Mexican Taco - My own thread

Finally, I took 15 minutes to do a proper shot of my Taco (3 months into ownership) and start my own thread...

everyone is welcomed to comment, critique, help as I keep adding all my Taco happenings from usage, service to fun and places driven



let the fun begin

 

needs mud

 

Nice truck, the photography is awesome

 

...so far all photos I have taken of the Taco come from my iPhone, certainly using an iPhone helps to post and even edit a photo but makes it hard to write a whole event/story thus I was all over the place posting from newbie forum to tire forum and sometimes getting on everyone's way but that is over as I have started my own thread as intended from the beginning, so everything from proper shots to iPhone shots will be here...

 

...many people ask me: why a Taco? i guess people are used to see me in sports cars but sincerely I don't regret for a second driving a Taco under treacherous mexican driving conditions...

...this past Satruday i was reminded why i don't regret driving my Taco at all... its was a nice saturday, perfect weather so i decided to drive topless, well the Boxster with the top down is what i mean, i went for a nice sushi lunch and decided to take the long way back home so i take the loop around Puebla, driving normally when i see a Jetta MkIV swerving as it throws a couple of stuck together bricks at me these were coming at me just too fast and hit my right front tire, immediately i got a serious steering wheel shake and stop as soon as i could, no evident damage was done but i had the serious steering wheel shake so i decided to limp back home... both my Porsches are at the shop due to road hazard

...today i took out the cute 5 (Audi Q5) sporty with its 7 speed gearbox (its a 2012 but still got the 7 speed instead of the 8 speed ) i found out is not always geared up as the Taco, for those complaining about the Taco only having a 5 speed gearbox I can tell you that it works quite well on day to day basis specially under treacherous mexican conditions, it downshifts itself on downhills and downhills are a constant around here, its always geared up and ready to go on curvy situations, yet another constant around here, so its a joy in that respect and its only got 5 gears

...so today I got asked by my friend who works at the dealer what was i doing there, i told him dropping the cute 5 and he answered but you also have both your Porsches back there, right? I said correct as he answered what are you going to drive? and i answered: my Taco he replied a Taco??? and I said, yes and I'm happy as Tow Matter in a helicopter ride because the Taco takes all the guesswork of where and how i'm going to get there, i basically climb on the thing and drive worryless of road conditions and that is true happiness in my book

 

Nice truck

 

early morning errands...

 

Well, I guess you don't have to worry about your Taco getting stolen and ending up in Mexico!

 

dude, you need to move...
coming form a guy that spends far too much time in mexico city, i dont know how you do it...

 

:/

 

At my local karting track

 

Saturday the Taco got the day off...

I sent the kart to the track in Cuautla, about 75 minute drive from home, well in this...

so these were my driving machines for saturday...

pretty fast!

sunday came and headed to walmart, i left the Taco in far corner and when i come out i see these two chatting...

 

FJ Guy parks like a moron.

Your truck looks like a Sport without the Sport badges? did you take them off?

 

lunch... new sushi place, should have driven the turbo but the Taco makes things much easier...

overlooking the city...

haze is from volcano ashes...

 

I'm glad because the FJ has long doors

I took the stickers out and some badges in the rear

 

another reason why I bought the Taco is because initially we were a 7 kart team including my dad and my children plus a friend of my dad we partially sponsored and his grand son... so I bought this to get to the track...

all karts would go in the freightliner first and i would eventually catch up in the turbo

but now I am a solo racer so I decided to get the Taco to transport me and my kart to the track, so far I haven't done it but eventually

 

now my turn to park next to an fj

 

Taco ready for the weekend


Turbo ready for the weekend

 

Nice truck and the car is not to bad either.

 

Birel ready for the weekend...