New Member - soon to be new Taco owner

Hey Guys,

New member. Currently driving a car and finally making the switch to a truck. Pretty excited. Looking for a 2019 TRD off road with a 6spd manual tranny. The resale value on these things are insane. Doesn't seem to make sense to buy used really. Any advice while buying this bad boy? Warranties etc? I am pretty much sold on the manual unless I can find a really good argument to go automatic, which I have not found yet. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

Welcome to TW

 

Welcome to TW. Good luck.

 

Welcome!

 

Welcome to the forum Steve.
Request an extended test drive whether it be a few hours or overnight.

 

Welcome fellow manual lover

 

Greetings from The Great White North...welcome to TW!

 

It's a manual. You'll love it if you've driven manual trucks before. It's a blast and one of the best MT trucks I've owned

And welcome to TW

 

Thank you, fellas. Glad to be here. Extended test drive sounds like a good idea. Never thought to do that.

 

Also, if you test it on a highway, keep it in 3rd until 60mph. Don't shift too early

 

Welcome aboard. Love n hate the tacoma mt. But fuxing the hate part, deleting the accumulator.

 

yea if youre looking at used its gonna be a 2014 with 100kmiles and 28999.

I feel like I lucked out getting my 17 trd off road for 33k with 6k miles with a 6ft bed.

 

I got my 2017 brand new TRD or for 32.6 otd

 

crazy. where are you located? im in texas 4x4 trucks are super sought after.

 

New Hampshire . Same here

 

Welcome! MT is the way to go IMO... never owned an auto vehicle so I'm bias

 

yea new trd right now OR similarly equipped is 38k online. They never discount them from what Ive seen when Ive gone in.

 

I snagged my '09 in '13 from FL with 38k miles for $22k after searching for MONTHS (truck spent most of it's life in West SC from what I gathered on the history). MT's are hard to find if you do look for used. They are gone at the snap of a finger. Plus, I was stationed in Illinois at the time. Had to ship it from Miami to just outside of St. Louis (only about $650). My interest was in grey but settled for blue just so I wouldn't have another sold out from underneath me!

 

You don't have to buy the warranty from the original dealer you can buy from any Toyota dealer and you can get it anytime before the factory expires. If you plan on keeping it for a long time it's a good idea to get the factory warranty. Look around, ask around people have got them for around $1000 depending on how long and how many miles you get. If you are committed to keeping the truck to 100,000 or 120,000 miles and the dealer can give you a good price on the warranty and it makes sense for you to include it in your financing then go ahead and do it, otherwise pass and shop around.

for the extended test drive I would recommend taking it up to 75 on the highway (that is the interstate speed limit out here between cities) I would leave the radio off too if you are coming from a car you might be shocked how loud the tire and wind noise is in a truck. For the city portion of your test drive take it over some railroad crossings if you can, potholes, crappy roads. I found most dealers would let me take the truck out on my own which is much better than making small talk with a salesman. I think you will be surprised how the Tacoma handles the city, it switches lanes quickly, it actually sits down in the turns pretty well for a truck, and you don't have to slow down for anything you can just plow over the crappy roads.

The offroad is the way to go in my opinion the bilstein shocks are a worthy upgrade over the hitachi's in the sport and sr5. I could feel the difference.