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Nope. I'm in Reno, NV. I haven't been to Calgary in almost 10 years. I haven't lived there in almost 20 years. I need to get my ass up there again. I'm sure it's grown quite a bit.
Looks like your friend bottomed out the suspension. Were you there when it happened? Hard to tell what he was doing to it. I don't think the van's have overload springs on them. But they test all that stuff from the factory. The bumpstops should stop the suspension from loading up enough to do that. I don't know what the dude could have done to break that.I'm not sure how the Honda ridgeline got into the conversation but but comparing it to any real pickup is just wrong.They are great for light duty stuff.Thats it. I can tell you this.My assclown for a friend did this to my so called heavy duty E250 over the summer.Bending the input and output shafts and in the end it destroyed transmission with 8k on it.Big lesson learned
2000 dollars later and my truck is still not right.
The moral of the story is two fold.
Don't let friends borrow your truck EVER
Don't be an idiot and think your truck can tow anything unless it says Mack
Old tundras suck, the 07+ tundras are all new, hence the now over double tow rating on the new ones.
Tundra plants are in Indiana and Texas, Last I checked those states are still part of the US.
Agreed, just pointing this out because Will made it clear that my 6 year old 2002 F-250 could only tow #7500.
Last time I checked they were, but that doesn't mean that the money will stay in the US and not go to the company after costs. The only money that really stays in the US from the Toyota, Honda, Hyndai and whatever other import companies in the US and Canada is the money to pay the workers, the Rent or Lease of the buildings (if applicable) and the utilities, after the US section of the company, the money is transfered back to the higher management back in Japan. Its a Japanese company, the headquarters will stay in Japan. It is no more domestic then an older Toyota that was made in Japan and sent to North America. Just because the VIN says its made in US or Canada, it doesn't, mean its a Domestic.
Freedom in america, means I have the choice to spend my Hard earned money on what I want, correct? So I bought a truck that met my needs. Im not going to spend 30+K on a truck that doesnt suit what I need, just because its company is from america.
First off, using a bumper sticker as the closing bolsterer to your argument is sad. It almost makes me think i should not waste my time responding to your obviously not-so-well thought out post. But I will.
You see he also paid more for it, I never will figure out people that pay $5000 more (for example) for a vehicle when they get it for the hope of getting $2000 more when they sell it. I ran into that when I was looking for my F-150, every one would go on about how Chevy had a better resale and were a better investment, but my F-150 was 3-5k cheaper than every comparable GM I looked at and still has more torque than a 2008 5.3.
But you will spend near $40,000 or more for the same truck with a Japanese logo on it????
Resale is based on "Residual Percentage". This is the percentage of the purchase price that the vehicle is worth at the arbitrary 6 year 60k mark. That is where the Tacoma wins along with others (Camry, Accord, Altima). The percentage is higher and therefore no matter what you pay, you retain more of the value.
My tundra lists sticker for 37K, I paid 32k out the door and they gave me 2k more then bluebook for my ranger. so no i wouldnt spend 40k. and ford doesnt offer a 1/2 ton crew cab truck with a 6.5' foot bed with 385 hp and 400ft/lbs.
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