Talk me out of getting a Canyon

Mexican GM vs USA Taco....

 

Are not some of the Tacoma's build in Mexico?

 

Mine was

 

Depends on how long you keep it and if you value how it will drive past 60, 70, 80, 90, and 100k +

A Tacoma will drive great at 200k, a Colorado may or may not make that.,

 

Sounds like you need the Ridgeline

 

Buy American if you want shit resale.

 

Actually, I think YOU should get a Canyon.

 

I can attest to this having experienced it first hand. My previous truck was a 2000 year model GMC Sonoma w/ the ZR2 package. I bought it new, didn't abuse it, and did regular maintenance. It only had about 117,000 miles when I traded it for my Tacoma last month.

During my time with the GMC, it went through:

4 intake gaskets
3 alternators
1 radiator
1 water pump
4 rear axle seals
2 front wheel hubs
3 sets of ball joints
2 starters
4 oil cooler/filter lines
2 sets of door hinges/pins
2 catalytic converters
2 mufflers
2 windshield wiper control boards
2 power mirror switches

The first 7-8 years were okay, and then things started downhill. Around 10 years in, it started leaking oil from the rear main seal. I never bothered with getting that fixed, and now part of my driveway looks like the Exxon Valdez ran aground. Around 12 years the air conditioning started failing. I kept it going for a few years by recharging it myself. The AC stopped working completely around year 16. I think it was year 11 or 12 that the fuel gauge stopped working, and I started closely tracking mileage so I'd know when to get gas. In the last months before I traded, it was giving trouble codes for the emission control system.

I will say that it always did well with the little bit of off-roading I did, and on many a snowy mountain roads. It only truly left me stranded once, when I had to change an alternator in a grocery store parking lot. I managed to limp it home the last time the intake gasket blew, but it had to be towed to the shop afterwards. It just turned into money pit that got worse with time, and ultimately soured me on anything domestic.

 

This

 

This has where’s the nearest Starbucks written all over it

 

I sometimes load flowers in my Tacoma

 

I once drove down a gravel road.

 

In your Ridgeline?

 

But at least your Taco doesn’t say kick my ass please

 

No, my haircut does that.

 

To the OP: BUY A CANYON....someone has to do it. If you cannot figure it out by yourself then buy a GMC...…..just do it....

 

Hell no

 

Did you use krall kontrol?

 

Nah, I chickened out and turned around. Went back the next day with my buddy. He has a Ford so we were good.

 

^^^ yep, that's what they're better at, but ditch it sometime soon after 50k miles..