Went to the Seattle Auto Show about a week ago and poked around this years Ram 1500 (this year's, not the new I6), Silverado (High Country), F-150 (Platinum, I believe) and Tundras (SRS and TRD Pro). Maybe it was because of the dim lighting, but the Silverado didn't grab me like i thought it would. In the end, I wound up bouncing back and forth between the F-150 and Tundras, for probably about half an hour. I'd get in one, focused on just 2-3 things, then go sit in the other, focused on the same 2-3 things. Then come up with 2-3 more things to focus on. With the F-150, I felt like it was the more established, "conservative" choice and I noted the utility things such as big flat loading flood in back, more storage nooks and crannies here and there, better integration of screen into dash, bed access with barn door tailgate. I also noticed the field of view out the F-150 was bigger in terms of height and sightlines over the hood. I also liked that the F-150 had auto 4WD. With the Tundra, I really like the full rear window up-and-down, the flat door sill armrest, the outside mirrors, and back seats (I'm shopping for a truck that would be most comfortable for one large and one medium sized dog to ride comfortably). The front seats between the two felt comfortable and, even though they're different, I like the ergonomics of how things are laid out in both. I did not care the plastic front grill on the Tundra. Between the two ,the Tundra gave me more of a visceral attraction, mostly due to the interior styling just feeling more modern and the F-150 being very nice, but more conventional. The Tundra felt "racier".
Anyways, went home very conflicted about which one I'd buy. I re-watched Tim's video comparing the Tundra Limited to his F-150 Powerboost. I noted in that now two-year old video, Tim said he thought the Tundra won on power delivery, ride quality, engineering/build quality, and lack of rust. He said the F-150 won on features, infotainment, storage and utility. But, I was particularly intrigued to hear him say the Tundra seemed "tighter" than the F-150,. which has a lot of wind noise and rattles. Those things jumped out at me because it seems like in the last two years, I've heard and rad a lot of comments about how rattly, noisy and plasticky the Tundra is, on the one hand, and all these build quality issues lately on the F-150. So, that got me wondering, what would Tim (or anyone) say now about those two truck in the two years since that video?
To complicate things further, three other key things happened this week. First, I got a ride from a co-worker who owns a Silverado LTZ. Man, did that thing feel solid and smoothe. Silverado is one of my favorite looking trucks, too, but I also worry about cylinder de-activation and direct-injection only. The second thing that happened was we went to a tailgate at my daughters university and it occurred to me how cool it would be to plug stuff into the Powerboost's power-on-board. I also wondered if the Tundra's 400w outlete would be good enough for tailgating. The third thing that happened to me is when I was ruminating about all this to my wife, she said, "y'know, anytime you want to go get yourself a pickup truck, I'm all for it...." So, now the juices are flowing!
sorry for the long post, but I've been rewatching a lot of Tim's videos and wondering what the field would say about the latest model year F-150s, Tundras, and Silverados.
Anyways, went home very conflicted about which one I'd buy. I re-watched Tim's video comparing the Tundra Limited to his F-150 Powerboost. I noted in that now two-year old video, Tim said he thought the Tundra won on power delivery, ride quality, engineering/build quality, and lack of rust. He said the F-150 won on features, infotainment, storage and utility. But, I was particularly intrigued to hear him say the Tundra seemed "tighter" than the F-150,. which has a lot of wind noise and rattles. Those things jumped out at me because it seems like in the last two years, I've heard and rad a lot of comments about how rattly, noisy and plasticky the Tundra is, on the one hand, and all these build quality issues lately on the F-150. So, that got me wondering, what would Tim (or anyone) say now about those two truck in the two years since that video?
To complicate things further, three other key things happened this week. First, I got a ride from a co-worker who owns a Silverado LTZ. Man, did that thing feel solid and smoothe. Silverado is one of my favorite looking trucks, too, but I also worry about cylinder de-activation and direct-injection only. The second thing that happened was we went to a tailgate at my daughters university and it occurred to me how cool it would be to plug stuff into the Powerboost's power-on-board. I also wondered if the Tundra's 400w outlete would be good enough for tailgating. The third thing that happened to me is when I was ruminating about all this to my wife, she said, "y'know, anytime you want to go get yourself a pickup truck, I'm all for it...." So, now the juices are flowing!
sorry for the long post, but I've been rewatching a lot of Tim's videos and wondering what the field would say about the latest model year F-150s, Tundras, and Silverados.
