I havn't driven on a river bed or speed bumps spaced about 5ft apart for 1/4mi at 25mph before. Does anyone know where I can find speed bumps like that to drive on besides Fords proving ground?
Apparently california highways, check out the bed bounce threads..
yah you gotta consider the source of these video. lol they always make me laugh when people take these videos as gospel on youtube. dont care what brand of truck you like they all have thier pros and cons. i just happen to think the tundra has the most pros. I love the people that go around bragging about these commercials online. I know enough not to take the toyota made videos as gospel, im surprised that the other people dont have enough common sense to do this too. to each his own i guess.
yah you gotta consider the source of these video. lol they always make me laugh when people take these videos as gospel on youtube. dont care what brand of truck you like they all have thier pros and cons. i just happen to think the tundra has the most pros. I love the people that go around bragging about these commercials online. I know enough not to take the toyota made videos as gospel, im surprised that the other people dont have enough common sense to do this too. to each his own i guess.
Ya, one of the vids shows them comparing how big the bolts are... just size. "The ford uses these great big bolts, not these little wussy bolts from the tundra. Why would you use such small bolts?!?" And the viewers just eat it up.
Of course, if the BIG ford bolts are made of white aluminum and the tundra bolts are high grade steel then the big bolts would still be stronger, right? I wanna make a video "mocumentary" about that, and have the third bolt which is 2x the size of the ford bolt, but made outta paper mache
I watched all the demonstrations in the link to the ford site Katana 08 tundra put up. The competition looks foolish. The river bed simulation video has been around for a while. Several of us have speculated on simple dynamic response differences causing resonance in all the trucks but the Ford. The same logic can be used to speculate about loading the trailer improperly but in an exact way to highlight Ford's new anti sway gizmo or the height and exact weight of the wire spool's relation to each truck's handling dynamics.
Trading from a 99 F150 to a 08 Tundra, I felt very uncomfortable with the body roll but the TRD anti sway bar solved that problem.
These types of comparisons have been considered cheap shots in the past but internet has had a liberating effect and times are tough and companies are desperate. It would be nice to see some well documented responses out of Toyota though.
Apparently california highways, check out the bed bounce threads..
Comparing the speed bumps on the proving ground in the video is exaggerating quite a bit aren't we?
I've been to Los Angeles to San Diego, Ca. many times, this summer was the most recent. I didn't drive my Tundra there, but followed a Tundra with a long ladder hanging over the tailgate on a bad stretch of the freeway and didn't noticed any unusual bounce. I'll agree that certain sections of the concrete freeway is bad even I feel like my rental Dodge Charger was hopping, but nothing like the video.
Like I said, I've driven on bad wash boards up to 65mph that may be the closest thing to the video and the Tundra handled it awesome.
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The video proves to me that the Tundra has the best pliability of all test articles. I am not sure how the test demonstrates durability for any of the test articles. Did anyone get the association to durability?
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Here is a real-world comparision of the Tundra and F150. The dealer I bought my Tundra from is also a Ford dealer. The service department for the Fords is open longer hours with more technicians due to need. The Toyota service portion of the dealership goes to reduced "winter" hours due to the lack of demand for repairs (like the lonely Maytag repairman).
The clincher: my dealer showed me that a similar extended warranty for a F150 costs from 2-3 times more than for a similar Tundra.
Here is a real-world comparision of the Tundra and F150. The dealer I bought my Tundra from is also a Ford dealer. The service department for the Fords is open longer hours with more technicians due to need. The Toyota service portion of the dealership goes to reduced "winter" hours due to the lack of demand for repairs (like the lonely Maytag repairman). .
Is it at all possible that the dealer sells more Fords than Toys??
(after all, the F-series alone sells nearly 5X the amount of the Tundra)
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The clincher: my dealer showed me that a similar extended warranty for a F150 costs from 2-3 times more than for a similar Tundra.
Ummm......no they don't.
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I had a 2004 F-150 FX4 and loved it. I got rid of it for a great deal on an SRT-10 Ram which the quality of sucked. I then traded that in for my Tundra. I'm am the least bias buyer out there and I'll even admit that my Tundra has not handled my heavy loads or the security that my F-150 provided when hauling my motorcycles and ATV's. My tailgate was even rubbing the sides of my bed thanks to my tie-downs pulling the bed sides in. That is terrible and the F-150 never did that. The F-150 however was the most underpowered turd I ever owned, way underpowered even compared to the '97-'02 F-150's which had a less powerful motor. The Tundra won me over due to it's N/A performance and the quality of the motor. It's a great get around truck but when it comes to heavy duty work, it fails. It does great in 4x4 I'm sure thanks to it's light sheet metal. I plan to keep my Tundra and drive it till it falls and more than likely own other trucks beside it that'll take care of my workload.
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Re: Tundra vs. F-150 Test
I wanna make a video "mocumentary" about that, and have the third bolt which is 2x the size of the ford bolt, but made outta paper mache 
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