I recently sold my g35 in hopes of getting a new truck. Although I love driving manual, the car didn't quite serve my outdoorsy needs. I don't mind gas costs, because my old car had subpar mileage and took premium anyway. I'm looking for a full-sized 4x4. Right now, I've been looking at the 2014 Silverado and the 2015 F-150, which hasn't come out yet. Any suggestions are appreciated!
If you are worried about your outdoorsy needs you should try one of these excellent vehicles. You could pull it off.
all new trucks are fine vehicles. Americans have really stepped up their game in the last decade. I'd go with the Silverado. My buddy just got one and it's pretty sweet. maybe look at a GMC Sierra. I got another buddy who has a Ford Raport SVT, AND (for the sake of this conversation) ANOTHER BUDDY who's old man has a brand new F-150 Platinum Edition. Both of those Fords probably cost $20k+ more than the Silverado, and I'd still take the Silverado.
For the first time in a while, i actually like all the trucks designs from the major makers. F150, Silverado, Ram and Tundra are all nice. The Nissan Titan is hideous. The new F150 is made out of aluminum (not the whole thing) so it's suppose to be much lighter and better on gas mileage. Although, i can imagine it will be expensive. The full size 4 doors Tundras are monsters! You say you're an outdoorsman? What do you think of the jeeps or Toyota FJ Cruisers?
I had high hopes for the 2015 Tremor*, hoping it'd be made with the aluminum body. But Ford decided to kill the model after one year. The 2014 was less than I had hoped for, but I still like it. I would get one if having more seats wasn't such a big deal to me. http://www.autonation.com/houston/NEW/2014/Ford/F-150/FX2 Tremor/1FTMF1CT2EFA11873 *Tremor is the re-birth of the Ford Lightning.
What are your outdoorsy needs that you need a 4x4? Do you plan on pulling a trailer of any kind? If so what kind and how big?
I wouldn't touch any ford vehicle at all. I have a silverado 2014 and I love it. However, I would recommend you to get a new Tacoma just because it's cheager and you can 4 sell it goid.
My suggestion is the Ford F-150 FX4. You won't be disappointed. I'm driving an 08 FX2 w/ > 70k miles on it and will likely trade that in for an FX4 by the end of the year well before it reaches 100k miles. I wouldn't consider any F-150s below the FX package though. I know that everyone has their preference. But what are you basing never touching a Ford on? From all accounts that I've seen they are extremely reliable and have excellent resell value. The only recent issues that I can recall was with the old Triton 5.4 engine, which I don't think has been used since the 2008 model (My truck is a 4.6). I was skeptical about the Eco Boost engines but even those are getting rave reviews. If anything, I'd avoid Chevy/GM - Seeing as how they've recalled nearly 10,000,000 vehicles in the last 12 months alone. To each his own though.
That's what they want you to think, that factory is really a government facility that is storing WMDs.
Got a 2013 crew cab RAM. Love it, they sit higher then chevy and if you want to throw 35s on it you dont have to lift it like you would a chevy. I also love having dual exhaust and you can never go wrong with a HEMI
The only thing douchey enough for the OP is the Ford Raptor. That said, I love my F-150. I'm on my second one and would only replace it with another.
