What did you drive before Tacoma?

From '88 Toyota pickup to '16 Tacoma.

 

1992 Toyota Cressida
1990 Toyota Landcruiser
2010 Toyota Corolla LE
2013 Toyota RAV4 LE (Technically Mom's)
2017 Toyota Tacoma DCLB TRD Sport

 

Starting in 1975

1970 Dodge Super Bee (lasted exactly six weeks before engine blew!)
1973 Honda Civic
1977 Datsun B210
1979 Honda Civic
1980 VW Scirocco
1983 Mazda RX-7
1985 Toyota Supra
1989 Acura Integra RS
1992 Toyota Supra
1995 Nissan Maxima SE
2001 Acura CL Type-S
2005 Acura TL
2008 Infiniti G37S
2011 Nissan 370Z Nismo
2014 Mini (DD)
2015 MB AMG45
2018 Audi TTRS (garage queen)
2018 TRD OR DCSB

 

2014 - CR-V-EX - did not fit my needs
2004 - Civic EX 5sp MT Coupe - loved it, but family grew
1994 - Toyota Camry - POS!!
1997 - Wrangler TJ 2.5l MT Flipped it

Wifey/GF since we have been together:
Current - 2019 Forester
2011 - Outback Premium - great car - traded in with ~130,000mi
2008 - Forester - 5spd - LOVED that car, she killed it, but walked away thank god
~ 2004 - Hyundai Elantra - good car needed AWD for the middle night snowy commutes (ER nurse)

 

Had a 2014 4Runner Trail Edition Prem.

 

2008 Acura TL Type S - 6 Speed

 

A 1998 K1500 Z71. Man I loved that truck!

 

Ok soooo Here goes......

Posted this list in another thread but I wanted to have a list of my past vehicles and how I got to where I am no....

Ok guys don't make fun....but here goes... haha

1. 1992 Mercury Sable...Yes I bought it from my grandpa for $250.

2. 1995 Mercury Mystique...I was super excited to upgrade to this beaut.


3. 1990 Toyota Celica....I absolutely loved this car...till I hydroplaned it into a tree. It was never the same after that.


4. 2000 Ford Ranger 4-banger Manual TM 5 Speed.


5. 2001 Dodge Ram 1500 - given to me when my grandpa passed. I eventually gave it back to my grandmother when she needed it.


6. 1989 Mustang GT 5.0 - Traded my Ranger on this baby! Had to rebuild the engine after the first week. Worth it though!


7. 1997 Chevy S-10 ZR2 Off Road - traded the stang for it...because Murica.



8. 1989 Mustang LX 5.0 - by far my favorite car that I've owned... Traded the s-10 for it.



9. 1994 Chevy Z71 Off Road - purchased in addition to the stang. Wanted a car and a truck.



10. 1997 Nissan Pickup 4x4 5 speed manual. Purchased in addition to the other two...too good a deal to pass up on. I loved this lil truck but I only kept it 2 months before having a guy beg me for it....so I sold it and made 2000 off of it.


11. 2010 F-150 4x4 Standard Cab...By far my favorite truck that I've owned. I still see this one driving around Greenville sc. Makes me want to buy it back.
Day#1

after HID's Leveling kit, bull bar, and tinted windows...

after new treads!



12. 2008 F-150 FX4 Crew Cab - Wanted a bigger cab... should have never traded the 2010 in...loved the 08 but it had a brake pedal assembly issue that ford screwed me over on. Traded it in on my wife's new 2015 4Runner and I got her 13 Fusion.


13. 2013 Ford Fusion SE - acquired it from my wife after buying her new 4Runner


14. My 2015 Tacoma PreRunner SR5 V6. Traded the fusion in on it.


Ok it's been a year since I bought this 2015 Tacoma PreRunner sooooo....I traded it in August 2016 for...

15. 2016 TRD OR 4x4



Traded the 2016 TRD OR 4x4 for a 2015 Mustang GT 5.0 Manual with performance package.

16. 2015 Ford Mustang 5.0 with Performance Package



17. 1999 Ford Ranger XLT 3.0L 4x4

Bought this truck to daily drive to keep miles off of the Mustang.


Ranger got Totaled out... so on to the next vehicle!

18. 1998 Dodge Ram SLT 4x4



And finally....My current ride, traded the 2015 Mustang AND 99 Ram in on this.

19. 2017 TRD OR 4x4



I'm 30... is this too many vehicles?? lol.

 

1983 Crown Victoria
1982 Volvo 240 wagon, reached 498000 miles before it crapped the bed
Long period of dedicated bicycle commuting commuting, living in Atlanta and working in bike shops at the time.
1999 Subaru Forester, my gateway into modding cars
2002 Forester, wife's car
2005 Nissan Frontier NISMO
2017 Forester, wife's current car. Subaru love is strong

I've only had my Taco two weeks now but I think we're in for a long relationship.

