Your best Truck & Your Wost
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Best. 2006 Dodge 1500 regular cab short bed with the Hemi. Bought it really cheap used with 27,000 miles because the dealer was closing.
Fun. The same Dodge
Worst. 2012 Ram 2500 Cummins. Electrical problems when driven in the rain. The dealer could never figure it out. My wife and I found out we were expecting our daughter so I traded it on a 2014 Subaru Outback. I love the Outback.
Fun. The same Dodge
Worst. 2012 Ram 2500 Cummins. Electrical problems when driven in the rain. The dealer could never figure it out. My wife and I found out we were expecting our daughter so I traded it on a 2014 Subaru Outback. I love the Outback.
rankrank1
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Best Truck: 1992 Chevy C1500 (W/T 1500) 2wd, 4.3 V-6, 4 speed AT. Reg Cab 8ft bed with a 3.42 rear axle ratio. Bought it new and still have it. Rides nice, fuel miser (23.5 hwy mpg), tows decent (15.5 mpg). Just overall dependable and been cheap to own all these years and its been worked hard.
Worst Truck: 2001 Chevy Silverado Ext Cab 6.5 bed 2WD 4.3 V-6, 4 speed AT, and a 3.73 rear axle ratio. Only vehicle I have ever ordered. Bought it new but only kept it a couple years. Supposedly had 40 more hp than the 1992 but I never found em. Gas mileage much worse than the 1992. It was totally reliable and dependable for the 70K miles that I put on it, but it would shift into OD in town and shudder due to lack of power around 35 mph. Pain in rear to lock out O/D all the time. Towing same loads as 1992 the truck struggled. Tow in Drive and rpms too high and past the sweet spot of the V6 (would not have been the case with the V8 as those like to rev). Not enough oomp in OD with the V6. Truck Would have been better with the 3.42 rear axle ratio I think with the V6. Towing in drive with the 3.42 would have put the rpm in a better spot of the V6 curve. I overthought this option when I ordered it and picked the wrong ratio for the V6.
Most fun truck: 2003 GMC Sierra 1500 4WD, Ext Cab longbed, 5.3, 4 speed AT, 4.10 rear end. Traded the 2001 in this one as a used unit. This thing is a beast for 1500 series. Runs well, tows well. Not a fuel miser, but not a gas hog either. Still own it and plan to for 10 more years Truck eats brakes but otherwise has been reasonably reliable but has had its fair share of simple little annoying fixes too. Luckily most have been cheap.
Have a few honorable mentions but those were not asked for...
Worst Truck: 2001 Chevy Silverado Ext Cab 6.5 bed 2WD 4.3 V-6, 4 speed AT, and a 3.73 rear axle ratio. Only vehicle I have ever ordered. Bought it new but only kept it a couple years. Supposedly had 40 more hp than the 1992 but I never found em. Gas mileage much worse than the 1992. It was totally reliable and dependable for the 70K miles that I put on it, but it would shift into OD in town and shudder due to lack of power around 35 mph. Pain in rear to lock out O/D all the time. Towing same loads as 1992 the truck struggled. Tow in Drive and rpms too high and past the sweet spot of the V6 (would not have been the case with the V8 as those like to rev). Not enough oomp in OD with the V6. Truck Would have been better with the 3.42 rear axle ratio I think with the V6. Towing in drive with the 3.42 would have put the rpm in a better spot of the V6 curve. I overthought this option when I ordered it and picked the wrong ratio for the V6.
Most fun truck: 2003 GMC Sierra 1500 4WD, Ext Cab longbed, 5.3, 4 speed AT, 4.10 rear end. Traded the 2001 in this one as a used unit. This thing is a beast for 1500 series. Runs well, tows well. Not a fuel miser, but not a gas hog either. Still own it and plan to for 10 more years Truck eats brakes but otherwise has been reasonably reliable but has had its fair share of simple little annoying fixes too. Luckily most have been cheap.
Have a few honorable mentions but those were not asked for...
Creamer
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Worst truck '92 F150 4X4 w/ 5.0L and automatic that I bought new. Reasons - low power, had serious paint problems, 4wd would not engage without getting under it and tapping on the solenoid, front end would stay aligned, screws falling out inside cab, fuel pump failed, front hubs went out - all under 100k miles.
Worst vehicle - 1987 Chrysler New Yorker - never went on a trip where we didn't get stopped for car trouble. had it for two years and took it to a Chrysler dealer for another major problem and they had a Deville that was a year older and more miles and I had to pay them for it - one of the best deals I ever made.
Best vehicle - 1999 Deville bought when 2 years old with 70k on it. Still have it with 260k on it and it is going strong. I have put less than $500 repairs into it other than tires, battery, brakes etc. Although rear brakes did not get replaced until 225k.
