Bigmikelakers

I would like to keep it for a while. Probably 7-10 years. I just want a truck that would last me that long.

What is a limited slip differential? Is it similar to a rear locking differential?

Im so confused on which midsize pickup to get. I test drove the dakota, tacoma, frontier, and canyon. I like them all. This is a very tough decision. I did a quick run down on what I think of these trucks. Toyota Tacoma Highs: Nice Interior, decent stock sound system, high resale value Lows: ugly exterior Nissan Frontier Highs: 265HP V6, sporty looking Lows: Interior isnt all that great, transmission didnt feel right to me Dodge Dakota Highs: Good looking, nice size Lows: V8 isnt to powerful, V6 is weak, heavy GMC Canyon Highs: Smooth Ride, 5 cylinder engine, off road rugged looks Lows: Price, 4speed auto, resale value sucks My heart tells me to go for the Canyon, but I hear so many complaints about GM quality from friends and family. My grandfather would of been proud if I did get a GM vehicle though. But more than likely Ill probably end up chosing the Tacoma because of its high resale value and good looking interior. Which truck would you guys pick?

To me I think the interior in the colorado/canyon is decent. Its not Tacoma territory, but its not bad at all. It looks and feels better than the frontier or dakota's interior. At least I think so.

I always liked the ranger, but I need a crew cab pickup though. I wish Ford would redesign the ranger and make a crew cab version.

Yeah, those look really good too. I like that 97-04 design much better than the new ones.

Yeah, but they're a little too big for me and gas mileage will probably be lousy.

What do u guys think about the 2001-04 Tacomas? They look way better than the new ones.

Toyota Tacoma Nissan Frontier Colorado/Canyon Dodge Dakota Very tough to decide.

Very sad news, this was very unexpected. However, she was 39.

HAHA I thought u were serious.

Its probably better to get a colorado/canyon used. I seen some on carmax that are '06s and only have 2k on the odometer and they go for 18-19 for the crew cab Z71 versions. Better than getting a brand new one that goes for 24-26.

Wow, the Highlander is even worse than the new Tundra. Ill take the 01-07 model over this anyday. Of course its going to sale pretty well despite of its ugliness.

Oh ok thats not bad. I thought it would be slightly better since its a 5 banger though. I also seen some 07 colorado crew cabs with the new 4 banger. I wonder how good gas mileage is on the 4 bangers. What do u guys think of the Dakota?

Thanks for the advice. How was the gas mileage in your colorado?

Yeah, the transmission in the Nissan was weird. I floored it, then let off the gas, and the transmission felt like it couldnt downshift quick enough in time and was still in 5th gear when it should of been in 1st or 2nd. That was strange to me, being that it only had 5 miles on the odometer.

I beg to differ, hehe. They look way better than the tacoma. At least I think so.

The exterior of the Frontier looks really good, like an athlete. And the Tacoma looks like a body builder on steriods. The Tacoma has a very nice interior and the sound system sounded really good for stock too.

Yeah I guess your right. Brand new it goes for about 24 and in a year or two it will probably only go for like 15. The Tacoma has a very high resale value. 01-04 double cab tacomas with under 50k miles still go for about 20. Ill probably just end up getting a Tacoma.

Im in the market looking for a new truck and last night I test drove a '07 Canyon Crew Cab. Wow that thing was nice. Smooth ride, decent amount of power, and quiet engine. The interior looked pretty good to me. I heard so many complaints about it, but it was nice to me. I also test drove a '07 Frontier. That thing was a piece of garbage. The interior felt cheaper than the canyon with all that hard, cheap plastic. The ride was bumpy. I also noticed in the frontier that when i hit the gas kinda hard, the transmission was searching for gears. That seemed kinda odd to me. The Nissan salesman was in shock when I told him I didnt like it. And was tring to get me into a Titan, but thats way to big for me. Right now im down to either the tacoma or canyon/colorado. The only thing that scares me about the canyon/colorado is the resale value. But other than that the canyon/colorado are very capable trucks. Very underated.