My Tundra is gone

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I have never liked my 2007 Tundra crewcab and when the local dealer offered me $27500 for it, I could`t give him the keys fast enough. Now I am seriously searching for a used MB G-550 to be my new canoe/ camera car. The G pictured has 170000 miles on it I think maybe a bit too many for me, but the price is right. Its been lifted got oversized tires and a winch. I was going to yow a small off road trailer , but maybe a roof top tent one would be better. no expense of the trailer and shorter towing rig. I am open to any and all of your suggestions . You guys come up with the craziest things which I never would have thought of or considered and I never cease to learn from you`ll.
 

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What was wrong with the Tundra?

Was researching for my Nissan Frontier (Pro 4X crew cab/just mounted my ARE Z cap) and didn't see much if anything bad written about the Toyota's..... and they hold their value
 
If you're spending G wagon money how about a Unimog?

The G is a cool SUV but it's not cheap to maintain.

Did you just not like the Tundra or the year or Toyota in general? Reason I'm asking is the new Tacoma is an very capable off road vehicle.

2016 Toyota Tacoma - Demonstrating Crawl Control - YouTube

There's another video o couldn't find but it shows the hill control or slip control.... either way the truck practically climbs a tree

Another truck I've been reading good things about is the new Colorado

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I have never liked my 2007 Tundra crewcab and when the local dealer offered me $27500 for it, I could`t give him the keys fast enough.
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My '07 has 113k miles and is the best truck I have ever owned in 60 years of driving. Still runs like new and has never had one serious problem, except for the radio being replaced 6 months after I bought it.

Good luck in your search.

 
The G-Wagen is an amazing off-road performer; witness the three locking diff switches on the dash.


You may wish to explore an off-road trailer as well, sometimes called an adventure trailer. These sport raised axles and appropriate rubber to conquer most trails. Some are enclosed, some are little more than tent platforms - the sky's the limit.
 
I've got the '06 Tundra Crew Cab and love it. Bought it new in August of '06 just before the new body style came out and they were offering a really nice rebate. I traded in an '03 Tacoma which was a great truck too. The Tundra just turned 10 years old and rolled 167k without a single issue ever. The current plan is to drive the wheels off of it which could take a long time!
 
I have never liked my 2007 Tundra crewcab and when the local dealer offered me $27500 for it, I could`t give him the keys fast enough.
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Holy ****, I am still having trouble getting over the fact that you got $27,500 for a 9 year old truck. What the heck is the new price? She certainly looks good in the photo but almost $30k for a truck that's almost 10 years old in vehicle years (17's should be out soon) is just amazing to me. But I only paid $40,000 for my first 3 bedroom ranch house so these car and truck prices give me a nose bleed. :confused:
 
My brother had an early 2000s G500 that he bought used. It was from they early days when they were first being imported as luxury vehicles. Cool truck. Mechanically it was perfect. Electrically he had lots of problems, I think mostly with the power door locks and windows. After a few years he traded it in. He kind of regrets getting rid of it though.

Back then they weren't as ridiculously overpriced as now.
 
Toy's hold their value like no other vehicle. I reckon you must have liked it a bit more when the dealer cut you a check. Think how much you would have LOVED it if you'd sold it to a private party.
Personally, I liked the smaller Tundras through 05- or was it 06, better than the big ones. A buddy has an 02 with that silky smooth V8, same motor they put in the Lexus LS series back then. Good for 400K miles easy. Solid as a rock and quiet as a tomb.
G Wagens are awesome, but I'd not touch one that's been modded with lifts or other bull. Go looking for a diesel one if you can find it. Last 4x you'll ever own, assuming you can hack the maintenance costs.
 
Twas a 2012 tundra TRD scored piston,broken frame and blew the rear end all in less than 100K:mad:
 
My Toy only had 20000 miles on it and the manager said it was some kind of special edition almost one of a kind. None of that mattered to me though all I wanted was it gone. I`m a bit of a curmudgeon The day I bought it I was driving it home n a downpour and I could not figure out how to turn on the cruise control. I had to call my son in FL to have him teach me it went down hill from there.I have found several G Wagons looks like the going Tarif is about high 20000 to 30000s with around 100k on the clock,I see lots of silver but navy blue or black is my color.
 
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Toy's hold their value like no other vehicle. I reckon you must have liked it a bit more when the dealer cut you a check. Think how much you would have LOVED it if you'd sold it to a private party.
Personally, I liked the smaller Tundras through 05- or was it 06, better than the big ones. A buddy has an 02 with that silky smooth V8, same motor they put in the Lexus LS series back then. Good for 400K miles easy. Solid as a rock and quiet as a tomb.
G Wagens are awesome, but I'd not touch one that's been modded with lifts or other bull. Go looking for a diesel one if you can find it. Last 4x you'll ever own, assuming you can hack the maintenance costs.
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Diesel maintenance cost is overstated. Mine holds more oil, 10 quarts vs the typical 5 or 6, but also goes 9 to 10k on an oil change. The only other cost not associated with gas vehicles is fuel filters, which gas engines also have, but aren't as critical or as expensive. Mine runs in the neighborhood of $45, lasts for around 20 - 25K, and takes around 20 minutes to change. All of this is predicated on doing your own maintenance, which I've done for nearly 50 years. You also need to add diesel emission fluid about every 8K on newer models, which is another $12 - $14. On the plus side is you don't have spark plugs. Fuel is another issue somewhat misunderstood. At one time, you had to go out of your way to get diesel fuel, but that's no longer the case with most stations having at least one pump. Price fluctuates, and I've seen a difference as much as nearly $1 a gallon, but I've also seen it cheaper than gas. More typical is around $.30 difference (costing more), but to offset this, a diesel vehicle will get more mileage per gallon than it's comparable gas counterpart, and will almost always have more torque.

I've been driving diesels since 2005, when I bought a 1 ton truck to pull our 5th wheel trailer. My current truck is a 2015 dually, and I love that beast. The GM Colorado/Canyon now have a half size version of the Duramax diesel engine that is supposed to get over 30 mpg on the highway and around 20 mpg in town, and the Chevy Cruz diesel gets over 40 mpg highway.
 
I had a second hand Toyota with an American recall but the recall was not honored in Europe. I wrote Toyota headquarters and offered to meet half way but still no recall fix.

I will never buy a Toyota anymore after this cold treatment from them. There are plenty of nice Nissans in the same product categories.
 
Well the search is on in earnest for a good MB G class and Its proving to be quite hard. I am as anxious as a kid at Christmas time so I can't find one soon enough. The blue one I showed has almost 180000 miles and is one of those original " Europa" models that were imported in 2000 and made 50 state legal by a fellow in NM . Arnold Swartzimer _ musta been tired of his Hummerand janet Jackson were some early buyers. Those things cost $144800 about $50000 more than one in europe. I wonder if there is any collectors value to a car like that?
 
I think I may have found my replacement for the Toyota.

The whole purpose of this vehicle is to tow a popup camper to the mountains, and scramble all over those goat paths to make photographs when I retire.

This MB GD-250 Wolf should be able to do that - albeit slowly-, I thought about a proper G-Wagon with all of the bells and whistles and costing lots of thousands of dollars, but this little thing with its bullet proof 5 cyl diesel can do it all on half of the fuel- which means more off road range. Sure it`ll be louder than sin and ride like a buckboard and be hot- unless I add aftermarket A/C.
Well I placed the first bid on it this AM and the auction still has 8 or 9 days to go -so we`ll see.
 

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