We were in a 2015 GMC Sierra until the brakes failed at 60k miles with my family in the truck. You would think that GM would be willing to fix such an obvious fault with their Chinese vacuum pump and oil fouled master cylinder, nope... So we traded for a 2018 Toyota Tundra Crewmax Platinum lease to hold us over until the Tundra redesign since it lagged in features compared to the completion, but has damn good resale value.
About six months into that we received a letter from GM saying they were sorry and recalled the truck for the brake issue, too late. We are done buying GM products.
As time went on it became obvious that Toyota was pushing the redesign further and further back. When I read that they likely going with a turbo V6 it was time to look elsewhere. I’m just not a fan of gas turbos for longevity.
I started looking at the Ram after seeing great reviews of the redesign. I waited a year to make sure they worked some of the kinks out. We went to the lot after seeing the exact package we were looking for. We test drive it and were very happy with the interior, no leather for me, it’s a truck after all, lol. My brother got a Ram with leather in 2016 and it has not held up to working abuse. We primarily wanted the big screen and a good tow set up to pull our 5k trailer. The dealership made us a great deal and even gave us 1k over residue on the Tundra. Gotta love that Toyota resale. The Tundra was a very good truck, our second one in fact, but Toyota leans too much on their name and not keeping their models competitive. The gas mileage was really bad compared to other trucks with more power. Going to miss the rear window rolling down. We did notice a lot of Tundras in their used lot and they told us it’s the best used truck they get. They take used Fords, Nissans and Chevys to the auction.
2020 Ram Crew Cab
MSRP 57k Big Horn before TTL 43.7k
That being said, I’m happy with our overall. I was under the truck yesterday installing step bars and will say the Tundra still has better build quality, but it’s the interior and option packages that put the Ram ahead.
About six months into that we received a letter from GM saying they were sorry and recalled the truck for the brake issue, too late. We are done buying GM products.
As time went on it became obvious that Toyota was pushing the redesign further and further back. When I read that they likely going with a turbo V6 it was time to look elsewhere. I’m just not a fan of gas turbos for longevity.
I started looking at the Ram after seeing great reviews of the redesign. I waited a year to make sure they worked some of the kinks out. We went to the lot after seeing the exact package we were looking for. We test drive it and were very happy with the interior, no leather for me, it’s a truck after all, lol. My brother got a Ram with leather in 2016 and it has not held up to working abuse. We primarily wanted the big screen and a good tow set up to pull our 5k trailer. The dealership made us a great deal and even gave us 1k over residue on the Tundra. Gotta love that Toyota resale. The Tundra was a very good truck, our second one in fact, but Toyota leans too much on their name and not keeping their models competitive. The gas mileage was really bad compared to other trucks with more power. Going to miss the rear window rolling down. We did notice a lot of Tundras in their used lot and they told us it’s the best used truck they get. They take used Fords, Nissans and Chevys to the auction.
2020 Ram Crew Cab
MSRP 57k Big Horn before TTL 43.7k
That being said, I’m happy with our overall. I was under the truck yesterday installing step bars and will say the Tundra still has better build quality, but it’s the interior and option packages that put the Ram ahead.