Worst vehicle - 1987 Chrysler New Yorker - never went on a trip where we didn't get stopped for car trouble. had it for two years and took it to a Chrysler dealer for another major problem and they had a Deville that was a year older and more miles and I had to pay them for it - one of the best deals I ever made.
Best vehicle - 1999 Deville bought when 2 years old with 70k on it. Still have it with 260k on it and it is going strong. I have put less than $500 repairs into it other than tires, battery, brakes etc. Although rear brakes did not get replaced until 225k.
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In all honesty, I've never had a car or truck that I didn't like. From late 70s VW buses, a '63 Nova, 3-4 early 70's Nova's, an '83 and '89 Chevy Cavalier, a 71 Malibu, '71 Toyota Land Cruiser (still have it in many pieces, enough to build almost 2), '78 GMC 3/4 ton with straight pipes and a 454, '85 Chevy 1/2 ton custom deluxe(still sitting in the weeds in the back yard), 2000 Impala, '93 Chevy conversion van (3/4ton short chassis), my current '93 Suburban K1500 and our current 2013 Impala. I got great service out of all of them and enjoyed driving all of them. None of them cost me an arm and a leg and were easy to repair myself, with the exception being the 2013 Impala we currently have. Haven't had to do anything to it yet.
So I can't pick a worst. If I had to pick a best, it was probably the 93 conversion van, only for the fact that it was like driving around in your living room! :laughing: Man, that thing was comfortable!
I am getting some pretty good use out of our 93 Suburban, too. Its rusting out badly now, so maybe not long for this world. I will miss it.
So I can't pick a worst. If I had to pick a best, it was probably the 93 conversion van, only for the fact that it was like driving around in your living room! :laughing: Man, that thing was comfortable!
I am getting some pretty good use out of our 93 Suburban, too. Its rusting out badly now, so maybe not long for this world. I will miss it.
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My only pickup. 2004 Dodge Ram 1500 Crew cab. Hemi. Has 178,000 miles. I love that truck. I have loaded it with so many bags of landscaping material that I thought the tires would pop. Filled it with fresh cut oak as high as the roof and then driven it out trails that should have been too narrow and too steep. I had 23 80lb bags of sakrete on it once. Most recently, I've carried several tractor implements home, several times and. 37 50 lb bags of lime across s muddy field. It has never left me stranded. And it is the most comfortable vehicle I have ever owned.
Worst based on reliability was 91 jeep grand wagoner that I bought in 2012 because my dieing wife had always loved them. So I fixed it up and took her on a beach trip in it. It did fine. I parked it that year after she died and the next spring I couldn't keep it running more than a week before it would have to go back to the shop. Glad I let it go.
Worst based on reliability was 91 jeep grand wagoner that I bought in 2012 because my dieing wife had always loved them. So I fixed it up and took her on a beach trip in it. It did fine. I parked it that year after she died and the next spring I couldn't keep it running more than a week before it would have to go back to the shop. Glad I let it go.
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Not sure with the brakes but that's the same on my grandma's 05 chevy 1500 ect. Cab short box. Has had around $500 in front breaks in the last year. That's not counting the one wheel bearing, 2 cvc joints and soon to be 3rd cvc joint cause of the wheel bearing.
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Worst - '87 Chevy Pick up. My 1st 4WD. I have never poured so much money into keeping a vehicle on the road.
Favorite - "68 ford 3/4 ton Pick up. 3 on the tree, 15" mud grips, a high revving 302, Emron metal flake. Loved that truck.
Favorite work truck - '09 GMC one ton 4 door single wheel. My truck now. 110,000 miles, never been back to the dealer.
Favorite - "68 ford 3/4 ton Pick up. 3 on the tree, 15" mud grips, a high revving 302, Emron metal flake. Loved that truck.
Favorite work truck - '09 GMC one ton 4 door single wheel. My truck now. 110,000 miles, never been back to the dealer.
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Well if I did ever get an American make it would be a Ford. Besides the bad attitude and junk quality I don't cotton to bailing out companies at taxpayer expense while UAW workers sit on their dead backsides collecting money that came out of my pocket and their auto execs collecting fat bonus checks that we paid for. We bailed out Chrysler twice and it still didn't take. If they go out of business it's because they put themselves in that predicament so they should pay the price for their own failure.
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Worst 1974 dodge 3/4 ton bought new self destructed gave it away with less than 150,000 miles on it. Best bought new 1981 1 ton crew cab 4x4 long box chev. for $12,600 sold it with 480,000 miles on it for $12,000 and only replaced the 2 universals at the front wheels & 1 clutch because the throw out bearing went.
