I have a 2006 Tacoma double cab 4x4 TRD Off Road. It was in the body shop for repairs after an accident. I was given a 2020 F-150 supercrew XLT with the 5.0L V8 for a week. I loved everything about it like the room, ride, power, and sound of the V8. It even got the same gas mileage as my Tacoma.
After getting my Tacoma back and returning the F-150 rental, I kind of miss it. I'm considering getting a 2021 supercrew lariat fx4 with the 3.5L Ecoboost.
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03-03-2021, 02:04 PM #1
Want to trade Tacoma for F-150, a good decision?
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Tacomas are really good trucks but they don't do anything better than an F150. The F150s of the past 10 years have been very reliable. My best friend is a service writer at the largest Ford dealership in my state and he says all of the problems they get out of F150s are from the fancy gadgets like the seat vibrators and stuff like that so you may want to take that into consideration.
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Honestly poor advice. The F-150 is more capable, just as reliable, has roughly the same depreciation, and is really just all around a better truck. Both the Tundra and the 5.0 F-150 will go 300k miles maintained easy. The 3.5 Ecoboost can probably make it there too but I'm 100% as certain with that engine but it will blow the doors off just about any other truck that isn't a Raptor
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Agreed on the capability, and that the ecoboost motors FLY. I have a 2019 F150 as my work truck, and a 2018 Tundra as my personal truck.
Do disagree on depreciation and reliability. Tundra depreciation is about 10% higher than F150 after 5 years, and only gets higher as the years / mileage higher. This is directly related to their much higher reliability.
If the OP wants a V8 truck that he will be keeping for a very long time (as him driving a 2006 hints to), the Tundra is the right choice as it is reliable as an anvil since it hasnt changed since 2007. Also, with the 2020 improvements (CarPlay, push button start, proximty entry, etc) it makes them somewhat more passable from a tech future proofing standpoint.
The Tundra has its strengths / weaknesses, but if I was going to buy a new truck today it would definitely be a new F150. If I had a year to decide, I would wait for the redesigned Tundra.
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True. I had around 500whp stock block and no issues. Was it gonna hold that for 100,000 miles? Probably not. There’s a tradeoff but outright performance I’ll take the smaller forced induction over displacement.8 also appreciate a big lope v8!for the streets but when I wanna go fast a big turbo 4 cylinder will be hard to beat
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Have a 17’ 3.5 ecoboost, went with ecoboost cause it’s tried and true with massive torque downlow where it matters in day to day driving and towing. These trucks can do 450’ish rwhp before things will start to go wrong from reading but the coyote motor can handle whipple s/c’s. 600rwhp+ on stock long blocks easy. So if you want all out hp go with the v8 but unless you add a whipple, the ecoboost has a much better powerband with street driving.
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03-10-2021, 06:48 AM #30
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All the pro small displacement turbo guys always leave this part out.
Not at all knocking turbo engines (have a couple huge fan) but N/A v8 longevity>small 6 cylinder turbo. Thats just a fact.
OP I would go f150 with the v8, there's not replacement for...
Not to mention the exhaust note is 100x better sounding
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