Recommend a truck...

[TheCougar]

Some of the changes that this Administration is making MIGHT allow for some improvements on vehicles but I don’t know if the manufacturers will actually make changes unless there is some sort of guarantee for some longevity and consistency.

I agree though, I don’t think waiting is your answer.

Other than the changes to the software that are being implemented and can be retroactively applied to previous model years (delaying limp mode, etc), I haven't really seen anything else that gives a glimmer of hope (like changing emissions laws, etc). Have you seen something else?

 

[SDHNTR]

Keep in mind that beginning in 2026 the eco-boost motor in the F150 will have a particulate exhaust filter. Who knows what problems, if any, that will bring. I didn’t want to take the risk and instead bought a 2025. There are plenty of 25s still left on lots.

 

[TheCougar]

Keep in mind that beginning in 2026 the eco-boost motor in the F150 will have a particulate exhaust filter. Who knows what problems, if any, that will bring. I didn’t want to take the risk and instead bought a 2025. There are plenty of 25s still left on lots.

Wait, what? They are putting filters on gassers now?!?

 

[SDHNTR]

Wait, what? They are putting filters on gassers now?!?

Yessir, at least on the turbocharged ones.

 

[TheCougar]

Yessir, at least on the turbocharged ones.

Well, we can remove that from the list.

 

[akhunter3]

I would be looking at the 3.5 F150 with the max tow package and/or Tremor.
Another option would be the 7.3 Godzilla F2/350.

Everything stinks these days so it's a matter of minimizing the stink....New Tundra has a lot of engine issues they can't quite figure out. Dodge has electrical problems out the whazoo. Chevy has both engine and transmission issues. Ford has transmission issues....pick one and cross your fingers.

 

[Tahoe1305]

@TheCougar but the new vettes seem like a home run…..maybe change directions? Towing for 0-60 times?????

 

[ResearchinStuff]

My Ford 3.5 Ecoboost has a timing chain.

Good, glad they're moving away from that.

 

[Skerhunter]

Nothing is worth the price they are asking, especially vehicles. I'm trying to get that truck to last as long as possible, but at some point it will need to be replaced and the whole, "hold out for quality to improve and prices to go down" strategy has basically never worked for vehicles, not once, ever. Frankly, I think you're wrong that somehow things are going to turn around. Barring a major economic catastrophe (which is coming someday, and at which point I won't be truck shopping), prices aren't ever going back to BC (Before Covid).

well I have bought a few new trucks in that exact scenario in the past ~20 years, so it’s not like it doesn’t happen. Statistically it suggests it happens more often than not.