- I think they went away from the slick, clean look of the previous years, but that engine, bed, and interior just looks beautiful this year.
MotorTrend gave it Truck of the Year... for whatever that's worth.binary visions said:The 2005 Tacomas...
For the life of me I can't see why someone would want an SUV in an urban environment. It seems like one of these would be soooooo much more practical:narlus said:
Well if you are picking between a 4-runner and a Xterra, and price, milage, and condition is about the same, then the Toyota is a better pick. (based on re-sale value, power, and stock offroad ability) If your choice is something like between the xterra and a Ford Explorer then i feel the Xterra is a better bet. A lot of people have beat the piss out of Xterras without any major problems. Same thing with 4-runners. It all depends on how you drive the vehical. If while offroading you slam into rocks/logs at full tilt and snap some parts, while your more experienced buddy in a toyota drives a little cleaner and gets out without a scratch, that doesn't mean the Toy is better than a nissan. Just means the Nissan guy cant drive a nail up his ass with both hands. 
Also the new Pathfinder and Xterra are made in their TN factory which doesn't have the QC issues some of the factories putting out their other models have had.Toshi said:and that "little ways to go" is called the pathfinder.
ink: . oh well, i'll stop after posting this, what, 3 times? in this thread
You might think about saving the the tax return money to buy gas.......lukeduke said:
Yes, the Pathfinder is more comparable to the 4Runner than the Xterra is, but the asked about the Xterra, not about the Pathfinder. The guy also listed some of the things he was looking for in a truck and how he was going to be using it. Some of us (including myself), thought it worthwhile to suggest a Toyota. If you want to suggest a Pathfinder, go right ahead.Toshi said:and that "little ways to go" is called the pathfinder.
That's cute, and would be easy to zip around in and park. I drove a Suzuki Aerio around San Diego for a few days and it was the perfect car for zipping around town. However, if I'm in downtown Houston, I much prefer my Isuzu Trooper to my wife's Accord. The Trooper is shorter (front-to-back), narrower, and more visible to the omnipresent busses, delivery vans, Suburbans and F250s, all of which tend to ignore the Accord.SkaredShtles said:For the life of me I can't see why someone would want an SUV in an urban environment. It seems like one of these would be soooooo much more practical:
For a recent anniversary we stayed at one of the convention-area hotels. They had several courtesy shuttles that run to the Main St bars, some of the hotter restaurants, and Reliant Park. We rode to dinner and back in a Suburban. Later on, they took us to Main Street in a decked out Tahoe w/leather.the Inbred said:
I saw a stretch H2 at a football game last week, but get this. It wasn't just a stretch H2. It was a stretch H2, with monster mudding tires, a 6" or 8" suspension lift, skid plates on the front, a brushguard, off road lights mounted on top.. the works. Where the hell do you offroad with a 30' long vehicle? And why would you want a highway vehicle that gets 3.2 mpg because of the enormous tires, and handles even worse than it normally would?narlus said:
Killjoynarlus said:
:evil:Tom Church said:
Cool.... Toyota had this as an option for the 4Runner back in 1996.Tom Church said:
didn't you know Houston is the capital of Tahoes and Suburbans along with those H2 Hummers? my office parking garage is chock full of Ford excursions, explorers, f-350 duallys with the "king ranch" package along with the giant Dodge trucks and of course the Cadillac Escalade EXT and Lincoln Navigators by the dozen then there is land rovers and bmw x5's and Mercedes Benz g-500 SUV's and the whole host of lexus and VW soccer mom SUV's. outa the 22 employees in my office 5/8ths of us have giant SUVs it's just a way of life down here.the Inbred said:
WHOA!!! You'd need a custom sized garage at home to park that bad-boy...Hello Kitty said:didn't you know Houston is the capital of Tahoes and Suburbans along with those H2 Hummers? my office parking garage is chock full of Ford excursions, explorers, f-350 duallys with the "king ranch" package along with the giant Dodge trucks and of course the Cadillac Escalade EXT and Lincoln Navigators by the dozen then there is land rovers and bmw x5's and Mercedes Benz g-500 SUV's and the whole host of lexus and VW soccer mom SUV's. outa the 22 employees in my office 5/8ths of us have giant SUVs it's just a way of life down here.
this is what i want a 4x4 dually SuperDuty King Ranch is available with Ford's new 6-liter turbo diesel V8 engine !!! maybe with in the next year i'll trade my toyota infor one of these bad boys !!!
N8 said:
I haven't done a serious count, but I'm pretty sure we have an avg of at least 1 Ford Superduty per street in my 'hood. For every 1 of those, there are 3-4 half-ton trucks and 6-7 SUVs.N8 said:
My guess would be Texas.binary visions said:
I think that Texans would want that.......
