Comments by "😊 Erin Thor" (@Erin-Thor) on "Toyota Did This to Themselves" video.

True, but look at Ford, they use that same formula and succeed! 🤷🏼‍♂️
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Give me a beefy 8 cylinder engine over a small turbocharged 6 cylinder engine any day any time. Toyota sells diesel engines everywhere in the world… except USA. Why?
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@toonman361 — There are over 800 comments… and you want us to find yours instead of… just typing it? 😳
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@ — My ownership experience. I use a truck for work, 3-4 unscheduled shop visits a year, sometimes more. And going into limp mode just outside El Paso going to Dallas was 18 hours of hell… got a ticket for going too slow on the highway. Generating a weird steering wobble in year two that was NOT covered by warranty was enough to make me trade it in.
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@ — F250. My company uses many different trucks as we buy them for drivers per their preferences. OOS time and repair costs are higher for all of the Ford Trucks, and have been for over a decade. I try and discourage their purchase, but some dolts just love them. One driver has a lightweight 2011 Tundra which has towed the same 7,000 pound payload (large generators and communications equipment) up mountain service roads as the others is the winner, and its owner saves me money as he doesn’t want to upgrade. Not joking, that old thing almost matches the bigger diesel engines, and while fuel costs are higher, the maintenance costs are lower making them the $ winner. Granted the sample size is small. About 150 trucks of varying brands over just under 20 years, but the data doesn’t lie.
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I tow a trailer frequently. A SMALLER Turbocharged engine works harder, more revolutions, more heat, more wear and tear, which means SHORTER ENGINE LIFE. This fact is ignored by Toyota lovers, and a look at the engine replacements under warranty for trucks with 20k miles on them is scary as hell!
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@ — A smaller engine for a daily use to commute is fine, these will perform great for decades if they are not stressed. I tow regularly, sometimes for many hours (all day) and uphill. A Tundra might be rated at 12k, but doing that to a 6 cylinder engine is insanity, that’s why their engines are failing. Extend hours of intense heat, stress under load… I want a different option.
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@ — Honda makes great “cars!” But as a work 🛻 truck… sadly the Ridgeline unibody is not in the same league. 😢👍🏽
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@ — The advantages to diesels are torque, mileage, and easy low stress miles under load. Whenever a RAM in our fleet hits about 150k-200k and there’s any mention of lower horsepower, we trade it in for another immediately. The turbo’s go and cost over $6k not including downtime to replace. I “like” (not love) Fords, they make a nice truck. But reliability-wise… jury’s out IMO. 👍🏽😎
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