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- From: alan@lancaster.nsc.com (The Hepburn)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Subject: Re: Japanese Full Size Trucks
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.175410.19841@berlioz.nsc.com>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 17:54:10 GMT
- References: <1992Nov20.171302.29189@mips2.ma30.bull.com> <1992Nov20.225937.17187@swlvx2.msd.ray.com> <issa.722401405@cwis>
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- In article <issa.722401405@cwis>, issa@cwis.unomaha.edu (Issa El-Hazin) writes:
- |>
- |> The four-wheel drive half-ton with five-speed transmission has 1,550 pounds
- |> standard payload capacity. The two-wheel drive one-ton can handle up to 2,550
- |> pounds. Towing capacity is 5,000 pounds for the two-wheel drive half-ton, and
- |> 4,500 pounds for the four-wheel drive.
- |>
- If those figures are supposed to impress truck owners, then they leave a lot
- to be desired. A 1 ton rated truck that can only handle 2550 lb is next to
- useless. A 1 ton should have a GVWR of at least 10,000 lb or it has no right
- calling itself a 1 ton. Towing capacity of 5,000 is pretty wimpy also. The
- Buick Roadmaster has a 7,000 lb rating, and it's a passenger vehicle.
- |>
- |>
- |> >The 'T-100' will be the best thing that ever happened to domestic truck
- |> >builders because of it flaws... It continues in the 'it-looks-like-it's-
- |> >a-truck-but-don't-put-a-load-on-it' pattern of all the micro-'trucks'.
- |>
- |> >Walt K.
- |>
- |> >p.s. -- predicted msrp's are in the $25000-range... P.T. Barnum described any
- |> >potential buyers of the Toyota T-100 quite well...
- |>
- |> The base price of the T100 is $13,998.
- |> The base price for the T100 SR5 is $15,718, the price for the top of the line
- |> SR5 is ~$19,639 (equipped with options of cruise control, aluminum wheels,
- |> air conditioning, tilt steering wheel, tachometer, power windows and door
- |> locks, interval wipers, chrome front and rear bumpers and an incredible AM/FM
- |> stereo with compact disc player that turns the cabin into rolling head phones.
- |>
- |>
-
- In 1990 I paid about $19K for an F350 Crew Cab with dual wheels, diesel engine,
- E4OD auto transmission, and most of the options you list. I have a GVWR of
- 10,000 lb and am rated to tow a fifth wheel up to 12,500 lb. I can have up to
- 6 adults sit in comfort in the cab for long trips, and get over 12mpg while
- pulling my 11,000 lb fifth wheel. Mileage around town with no load is over 18
- mpg. Tell me which is the better truck...
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