Another Thread About why Tundras kick ass

[4 cam torino]

I just heard about this tailgate failure thing today. Here's a blog article about it:
http://themagsreport.blogspot.com/2007/10/tundragate.html
Note, the guy says he has had Tacos and a T-100 in the past and not had problems but the Tundras gate fails. So it isn't just domestic truck guys over abusing the Tundra's tailgate. There are lots of other good things out there like how the tailgate lift assist system will cause the tailgate to fall off while you're driving if it isn't latched Good stuff. Here's a thread with pictures of a failed tailgate
http://www.toyotatundraforum.com/general-tundra-information/1067-tail-gate.html
:ohnoes:

[Cobra Commander]

Quite obviously, Toyota did not design the tailgate properly on the Tundra. Not only that- they hyped how light and easy to close it was when they launched the Tundra- seems like it's that way because it's made of tinfoil. On the heels of the camshaft failures and the transmission problems they've experienced, I am only left to ponder one question- what's for lunch tomorrow?

lol

[Cobra Commander]

Geared towards quality.

http://www.zuwharrie.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10694/P1010023.JPG

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[spoonraker]

The owner of that truck said that there was a golf cart loaded on the tailgate and his 17 year old daughter was driving the truck way too fast over a bumpy dirt road

200Lbs or so may not be that much just sitting on the gate, but get that much mass moving and you can generate some serious force. Sure you would feel comfortable gently loading 200Lbs on your tailgate, but would you drop the weight onto the tail gate from a couple feet?

[Cobra Commander]

200Lbs or so may not be that much just sitting on the gate, but get that much mass moving and you can generate some serious force. Sure you would feel comfortable gently loading 200Lbs on your tailgate, but would you drop the weight onto the tail gate from a couple feet?

I've done **** like that countless times with all different kinds of Chevy's & Fords. No problems.

The best is setting a washer and dryer on the tailgate while ramping over intersections till they catch enough air to fly off. lol

**** Toyota.

[spoonraker]

Well I don't like toyotas, or truck of any kind so...meh, just thought I would at least attempt a little defense before the onslaught of toyota hate comes in full force.

[GTPpower]

200Lbs or so may not be that much just sitting on the gate, but get that much mass moving and you can generate some serious force. Sure you would feel comfortable gently loading 200Lbs on your tailgate, but would you drop the weight onto the tail gate from a couple feet?

I've done **** like that countless times with all different kinds of Chevy's & Fords. No problems.

The best is setting a washer and dryer on the tailgate while ramping over intersections till they catch enough air to fly off. lol

**** Toyota.


lol

[matt]

who cares

[Cobra Commander]

who cares


Apparently a lot of Toyota owners that can't even use their truck as a truck.... lol

[Cobra Commander]

I know this subject has been beat into the ground, but here is Ford's outlook on that road torture test.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWjTbiYo3x0

[Cobra Commander]

So far there are 513 people who have signed a petition after having tailgate problems.

http://www.petitiononline.com/Kwasted/petition.html

Many owners of the new Tundra are experiencing tailgate failures at an alarming rate. Verifiable reports and photographs have been published on Toyota internet forums that recount both structural failures and tailgates actually coming off while the vehicles are in motion.

[4 cam torino]

the first commenter on there, soundog, what a ****ing idiot.

[Cobra Commander]

the first commenter on there, soundog, what a ****ing idiot.


Hahahaha.

cars are **** now , US trucks are for pussy and the car are wimpy. There is not even a up to date V8 made in the US. Most are still push rods, 2 or 3 valves per cylinder

lol

[Samuel L Jackson]

This gets 5 motha ****in stars.

[4 cam torino]

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/jlopez67/misc/gmc_toyota.jpg

Did you get to the part where he said there hasn't been a good car made since the 80's? lol

[Cobra Commander]

Did you get to the part where he said there hasn't been a good car made since the 80's? lol

I bet he was referring to the SHO. :cool1:

[c0z]

The tailgate on my dads '03 chevy bent like a little ***** just like that. His new taco hasn't and it's taken some abuse. Thats pretty funny about the tundra though, definately a design flaw that i'm sure they'll correct. Ford has definately had a pretty good amount of design flaws in the past lol

[C.J.]

post up pics of the 4runner coz, let em know about toyota pimpness

[c0z]

In due time, it needs to be murdered out first and needs some new tires ;)

[88alltrac]

ford and chevy have been developing 1/2 tons for a long time now though. how long has toyota been in the 1/2 ton market? i think they are doing just fine.
i would buy the toyota if i didnt need to do any heavy towing or anything.
for any real pickup work i would buy nothing but chevy though.

