Pirst Fost

I was doing some research on Tacomas yesterday and this site came up a lot in the results and had answers I was looking for so it just seemed obvious you MUST be here if you want to know anything about a Tacoma.

My first Tacoma was a 2004 4dr 4x4 V6, i acquired it with 3,200 miles on the odo in 2004.
This past week that Tacoma turned 254,000 miles and I figured it was time to look for a new one. It was an AWESOME truck that only required basic maintenance and always got me through the snow. My only complaint was that it ate 02 sensors like I eat cake.

I had my eye on a 2016 Taco at a dealership I drive past everyday on the way to work. A silver 4x4 4dr V6 for $27k w/22K miles.

Very nice truck, loved the interior, dash was nice, radio was awesome, and then I drove it.
Yuck. The 6sp auto trans just never seemed happy and would constantly change gears. The engine made (to me) unnatural noises and I instantly new this is not my truck. The salesman worked me up a deal incl. an insulting 3K trade in for my truck and that was the icing on the cake. NEXT!

I went home and researched (leading me here) and found the same complaints about the 2016 on here and also confirmed in Consumer Reports that the 2016 drive train is a huge disappointment. I decided to look for a 2015-14.


A quick interwebs search led me to a 2015 4dr 4x4 V6 long bed with 26k miles for $27,888, the cheapest one in a 50 mile radius. It was everything I wanted in a truck so I went to check it out. The test drive went great, they gave me $4500 for my 04 in trade and I drove my new Tacoma home! The only mod will be a bed topper which I have already located and hope to acquire within the week.

I look forward to learning more about these truck and admiring the things others have done with theirs.

added a pic, old ride/new ride

 

Congrats
Pic??

 

Welcome to the TW,congrats

 

Congrats and welcome to TW. You say the topper will be the only mod.... That will change relatively quickly.

 

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Welcome and congrats on your upgrade!

 

Telcome to Wacomaworld