 

I'm one of the older than dirt guys and have had lots of vehicles but here's my most recent and favorite ones:

Traded (in May) this '09 AMG C63 in on the Taco:


sold this '94 F150 a few days ago:


Traded this '08 FJ Trail Team edition in on the AMG above:


'94 Stealth TT sold to my nephew...did many track days in this car:


still have this '08 C14 Kawasaki, but it's up for sale:

 

1979 Mercedes 300D (2004-2007)- First car No A/C
1999 Nissan Ultima (2007)- T-boned by a girl on a cell phone that ran a stop sign after paying 5k for it =(
2001 Toyota Corolla (2007 - 2011) - Hand me down that i gave back to my parents when i could buy my first car
2011 VW GTI (2011-2012)- First car out of college...regretful purchase lol
2013 Tacoma TSS (2012 - 2016)- Traded for a Gen 3
2017 Tacoma OR DCLB 4x4 (2016 - Present)- In for the long haul!

 

2000 Ford Ranger
2005 Chevy Cobalt
1999 Ford F150
2015 and 2017 Ram 1500s
Currently my 2019 Tacoma

 

55 Chevy - 1st car, driven daily '87-'97. Chevy 350, 4 speed, no power steering, no power brakes, 4 wheel drums, no a/c, no wipers, no seat belts. The solid metal dash and solid metal steering column designed to kill you before ejecting you out the windshield. lol
87 Dodge Van '97-'98
95 Sentra '98-'99
00 Civic '99-present
17 Tacoma '17-present

 

My immediately prior vehicle was a '13 Nissan Frontier with all the bells and whistles. I only bought it as we needed a 4 door PU and my '02 Tacoma was the access cab. At the time Toyota didn't offer what I wanted in the Tacoma; leather seats, heated seats, dual climate control, etc. I would have to get a Tundra and they're just too big. I sold my '02 Supercharged Tacoma to my son but regretted it shortly after. I disliked the Nissan almost from the beginning. If you think the Tacoma AT is bad, drive a Nissan. It would be in high gear, 1K RPM, at 35-40 mph and totally lugging the engine. The AT was the standard pattern P-R-N-D-3-2. It was a constant game of push in the button, pull into 2, push forward into 3, push forward into D and hope you didn't hit N. The turning radius was so large you couldn't make a U-turn without having to back up. The dual climate control didn't work worth a damn. If my wife had it set to 68, I would be freezing and would have to crank it to 85 just to counter the A/C. The backup camera was so poor that you couldn't see what was on the screen if the sun was out. After 6 years I had had enough and traded it in on the Tacoma. I've only had it a little over a week and so far I love it. I have my 4 doors, an AT that I can control the shifts (I leave it in ETC), leather seats, heated seats, dual climate control (that appears to work), the backup camera is readable, and the turning radius allows for U-turns and turns into parking spots.

 

1983 BMW 320iS (first car and still have it)
1987 Jeep Wrangler YJ 4.2l I6 5spd
1999 Jeep Cherokee Sport
1997 Ford Ranger's (black and white) 2.3L 5spd ext cabs
1999 Jeep Cherokee Limited
1998 Jeep Cherokee Classic
2006 Ram 2500 4x4 Cummins Diesel 6spd manual (regret selling this thing, it was a beast)
2014 Ram 1500 Ecodiesel (lemon lawed)
2016 Ram 2500 4x4 Outdoorsman Cummins Powered 6spd Manual (regret trading this for the taco)
2018 Tacoma TRD Off Road 4x4 6spd Manual

 

2007 Mercedes C-230 Kompressor
2011 BMW 335i Coupe
2014 BMW 550i
2016 F-150 Platinum
2017 Tacoma TRD Pro
2017 Raptor
now 2019 Tacoma TRD Pro

 

2003 4 banger S10 5 speed
2003 Monte Carlo ss (worst, car, ever)
2008 Trailblazer SS AWD
2012 Mustang PP
2014 VW Jetta TDI
2016 Subaru WRX
2018 Toyota Tacoma.

 

So many vehicles

Here is my list:

1970 Chevy El Camino (I really miss this vehicle)
1973 Datsun 260Z
1967 Baja Bug
1965 Street bug
1994 Jeep Wrangler
1996 Neon (wtf was I thinking? Air conditioning was not worth it)
1995 Jeep Wrangler
1999 GMC Sierra 4X4 (The boat)
2003 Pontiac Vibe (<-great commuter car for Boston but it was a grocery getter)
2009 Jeep Liberty 4X4 (The grocery getter/dog hauler)
2019 Toyota Tacoma TRD DCSB OR

My favorites are the El Camino, Baja bug, both Jeep Wranglers, and so far the Tacoma. The Tacoma blends the 4X4 and mod fun with enough truck utilitarian elements. As much as I wanted to like my GMC Sierra that thing was a bear to go off road in. I used to joke it was the like Titanic in that it was hard to turn without pullouts and always had to be mindful of the weight or it would sink in sand, it did ride very well unlike any off road vehicle I had prior to it. It just had more of a worry factor unlike my Jeeps and Baja Bug.

 

Haha the last 4 had me looking really hard.
Are you leasing these ?

 

Four Tacomas and a T4R for the wife. Traded the T4R for a CRV. Sold the Tacoma for a ranger.

Currently, have also a 2008 Vette for fun.