My Tundra is an 03, it has 63,000 miles on it. It just keeps going I am very happy with it. If I were to replace I would lean toward the Dodge 2500 diesel. My bother has one and it has not been trouble free. The Tundra handles like a truck when I am towing and like a lady when I am in town driving around. It is paid for and I can't buy anything new at this time. Maybe just before I retire. In nine years.
Rob Michler
Robert L Michler
Real Estate Property Management
License # 01199416
4242-Sunset-Blvd #5
Los Angeles, CA 90029
323-228-0280 cell 323-669-1087 fax
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>From: Anne Pearse Hocker <aph948@earthlink.net>
>To: AirstreamList@yahoogroups.com
>Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 7:07 PM
>Subject: Re: [A/S] Re: Tow vehicle advice needed
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>I had heard horror stories about those years of Ford diesels, and have been following the new engine to see how it does. I had a salesman tell me it was really a Cummins, but have not heard that anywhere else. Any reports on the 2011's now that they are over a year out?
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>BTW, I love my '07 Texas-built Tundra and I've really put it through the paces this trip (coming up on 3 mos of mostly travel on the western roads). Other than the shorting A/S cable that got the dashboard looking like a video game, it's been very reliable. I use the tow/haul mode going down steep hills and passes, and I don't drive that fast anyway so I might not drive any faster even with a beefier truck. I would love a new Ford diesel tricked out with all the creature comforts. Or a Chevy/GMC, but the Tundra is paid for. I can live with a lot of inconvenience with a suitable truck that doesn't have payments due.
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>I'm pulling a '99 27' Safari with a lot of gear. I don't pass by too many gas stations, but so far, (knock on wood), I'm still tooling along. I have truck envy when I see big bad trucks pulling campers but I get over it. The select-gear for having manual control over gears when descending, plus the tow/haul mode give me the basics, and it will just have to do for now.
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>I've heard good things about the new 2011 Ford 150. Camped next to a guy who traded in his 250 for this one and is towing a big box trailer (30') and hauls it all over CO , WY and MT. He loves it.
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>Anne in Santa Fe
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>On Nov 30, 2011, at 7:54 PM, Hunter Hampton wrote:
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>> Ford now makes their own engine, the 2011 Super Dutys were the first to
>> get the Ford made engine. Ford and International divorced after the debacle.
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