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Cant imagine buying a HD truck so that you can make 3-4 heavy bed loads in a 4 year period, but whatever scratches the itch I guess.

I will say that my 5.7L Tundra 4x4 extended cab gets between 17-20 mpg on the highway empty depending on how many hills I pull, and tows my 7000 lb travel trailer through the hills at a constant 9-10 mpg.

There arent very many trucks on the road that will outrun it or out tow it (cept another Tundra) and all I have had to add to it were E rated tires. [quote]

Virtually ever other 3/4 ton truck ever made made in the last 20 years will out haul and out tow the Tundra. And a whole bunch of chipped or tuned diesels will out run it. Make no mistake, the Tundra is a great 1/2 ton truck, arguably the best--but it's just a 1/2 ton truck. I tired hard to buy one, but it's frame--contrary to their marketing claims--is not very beefy when you compare it two a 3/4 ton truck frame.

I'll add that its good on ya to be supporting a company that we the taxpayers now own, cuz they are gonna need out consumer support to make it.

I recently shopped for a new ride for my wife and was wanting to do the whole support GM thing, so we looked at a 09 Chevy Traverse with the LTZ package (very shnazzy rig) but the price tag did not match the quality of interior components. Bought the wife an Audi Q5 instead, should be in country in about 3 weeks!

[quote=AlaskaCub] I will say that my 5.7L Tundra 4x4 extended cab gets between 17-20 mpg on the highway [quote]

You are the only person I've ever known to get 17-20mpg with that truck. I personally know three people with that same truck, plus on who has the 2wd model. They ave 14-16 mpg. One guy got 17 mpg on a road trip (empty) and was estatic he got 17, he averages 15 mpg. The guy with the two wheel drive averages about 16 mpg.

[quote=Blaine
You should have looked at the GMCs. The interior and interior components on my wife's 2008 Acadia is as good or better than anything else in it's class. The local delaership is a GM/Checy/Toyota dealership, and they recommend the the Acadia over the larger Toyota SUVs. We have had this rig for over a year now and we know why. quote=Blaine]

I tried to get her to look at the Acadias , I think they look pretty cool, tougher than the Traverse. She was immediately turned off by the quality of interior hard plastic that the doors and dash were made out of. They are identical to the Traverse as far as interior/inferior materials. The two we looked at (GMC/Chevrolet) were the higher end models ($41K +) and for the sticker prices, an equally priced Lexus or Audi comes with much higher quality materials that are clearly more inline with the price (which by the way is about the same as the Traverse and Acadia). She did like the Buick Enclave, but I wont get into how that went right now.

That's a nice looking truck. Hope you enjoy it. I threw around the idea of getting a 09 CC SB but I can not part with my 07 Silverado Classic Dmax for now. I drove the 09 and it had a few more buttons than my LT3 and the engine was quieter than my 07. My 07 has only 40k miles on it so maybe about 2014 or 15 I'll get a new if they still make the HD Dmax. However my Dmax is better than a new truck because it's paid for finally. I hope the diesels light trucks are still around when I need a new one. The few times I drive my dad's gas truck I can't wait to get back in my diesel.

[quote=AlaskaCub] I will say that my 5.7L Tundra 4x4 extended cab gets between 17-20 mpg on the highway [quote]

You are the only person I've ever known to get 17-20mpg with that truck. I personally know three people with that same truck, plus on who has the 2wd model. They ave 14-16 mpg. One guy got 17 mpg on a road trip (empty) and was estatic he got 17, he averages 15 mpg. The guy with the two wheel drive averages about 16 mpg.

I guess we're just hicks down here, because we thought the interior fit and quality of the Acadia was very nice. We liked the hard plastic and leather, it was well put together, and it is very durable--then again, a "plush" interior turns us off. The Acadia still looks new after a year.

......Our country is gonna be straight [bleep] if we dont start buying more chit from American companies (even if they arent made in America, or arent as good as import chit...grin) cuz if not I see our economy totally collapsing, sooner than later. I pay a chit pile of taxes a year and figure if I own 60% of Government Motors, I may as well drive one!

..Our country is gonna be straight [bleep] if we dont start buying more chit from American companies (even if they arent made in America, or arent as good as import chit...grin) cuz if not I see our economy totally collapsing, sooner than later. I pay a chit pile of taxes a year and figure if I own 60% of Government Motors, I may as well drive one!

I will continue to buy the product that I feel provides the best value for the dollar regardless of who makes it.The vehicles that I now own were made in the U.S.A. by American workers but not by American owned companies.If we start buying from American companies just because they are American,they will have no need to try and match the competition in quality and value,and they will fall behind even further.

Agreed, but my current view is that now that many of the jap vehicles are being made here in the U.S. as opposed to Japan, the quality is on par with U.S. owned vehicle companies. My current 07 Tundra is not what the Jap Toyota trucks were, I have had my share of visits to the dealership. Lets just say way more often than I did with the last 4 Toyotas I have owned that had VIN #'s that started with the letter J (Japan produced).