Do I really NEED a Tacoma?

I don't know if I have a good reason why I bought my 2015 other than this is my 4th Tacoma. I think I had too!

 

I wonder if an electric blanket in the bed (providing it has the AC outlet) with a cap would keep dogs warm enough during northern winters. Of course, the dogs should also be well-furred.

 

I guess I just wanted one but I didn't really need one. If it's what you like just go for it! I know I'm enjoying mine.

 

likewise

 

When I sold my first Taco and get a Highlander, I thought I'd be fine with my utility trailer for most tasks, until I had to go fill a jerrycan at the gas station for the lawnmower and put it in the trunk

 

Op, get whatever YOU want. Lots of vehicle choices out there. SR5, offroad, sport......

 

You know you want it, just buy the damn thing already.

 

This has happened to me already. I cursed and put the square peg (lawnmower) in a round SUV trunk hole.

 

I gave up my truck (04 F150) for a 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee. And I hated not having a truck. Try wrapping a dead deer up in a tarp and putting it in the back of a grand cherokee. Or gas cans, or lawn mowers, or a 120lb dog, or furniture, or wood, or well, you get the point. Luckily (although not according to my wife) a year after I got the jeep, it started knocking. So I got a 4 door taco, which I have actually wanted for a few years now. The wife has an SUV and I will NEVER again go without a truck.

 

If you did all that stuff with your pickup, why would you think an SUV was the right move?

 

Yes

 

I actually sold the truck for money reasons. I was able to sell it, use the money to cut our credit card debt in half and picked up the jeep pretty cheap as a daily driver and beater. Unfornately the jeep ended up being more problem than it was worth. I was actually relieved when it started knocking so I could get rid of it lol

 

This is about exactly what i was gonna say. How do people even get by without a truck? I haul grills, propane tanks, bikes, flip over fish house and auger, gas caddy for the boat, brush and logs, and more. These all are ordinary things that anyone (especially a family) does too. Sure you can get a trailer for your SUV, but hooking up to that things all the time sucks, and you need room for that trailer.

Get a taco, yer family will thank you.