driving to the north pole

[Original_Ranger84]

That is a safety thing vs a mild reliablity thing. My '85 has had the same weakest possibe A4LD in it for 8 years with no problems whatsoever, I just stuck it in out of a junkyard truck just to get thru highschool with and it hasn't quit on me yet. The one that was in it died after I had it two years, the truck was 17 years old so I don't know how hold it was (or what it had been thru). My parents '94 Explorer has 180k on its original A4LD, still shifts perfect. Aside from the frames there are a lot of older Toyota pickups running around here with no rocker panels from the wheel wells down... and they never volunteered to do anything about that either... because unless it is something that is a safety issue they will not issue a recall about it, a TSB maybe but no recall.

One might recall Ford's cruise control issue, everything that had that kind of switch got fixed whether it came with a bad one or not... that was a lot of vehicles.

Well I agree... but I would think an auto maker would want people to be happy so that they come back for another one. Like not fixing the problem for the people the truck breaks in half... not a happy camper who probablly won't go back to toyota for another truck as his previous one just cracked like a breadstick. Where as if they recalled and fixed it, then it would cost more to the manufacture to give undercoatings.. but the truck will be less likely to break from rust so when time comes around they are like toyota treated me good I wanna go back.

I guess really both of those problems couldn't immidately be addressed anyways... the frames rusted over time and the trannys broke over time and abuse. All of which can or could have been prevented with proper care.

 

[Original_Ranger84]

This threads all fuked up im done here it just pisses people off.

well its not that its pissing people off... its that you just need to think before you type or you just make a fool of yourself... I have done it a few times before too...

A little tip, always have proof of something... it may seem annoying and a bit insulting but it does help so people are like oh.... i see now. I was in an argument with Beanmachinne7000 or whatever about tires and he was explaining all of these things that made absolutely no sense to me, and we got pretty pissed. after showing where he got it I was like oh... because what he had typed was just off enough to mean something completely different to mean but he understood it.

 

[eric17mx]

I do understand, but tree huggers facts are his opinions, and thats a fact!

 

[dennis461]

Anyone have a link to the video that works???

 

[bigcountry]

No... wait maybe that was someone else...? I don't know I was rading a post somewhere a guy was like My stock toyota was going trough all the places people were getting stuck in big trucks... I was calling that BS. I know a super cub obviously could get places my truck can't. This is jsut kinda reminding me of all the people that started to argue 2wd places could go more places then a 4x4. Obviously they can't they can do somethings better then a 4x4 but over all its not a 4x4... and... this has little to no relevence to whatever we were arguing about. lol

yes that was me and i didnt type that out right and i applogize i forgot to add that the guys i was refering to in the big trucks didnt know how to drive they didnt need the lift or tires and because of their lack of off road experience they got stuck in stuff that should have been a breeze to get through. but it all goes to what you said about it all depends on the driver. those guys with the tall lifts and big tires were some 16 and 17 year olds that have mommy and daddys money to do whatever they want to with it



it all depends on the driver!

 

[BlackBII]

It's funny in these threads when people get all worked up over Ford vs Whatever.

Gawd. They're just fawking trucks people. They're all the fawking same.

 

[Original_Ranger84]

No... wait maybe that was someone else...? I don't know I was rading a post somewhere a guy was like My stock toyota was going trough all the places people were getting stuck in big trucks... I was calling that BS. I know a super cub obviously could get places my truck can't. This is jsut kinda reminding me of all the people that started to argue 2wd places could go more places then a 4x4. Obviously they can't they can do somethings better then a 4x4 but over all its not a 4x4... and... this has little to no relevence to whatever we were arguing about. lol

yes that was me and i didnt type that out right and i applogize i forgot to add that the guys i was refering to in the big trucks didnt know how to drive they didnt need the lift or tires and because of their lack of off road experience they got stuck in stuff that should have been a breeze to get through. but it all goes to what you said about it all depends on the driver. those guys with the tall lifts and big tires were some 16 and 17 year olds that have mommy and daddys money to do whatever they want to with it



it all depends on the driver!

