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06-12-2006, 06:35 PM
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Which Way Did They Go
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Blackstone, MA
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Car/Truck to Buy
Well, I totalled my car today on the Mass Pike heading to a sales meeting. It was not too much fun doing my 360 degree spin out, and then ending up in the ditch in the woods. Thank God no one was hurt.
But the Toyota Camry is history. So, what to get now......
What would you get? I am thinking about a pickup truck, or perhaps another sedan.
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"You make a living by what you get. You make a life by what you give"
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06-12-2006, 06:37 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
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tacoma
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06-12-2006, 06:41 PM
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lobster = striper bait
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Popes Island Performing Arts Center
Posts: 5,871
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i'll second a tacoma
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Ski Quicks Hole
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06-12-2006, 06:42 PM
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Night Stalker
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: ............
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I wish I had a Tacoma.
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06-12-2006, 07:26 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Burlington
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Go for a Avalon!! You will love it.  |
low & slow 37
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06-12-2006, 07:44 PM
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Soggy Bottom Boy
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Billerica, Ma.
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I have only had good luck with Fords I have nothing bad to say about them and I have owned one for 25yrs. I now have a 04 Explorer and love it. Iwish they had the warantee the imports have but those are things you have to consider yourself
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Surfcasting Full Throttle
Don't judge me Monkey 
Recreational Surfcaster 99.9% C&R
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06-12-2006, 10:42 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: RockVegas
Posts: 3,228
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Another vote for the Tacoma. I've got an '04 Xtra cab 4x4. Very happy with it.
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The future ain't what it used to be. --Yogi Berra
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06-13-2006, 06:46 AM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 61° 30′ 0″ N, 23° 46′ 0″ E
Posts: 8,164
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Tacoma 4x4 with a 4 cylinder and a 5 speed manual.
It'll go 300K miles without breaking a sweat, low maintenence (timing belt every 60 K, regular oil changes, and MAYBE a clutch at 150 K, unless you do a lot of shifting or aren't gentle on clutches). And you could probably squeeze out close to 25 mpg if you really tried.
I wouldn't get a 4 banger with an automatic. Then, go for the V-6 and live with the difference in mpgs.
My last 2 vehicles have been automatics. Call me crazy, but I really miss the stick. Except when I was commuting 150 miles a day in NY traffic  |
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something.
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06-13-2006, 07:01 AM
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lobster = striper bait
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Popes Island Performing Arts Center
Posts: 5,871
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my pre-taco sand sled won't die.
charged the battery after it had sat for almost 8 months
started right up last night
now i just need a cat converter and totally replace the rear brakes.
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Ski Quicks Hole
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06-13-2006, 08:35 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: South Shore
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If it were me I'd stick with Toyota. Love my Tundra, and the Tacomas are nice too.
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06-13-2006, 10:36 AM
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It's about respect baby!
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: ri
Posts: 6,358
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Tacoma  |
Domination takes full concentration..
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06-13-2006, 10:58 AM
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Boston Anglah
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Sitting on top of the world with my legs hangin free
Posts: 3,322
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Fiero
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Used hard and put away dirty....
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06-13-2006, 10:59 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: RockVegas
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My '04 has the V6 with auto trans, 4x4. I drive into Boston from the So. Shore and get 21 mpg. 
Likwid's Toyota is a pretty good testamony for their propensity for longevity.  |
The future ain't what it used to be. --Yogi Berra
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06-13-2006, 12:05 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Gloucester, MA
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TACOMA all the way
definately Tacoma.
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06-13-2006, 01:57 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Newtown, CT
Posts: 5,659
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I've been driving a Chevy Silverado for the last few years and love it. I get about 18-20 MPG and it's got all the room I could ask for (club cab). Very few mechanical problems in the 180,000 I've put on it so far.
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06-13-2006, 05:15 PM
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Moderator
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 4 hours from my favorite place
Posts: 5,366
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Did somebody say.....
[QUOTE=Mike P]Tacoma 4x4 with a 4 cylinder and a 5 speed manual.
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Simplify.......
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