GM Dealer Challenges the Toyota Tundra's Ads... AS BULL
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From: SnoMan on 30 Mar 2007 22:05 On 30 Mar 2007 20:35:42 GMT, PerfectReign <perfectreign(a)xr4ti.cotse.net> wrote: >My Avalanche is mid-size, has available 4WD, closed bed if needed, >seating for six, gets roughly 18 mixed, has 310HP (at the flywheel), and >seems to handle curves well. :P I drove a new trudra today with a 5.7 and trailer tow package with 4.30 gears and that truck is POWERFULL!!! The 5.3 Chevy is a wimp compared to it. The 6 speed auto is smooth and has well matched ratios and cruises at 65 MPH at 1700 RPM showing between 20 to 22 MPG in instant MPG on a 10 minute highway cruise with a new tight engine. When you jump on it if flat out explodes into action and it can take off so quickly from a standstill it is like being shot out of a catapult. With the 65 series tires that really grip the road on launch it will realy still jump even when you light them up which is very easy to do and it takes off like a shot while they are spinning. It has raw power that the GM truck can only dream of. There is a new gas powered king on the block like it or not now that GM has retired the 8.1. That truck is built too with brake rotors that dwarf GM ones that you can see just by looking at it. Yota did their homework and if this is how they build a 1/2 ton (it has a 10.5 inch rear axle and massive drive shaft too) Detriot better really worry when they build a 3/4 ton model. You might pay less for GM truck but you will get less too. That truck is going to go places. ----------------- TheSnoMan.com
From: Will on 31 Mar 2007 10:41 On Mar 30, 9:56 pm, jcr <nos...(a)nospam.com> wrote: > > I'd be very surprised if Toyota's "fastest" truck would out-accelerate > the V-10 engines that Ford and Dodge produce. The Ford V10 is one of the most apathetic engines in any truck out there. They're also atrociously unreliable, but that's a troll for another thread.
From: jcr on 31 Mar 2007 10:56 SnoMan wrote: > On 30 Mar 2007 20:35:42 GMT, PerfectReign > <perfectreign(a)xr4ti.cotse.net> wrote: > >> My Avalanche is mid-size, has available 4WD, closed bed if needed, >> seating for six, gets roughly 18 mixed, has 310HP (at the flywheel), and >> seems to handle curves well. :P > > > I drove a new trudra today with a 5.7 and trailer tow package with > 4.30 gears and that truck is POWERFULL!!! The 5.3 Chevy is a wimp > compared to it. The 6 speed auto is smooth and has well matched ratios > and cruises at 65 MPH at 1700 RPM showing between 20 to 22 MPG in > instant MPG on a 10 minute highway cruise with a new tight engine. > When you jump on it if flat out explodes into action and it can take > off so quickly from a standstill it is like being shot out of a > catapult. With the 65 series tires that really grip the road on launch > it will realy still jump even when you light them up which is very > easy to do and it takes off like a shot while they are spinning. It > has raw power that the GM truck can only dream of. There is a new gas > powered king on the block like it or not now that GM has retired the > 8.1. That truck is built too with brake rotors that dwarf GM ones that > you can see just by looking at it. Yota did their homework and if this > is how they build a 1/2 ton (it has a 10.5 inch rear axle and massive > drive shaft too) Detriot better really worry when they build a 3/4 ton > model. You might pay less for GM truck but you will get less too. That > truck is going to go places. > ----------------- > TheSnoMan.com What are the HP & torque ratings on the Tundra?
From: PerfectReign on 31 Mar 2007 12:16 On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 21:59:37 -0400, a rock fell the sky, hitting jcr on the head, and inspiring the following: >> As an aside, I decided to drag race - well, sort of - my wife >> yesterday. She was in her '05 Vue and I in my '06 Avalanche. >> >> Her 240 HP V6 completely outran my 310 HP V8. Of course, her car weighs >> 3,400 lbs. compared to my truck at almost 6,000 lbs. >> >> :P >> >> > And the V-6 engine in the Saturn Vue is made by Honda. Yeah, I figure if I put a few "powered by honda" and some other various kanji stickers on the car, lower it, add a big loud exhaust and put some LED lights on it, I can make it faster. In any case, I find it funny. I have an American-made car with a Japanese engine and a Mexican-made truck with an American engine. Go figure. What I'd really like is either a FJ-40 with a Cummins engine or a '96-'99 Suburban with a 6.5TD. -- kai Free Compean and Ramos http://www.grassfire.org/142/petition.asp http://www.perfectreign.com/?q=node/46
From: PerfectReign on 31 Mar 2007 12:18
On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 02:05:22 +0000, a rock fell the sky, hitting SnoMan on the head, and inspiring the following: > On 30 Mar 2007 20:35:42 GMT, PerfectReign <perfectreign(a)xr4ti.cotse.net> > wrote: > >>My Avalanche is mid-size, has available 4WD, closed bed if needed, >>seating for six, gets roughly 18 mixed, has 310HP (at the flywheel), and >>seems to handle curves well. :P > > > I drove a new trudra today with a 5.7 and trailer tow package with 4.30 > gears and that truck is POWERFULL!!! I've read about it. I'd like to take one out. I've heard - too - that they made it with a 3/4 ton in mind so they can possibly put a larger engine or even a diesel in the bay. Can't wait for the diesel. -- kai www.perfectreign.com || www.4thedadz.com www.filesite.org || www.donutmonster.com closing the doors that surround me so no one will ever penetrate complete my retreat just to wait for the day that never comes so i will laugh alone |