I saw this on Jalopnik the other day, and am definitely interested in the results of the study. Toyota did a similar study a few years ago when they gave a new Tundra to a West Texas cattle rancher. He put 100,000 hard miles on it and they took it back at that time, tore it apart and studied everything. Even things like the hydrocarbon filter and water filter were still extremely clean and it was in great condition.

I've been truck shopping for the last two years or so, and reliability and durability is what put lead me to buy a Tundra.

I'd always thought I'd wind up in a Ford -- my dad has had two King Ranches -- but I couldn't get past the Tundra reliability and bought a '16 Crewmax SR5.

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Posted by X123F45

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Posted on 5/13/16 at 8:07 am to Feral

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Tundra reliability

When toyota built their first v8 tundra, it was essentially a mid 90s chevy truck. They didn't try to reinvent the wheel.

As other manufacturers have made the push toward fuel efficiency and saving weight, toyota has stuck with the same mentality they have always had.

It doesnt have to be the most powerful, the fastest, or the nicest. But gun to your head, you know which one you would pick if you had to make it to 400k miles.

If you ever look at marketshare of super high mileage vehicles, it is astounding the percentage toyota starts to command later on.

And if the earlier yotas didn't rust to shite if you sneezed on em, the percentage would be even higher.

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Posted by colorchangintiger

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Posted on 5/13/16 at 8:46 am to Feral

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I'd always thought I'd wind up in a Ford -- my dad has had two King Ranches -- but I couldn't get past the Tundra reliability and bought a '16 Crewmax SR5.

I had an 09 F-150 and it was a great truck, put 130,000 miles on it with nothing breaking. Earlier this year my dad offered to trade me his 2012 F-150 with 75,000 miles, then he traded in my old one in for a new 2016 F-150. I'm not going to go as far as to say I made a mistake because in the end I still have a truck that is more valuable than what I had, but the same day we traded the fuel pump went out ($1,000 for parts and labor) and the A/C went out this past Wednesday (don't know how much it is going to cost me yet). So hit and miss has been my experience. I don't think I'll be getting another Ford truck though.

This post was edited on 5/13/16 at 8:47 am

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