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6 hours ago, aaronk said:

My last 4 trucks have been Toyota's with the current one being a Tundra.  Looking at jumping ship with my next truck as the 2019 Tundra is literally lipstick on my 2012 Tundra... I'll say the Silverado rode much better then the Tundra; however the 8 speed transmission on the truck I drove was horrible in comparison.  The Tundra engines really only have two common issues - air injection pump failures and cam tower leaks.  I've gone 150,000 miles on mine and have only had an issue with one air injection pump and valve.  Total cost of ownership has been ridiculously cheap over that period of time.  One set of brakes, one serpentine belt, one spark plug change, and beyond that just oil changes.  Trucks burns absolutely 0 oil even at 10,000 mile oil change intervals.  Resale value... I was offered $15,000 in trade as a starting price for a 7 year old truck with 150,000 miles.... I'd call that pretty good!

 

The 8 speed transmission in the 1500 scares me though, otherwise I'd have one in the driveway right now.  Thinking maybe going 2500HD instead so I can get a normal V8 with no AFM/DFM and a solid transmission.  A Tundra in comparison to a 1500 really isn't that much different in price where I'm at.  My base Tundra has some features a 1500 doesn't and the 1500 has some features my Tundra doesn't.  The ancient infotainment system offered in the Tundra absolutely kills me though...

The 6.0 in the 2500 is a pretty solid performer, no lie. But the 5.3 is as stable an engine as any. Previous gen trucks had an issue with the AFM but they seem to be sorted at this point. To be fair I tuned mine out, so you can always tune or replace with non AFM parts if you're that concerned. I can't speak to the 8speed, seems like there was a handful of issues with hard shifts and looking for gears. My guess would be they have mostly solved this by now since it seems like a tuning thing. YMMV though.

If I could do it all over again I'd prob go 2500 so I got the longer bed and beefier axels but that's mainly around my desire to run 37s+, not for any practical application.

 

To be honest with you, if the Toyota was either on par from an interior perspective, boxed frame, etc. or cheaper, I would probably have gone with that. Just a hard pill to swallow with getting neither.

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