150k miles in 2009. We have roughly 180k now and I still drive it daily. I also just had the front end rebuilt. All in all not a bad truck.

 

[crazyal]

I had an 86 F150 (does anyone remember that purple color) with a straight 6 in it. It spun a bearing before I got it (175k) yet I got 50k out of that engine and sold it that way to the next guy. Not the best looking truck in the world but it just didn't want to quit.

 

[slowzuki]

Well if you're gonna run it with a bad COP you can't really expect good mileage? My F350 drops 4 or 5 mpg for a single bad cop. Its a 5 minute job to change.

Re rust, my brother in law has a 2004 F150 4x4 that looks brand new. Has never spent a night in a garage and is daily driven year round, used for a few years towing a 7000 lb camper. The only corrosion issue it has was the paint came off around the fuel filler neck. It has a couple of wheel disconnects for the 4wd go bad and the 4wd solenoid was replaced with the new style with drip shield. One power window motor died, power steering line rusted out. Pretty reliable truck for the first model year.

At least one COP is shot.

And yes it gets lousy mileage on top of all that

 

[EddieWalker]

I just saw a guy loading baseboards into his shortbed Tundra. At first I was thinking how much better I had it with the longer bed, but then he lowered his rear window and just slid the boards into the cab!!!! That's a pretty slick feature.

Eddie

 

[aczlan]

I just saw a guy loading baseboards into his shortbed Tundra. At first I was thinking how much better I had it with the longer bed, but then he lowered his rear window and just slid the boards into the cab!!!! That's a pretty slick feature.

Until you stomp on the brakes, one slides forward and takes out the windshield...

Aaron Z

 

[deerefan]

Until you stomp on the brakes, one slides forward and takes out the windshield...

Aaron Z

I would hope he would have enough sense to secure his load.

 

[deerefan]

I just saw a guy loading baseboards into his shortbed Tundra. At first I was thinking how much better I had it with the longer bed, but then he lowered his rear window and just slid the boards into the cab!!!! That's a pretty slick feature.

Eddie

I like that feature too. Helps cool the truck on a hot day plus my 2 year old loves the wind!

 

[aczlan]

I would hope he would have enough sense to secure his load.

It depends on your definition of "securing" ones load. I have seen far too many loads of 2x4s "tied down" with the poly string from Lowes to trust my fellow drivers to have the sense to properly secure a load.

Aaron Z

 

[Scooby074]

Well if you're gonna run it with a bad COP you can't really expect good mileage? My F350 drops 4 or 5 mpg for a single bad cop. Its a 5 minute job to change.

Re rust, my brother in law has a 2004 F150 4x4 that looks brand new. Has never spent a night in a garage and is daily driven year round, used for a few years towing a 7000 lb camper. The only corrosion issue it has was the paint came off around the fuel filler neck. It has a couple of wheel disconnects for the 4wd go bad and the 4wd solenoid was replaced with the new style with drip shield. One power window motor died, power steering line rusted out. Pretty reliable truck for the first model year.

No CEL. Im guessing its a COP because i have a bit of rough idle. Ive changed several cop in the past for the same driving symptoms. Havent dug into it yet, but im not losing any mileage because of it, its ALWAYS had bad mileage. 18mpg, consistently since new.

 

[Scooby074]

My 97 F150 has been ok. In the 16 years I have owned it, I replaced both window motors, odometer and engine. The engine ran fine, but kept pushing coolant out of the expansion tank. It ended up being a small crack in the drivers side head. We opted for a new motor as it was only about a $600 difference. That was at 150k miles in 2009. We have roughly 180k now and I still drive it daily. I also just had the front end rebuilt. All in all not a bad truck.

My ODO blanked out the other day for the first time. Back now. Funny how these trucks all seem to have the same issues, even something as obscure as losing the odo.