Hah yeah I don't think i quoted it right either but it was like... something like that. lol

 

[bigcountry]

Anyone have a link to the video that works???

just youtube it and type in top gear how to kill a toyota

 

[Original_Ranger84]

just youtube it and type in top gear how to kill a toyota

I think he is talking about the arctic thingy... the one that this thread is actually about.

Its in you tube too just type in like top gear arctic run or something.

 

[bigcountry]

oh ok iknow what your talking about i think its called artic trucks or vehicles or something along those lines that make some bad a$$ trucks the fender flares are a bit much but they do go with the tires. i wonder how much they charge to do that to your truck. and one thing in the video i noticed is they put in an older xcase into the truck they were working on the case was all rusted

 

[Beanmachine7000]

It's funny in these threads when people get all worked up over Ford vs Whatever.

Gawd. They're just fawking trucks people. They're all the fawking same.

Yea, I know... Who really gives a flip? I'm buying a new truck and have very specific qualifications... NONE of them are brand...

 

[bigcountry]

its not really a vs thing its ppl who dont know what they are talking about and they think that their truck is better than another one without driving it or because its made somewhere else. its cool to be a die hard american not a problem with that there is also not a problem with someone only wanting to buy one truck cause they like it body wise and whatever else about it. to each his own its just kind of old when ppl go around saying their truck is better because it was assembled here. and blah blah blah. who cares if thats how you want to be then thats fine just do go around acting like your $h** dont stink. i have driven and owned both domestic and import trucks they both have their pros and cons. and its not fair to bash a truck or car company that they dont know much about. im not trying to start anything with this post so please dont start it all over again. and the only reason why it turns into a VS thing is these ppl who are close minded(no offense to anyone) and only see things from one side of the fence theirs. if you want to look at it that way please dont post threads saying your truck is better because........ no one cares really unless the thread ask why your truck is better than another truck. then leave all of your ego at home this site is here to help ppl not to bash another truck more than half of yall HAVE PROLLY NEVER DRIVEN IN OR SEEN FIRST HAND. its not fair for the other truck or the ppl who have owned them or have them. everyone has different luck with different trucks if you have a ranger and its been a great truck thats awesome! if you owned or own a toyota and had great luck with it thats good too. so lets leave all of this D!ck measuring at home and not on the net. remeber why this site is here

 

[Jason]

its not really a vs thing its ppl who dont know what they are talking about and they think that their truck is better than another one without driving it or because its made somewhere else. its cool to be a die hard american not a problem with that there is also not a problem with someone only wanting to buy one truck cause they like it body wise and whatever else about it. to each his own its just kind of old when ppl go around saying their truck is better because it was assembled here. and blah blah blah. who cares if thats how you want to be then thats fine just do go around acting like your $h** dont stink. i have driven and owned both domestic and import trucks they both have their pros and cons. and its not fair to bash a truck or car company that they dont know much about. im not trying to start anything with this post so please dont start it all over again. and the only reason why it turns into a VS thing is these ppl who are close minded(no offense to anyone) and only see things from one side of the fence theirs. if you want to look at it that way please dont post threads saying your truck is better because........ no one cares really unless the thread ask why your truck is better than another truck. then leave all of your ego at home this site is here to help ppl not to bash another truck more than half of yall HAVE PROLLY NEVER DRIVEN IN OR SEEN FIRST HAND. its not fair for the other truck or the ppl who have owned them or have them. everyone has different luck with different trucks if you have a ranger and its been a great truck thats awesome! if you owned or own a toyota and had great luck with it thats good too. so lets leave all of this D!ck measuring at home and not on the net. remeber why this site is here

Really? I just measured my dick too. My wife asked why and I told her some kid wanted to argue with me and since I bottom out in her ass all the time I wanted to prove who was more of a man.

 

[bigcountry]

Really? I just measured my dick too. My wife asked why and I told her some kid wanted to argue with me and since I bottom out in her ass all the time I wanted to prove who was more of a man.

o ha ha ha ur a funny man