Offering a nice warranty makes the vehicle that much more desireable, and that much easier to sell. In Toyota's case, they don't lose a whole bunch on warranty anyway since their **** harldy breaks. Plus, that warranty helps to justify some of their outrageous price tags. As far as Hyundai's and Dodges, they have to offer a big warranty since they have such bad reputations as being **** boxes. Although I have to admit that my father-in-laws Hyundai Santa Fe has been pretty decent, except for an excessive sulfur-dioxide odor from the exhaust.

 

I'm pretty sure that most of the people on here who are voting against the Toyota either are just die hard Chevy fans, have never owned a Toyota, or both. My last vehicle was an '02 Toyota Tundra and it was without a doubt the most amazing truck I have ever owned. It road just like a car yet was very capable offroad. I had friends who own GM and Ford trucks constantly comment on the ride quality and fit and finish of my truck. I absolutely loved my Tundra and the only reason why I sold it is because I couldn't afford it anymore since I am still a student . But definitely go for the Tundra, especially if you want to see 300K from your next truck. The Chevy's motor may last 200K, but it will be 200K full of random small broken or noneworking crap. Go for the Toyota.

 

The only problem I see with Toyota is the difficulty of getting replacement parts and the high price of their parts after warranty is out.

 

Tundra isn't really a fullsize truck. Interior wise atleast. They're cramped and have a usless back seat in the extended cab versions. Not nearly the room of chevy/ford/dodge fullsize trucks. More along the lines of a durango really.

 

Just the replacement parts alone is enough to sway me towards the chevy . The fact that people get high milage out of a toyota is great but you'll only now what some people have done to get there . While I belive that all the newer trucks by any manufacturer should last at least 200k . It's luck of the draw .
So tell him to buy what he wants because we arent making the payments, but if he buys a chevy this site will be here to support him and he won't feel just a little short "7/8's" when parked next to all other fullsize truck

 

^^ Uhhhhh... I don't know who you've been talking to about Tundras, but look up the specs. Granted there is a ten inch difference in overall exterior length, but the interior dimensions are all within one inch of each other. So as far as the interior being smaller, think again. And I don't know if you've ever owned a Tundra before so don't get mad if you have, but I do own a Tundra, and in my opinion the interior is not cramped, it's no smaller then any other truck.

You may think its just luck of the draw which trucks last high mileage and which ones don't, but lets be honest, the average Toyota pickup is going to have many more trouble free miles than the average Chevy pickup. And anyone who tries to argue with me on that point isn't very well informed. I'm not trying to belittle Chevy's because I personally think that they have Toyotas when it comes to looks, but this argument is just apples and oranges and unnecessary.

 

I looked at a Tundra extended cab and although they were nice, the back seat really sucked. Less room than a Corolla - no way someone over 5' tall was going to sit back there - basically kids only. Nothing bad to say about the build quality (though there were drum brakes on the back, which Chevy now has as well), just saying it wouldn't suit my purposes. Haven't seen the new crew cab, since they weren't out when I was looking. Again, the ability to get a supercharger put on at the dealer with a factory warranty I thought was very cool.

 

Toyota makes some amazingly durable vehicles I admit, but I have to say Chevy trucks(not there cars) are right up there. I worked at a Jiffy Lube back in highschool and the vehicles you would see with over 200k miles regularly were: Camry's, Accords, Civics, Mercedes, and Chevy trucks. We'd get quite a few work trucks every couple days with 200-300+k on them, they were the most common out of any of the vehicles I listed. We even had a Pennzoil ad campaign about one hitting a million miles(yes a million) on the original engine.

Crap even the V8 in my camaro has 162k on it, the engine doesnt consume a drop of oil and runs great(as well as the rest of the all original drivetrain). I think the only reason GM car's arent as reliable, is the fact they arent produced in such great numbers or are as profitable, and so the same amount of time isnt spent working the kinks out.