[Cobra Commander]

I love driving Powerstrokes. They do good burnouts too.

[Nickels]

I love my yota.. it takes a beating.

I didnt read all that, but im sure i dont care, lol

[Yngvar]

I but a golf cart in the back of my chevy and had no problem but i had to use a bungee cord to hold up the tail gate

[Kelvin]

sweet! a few things go wrong with a toyota and everyone hates it! atleast its not an explorer full of kids on some sweet firestones!

[Kelvin]

ford should just lower the tire pressure instead of actually changing the suspension so it doesnt roll over as often! oh wait...they did?

[DarkSlide]

Old toyota trucks > new toyota trucks.

[Kelvin]

TIRE SEPERATION FTW

[coop]

people are just pissed that toyota is successful and try to find every little thing to belittle their success

ppl forget that ONLY TRUCKS from toyota are made in the US.....if you want to get technical its fkn douchebag americans that dont know how to build a truck.....chevy, ford OR toyota

[Grey03GT]

Ok so a couple flaws come up with in the first year of Toyota becoming a full size truck. Big deal. Ford and Chevy have been making full size trucks for years and have had there flaws, but when toyota finally decides to get into the game all there failures are pointed and laughed at. Toyota will be back and will rule that ASS!!!!!!!!

[82355]

**** Toyota.

Martin

[00dakotav8]

haha no words on dodge....interesting. And btw the whole not made in america crap...My truck is stamped from wisconsin I believe...

[82355]

Dodge doesn't even qualify for the discussion.

Martin

[Cobra Commander]

sweet! a few things go wrong with a toyota and everyone hates it! atleast its not an explorer full of kids on some sweet firestones!

It's not Ford's fault Firestone can't make a safe tire. lol

[Yngvar]

Dodge really don't count

[4 cam torino]

No, it's not Ford's nor Firestone's fault that soccer moms are driving vehicles they can't handle and they don't know how to react in the event of a blow out. Explorers never rolled over because of flat tires, they rolled over due to noobs that don't know what to do when they got flat tires.

[Cobra Commander]

What? Are you telling me that you don't supposed to crank the wheel to the far right when you feel a flop coming from the rear at 60mph? lol

[David]

I dont' feel that being new to the market should be an acceptable excuse for a shitty product.

The reason i hate toyota is probably obvious but ill come out on this one. I fear for the american automakers. While the tundra might be made here in the states under the same conditions as GM's and Fords. They have a good leg up on our makers because they aren't tangled up in unions,Then with the rest of toyota's products produced overseas at a fraction of the cost of US products, it makes staying in the market with higher labor cost very hard. IN the end toyota has an the ablity to slowly squeeze US manufactures into bankruptcy. Which at htis point is the best thing for them but not the best teh economy.

I preferr US domination in well everything... toyota.. reducing our dominance bothers me.

[Kelvin]

ford lowered the reccomended tire pressure on a firestone tire. its fords fault.

[4 cam torino]

I will say again, no one at Ford did anything to cause a vehicle with a blown tire to roll over. In addition to this, they only dropped the pressure a few PSI. How many people do you know that drop the pressure on their tires for more traction? They aren't blowing tires out are they? A few PSI sin't going to generate enough heat to cause tire failure unless the tire is faulty

[82355]

I have driven an Exploder crazily and never rolled it (crank the wheels and jam the brakes on gravel to scare the **** out the passengers). I think some people just don't know how to drive.

Martin

[4 cam torino]

I drive a Bronco II like a Formula 1 car every day. It has recall Firestones on it. Literally, I bought it from someone that worked at Ford and yanked some brand new recall tires and put them on it.

[Cobra Commander]

lol

[4 cam torino]

I drive it hard and I never check the pressure in them. ****, I've had two punctures and kept driving it around for a few days while just putting some more air in the tire each morning.

[Kelvin]

so dropping it from 35 to 26 is a few psi?

[82355]

****'ll buff out. The tire excuse is lame, I have driven on worse scab tires than anyone on this board, and I am still here to laugh about it.

Martin

[88alltrac]

this thread went from picking on toyota to picking on ford drivers?
sweet.

[Kelvin]

****'ll buff out. The tire excuse is lame, I have driven on worse scab tires than anyone on this board, and I am still here to laugh about it.

Martin

but you are no super skilled soccer mom on the interstate doing 90 with 5 kids lol