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Replying to: olerascal (Apr 22, 2008 8:36 am) Since then I have discovered that the manner in which CR comes up with its ratings are, in my opinion, deeply flawed. Since my purchase in Dec 07, CR contacted me for an online reliability survey (I am a member). Real crappy survey for it asks fairly broad based generic questions that don't support their far reaching "expert" results. I think the main reasons for the poor 4X4 rating might have had something to do with recall on the substandard heat treatment of the (?) drive shaft and cam shaft failures (both on early production runs that were due to bad parts from suppliers and fixed quickly). Also, they complained about the vehicle stability control (VSC) being disengaged when the 4wd is engaged. A previous poster had an excellent comment as to why the VSC is disengaged. What I dont understand is that, except for the 4wd or 2wd, the vehicles are identical within their respective trim lines. So how does CR rate, for example, the sound system on one 2wd better than the 4wd? They had lots of discrepancies like that in their ratings chart. I think CR is still a decent consumer resource for vehicles, but the next time I purchase a vehicle, I wont be treating their word as the gospel I had before. |
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Replying to: iqbaldhillon2 (Mar 25, 2008 11:20 am) 
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Replying to: toddhm (Mar 26, 2008 9:47 am)
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| I bought my '07 DC SR5 4.7L 4X4 one year ago and its been a dream. It now has 15,000 miles and no issues whatsoever to speak of. When I am towing a trailer, I sometimes forget its even back there. I wish the gas mileage was better but don't we all!?!? | |
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Replying to: slooose (May 21, 2008 3:49 pm) Ive been manually tracking my gas and have averaged 14.5 us mpg with mostly city driving (65/35). On a couple of pure hiway trips, my mileage went up to 18 us mpg, averaging about 70mph. The revised EPA ratings for fuel economy are suprisingly accurate for I am consistently close to their results (which is WAY down from the original b.s. specs. when i bougth the truck in December).
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Replying to: bravaguy (May 23, 2008 6:51 am)
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Replying to: truckertucker (May 27, 2008 10:56 am) |
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I have now owned my new '08 Tundra for 3 months now and have roughlt 4,200 miles on it. The truck is still running strong as the day I bought it. I've taking it on a few long distance trips and have towed around 8,000 lb.s with it. In trip to Loudon, NH on numbered routes the truck averaged 20.1 mpg. I couldn't believe it. For most commuting back and forth to work the truck has been averaging 18.4 mpg. I drive several side roads to get to the highway. The truck runs and drives great! The bed does bounce a tad over sharp bumps in the road but nothing severe. It's a pick-up truck after all. 
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Replying to: 1972ck (Jul 09, 2008 12:15 pm) |
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| Hey guys I currently own a 2006 Dodge Ram 1500. It has about 55K miles and so far I've had no problems with the truck. My mileage is also somewhat decent. I am averaging 18 MPG all over. But I saw a Tundra a week ago and it was also very nice. It was a double-cab 5.7 l V8 2x4. I own a Dodge Ram quad-cab 5.7 l 2x4, and I was wondering what is new on the 2009 model Tundra's and what is the same from 2008. Also what would the value of my Dodge be. I have had no accidents in it and took pretty good care of it. Please reply back thank you. | |
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