Cars You Guys Are Into

[Cooper]

It would be interesting to follow the US car market in the months to come, the tariffs are going to be pretty disruptive in the short term...

I would expect prices to go lower in Canada on European and Asian cars as importers are going to dump their unsold American inventory.

 

[budoslavic]

There is a reason that Taco is overpriced brother, it will last 400k miles easy if you maintain it well.

Agreed. I always like Toyota, which I am currently on my third Toyota vehicle.

Do you specifically need a truck for a purpose?

Yes.

I've been interested in a pickup truck with a trailer hitch for a while because 1) I moved around frequently over the years and 2) lots of hauling to/from a home improvement store. (I've been doing a lot of work around my family's home and yard.)

It has been a lot of headaches using a small SUV to move heavy stuff.

 

[Острог]

This is where the actual automotive progress is happening these days.

 

[thinkreadwritecode]

Someone else had posted this truck in another thread, but this is the kind of vehicle I like. I'm tired of the look of modern vehicles and I want something strictly utilitarian. I don't care for a single bell-and-whistle the modern car comes with, like cameras and sensors, heated or cooled seats, fake leather, dual cab climate control, sunroofs and touchscreens. It's probably my middle-aged demeanor that demands something like this, but it'd also make my life a lot easier without having to spend 40-80 grand on a truck that's impossible to do any work on yourself. I have a suspicion I already posted this, but well, here we go again.

 

[FrancisK]

Agreed. I always like Toyota, which I am currently on my third Toyota vehicle.

Yes.

I've been interested in a pickup truck with a trailer hitch for a while because 1) I moved around frequently over the years and 2) lots of hauling to/from a home improvement store. (I've been doing a lot of work around my family's home and yard.)

It has been a lot of headaches using a small SUV to move heavy stuff.

Yea an SUV can't do the job of a pickup that's for sure, but there is a slight compromise you can make. I always suggest a Toyota truck but the cost definitely plays, they are expensive for sure even old high mileage ones....again there is a reason for that but we can't just pretend the money doesn't matter. So the compromise.....a Chevy Avalanche 1999-2009 both a truck and an SUV. I'm the biggest patriot you'll ever meet but for me to recommend an American car is not par at all, but the GMT 800 was a good platform it was reliable and EVERYONE knows how to work on them, parts are cheap and plentiful.....all parts. Rust is what you have to watch out for, that's what gets them and make sure they've taken care of the transmission.....any other fix on them is cheap and easy.