New Truck Advice.....

Drive them all, compare what you get for the money, pick the one that comes out on top. Just hope you get a good one out of the batch, quality is hit or miss with ALL of them.

I am in the same boat, currently looking hard.

My 2015 F150 Lariat Fx4 is worrying me lately. It's been a damn fine truck with 234K on it now.

I am wanting the same truck, but in their new Avalanche color. Dodge and GMCs are running much better deals right now.

I have not looked at the new Tundras yet.

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quality is hit or miss with ALL of them

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Yep, Tundra gets all kinds of respect and reverence, but I've found they have their problems too. maybe not as many as the others, but they aren't near as solid as they used to be. Sucks.

A Naturally Aspirated, non-boosted engine offers less points of failure and lower long-term maintenance. The Ford F-150 5.0L Lariat with the Max Trailer Tow package includes a larger fuel tank + 3.73 gear ratio. Also, consider the 502A package as well.

Purchase used with low mileage, let some else take the initial hit.

I've been looking as well and I keep going in circles. I had a tundra that I sold with 280k miles, never the first issue. The plan was to get a new one but with the issues I started looking at GMC at4 and even RAM Rebel even though I've never looked at RAM at all. Now I've circled back to Toyota I think.

My biggest issue is Tundra and GMC just updated their interiors the last couple of years. The RAM I can get a 2021 or even a 2020 and the interior looks decent - GMC and Toyota I have to get a 2023 (Toyota 2022) so for any package I want is still 50k+. 2020-2022 GMC info screens look tiny - and the shifter isn't in the center console. Which I might could get used to but Tundra has been in the console so that's what I'm used to.

That said, GMC AT4 exterior is probably my favorite.

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Tundra, they've had problem with the new engine, but the new design is sexy

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Love my 23 hybrid. Motor is a beast. The hybrid's avoided the engine issues but Toyota did the right thing with the issues that came up and are replacing them even if you had a problem. If you're buying new, it shouldn't be something you have to worry about because I don't think the 24's have had the failures. I personally thought the price bump from the hybrid to non hybrid was worth it given the power, torque, towing boost it gave.

I had narrowed it down to my Tundra and the Chevy ZR2 and went with the Tundra. My FIL is a master mechanic and owns a pretty good size shop and he said 100% go with the Toyota over the Chevy when I was trying to decide. I prefer it over the Ford ecoboost I came from as well fwiw.

Put a 3/1 kit on it with some 35's and it is looking sexy

This is the type of stuff I don't know. Very insightful.
I'll look for a low mileage Ford F150. I will compare it to the others Im testing tomorrow.
I found a 2025 Chevy Trail Boss Duramax for $51,000.
And a Dodge Ram Laramie for $54,000

I'm hoping my ecodeisel will get a fair price on trade in.

My mechanic buddy said to stay away from diesel.
But, I'm having a hard time not going to test drive the Chevy Duramax.

As I have heard that repairs are just so much higher than gassers.
And the EPA regulations basically force the carbon buildup.
I'm not in a county where I can get away with deleting it and retuning.

Your thoughts on diesels???

Stay away from the gm 6.2, they’re having a lot of problems.

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This is coming from someone who has driven Fords since 2017.

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Oh man a whopping 7-8 years.