Do you let your sons (or daughters) drive your Tacoma?

Yeah, the HS girls love them jeeps around here too. Wranglers to be more precise. LOL.

 

Is this a thing for all 3rd gens?

 

Sure, it is just a truck. Of course my daughter she is 6 and sits on my lap so she can steer . Don't worry it is in fields and on my dead end dirt rd where we us and one old person

 

But, I agree, you can’t really hand the keys to a powerful car to a young teen and expect immediate compliance. The big problems in teen driving imo, is peer pressure from the riders or willingness to “ show off.” Geeeze, it’s just as much a problem with adult drivers. This maybe the underlying reason the new last gen Taco is such a dog. It’s sufficient.

 

Maybe she needs more exposure to a Tacoma.

 

I taught my son how to drive at 14 years old, in a snow storm. I have no problem lending him my Taco!

 

He's figured out more than you think......

 

Yeah... Wait for it... "no."

 

Can we pleeeeease stop referring to Tacos and ridgelines in the same sentence? Bletch. I think I jus' threwup a little in my mouth.

 

I’ve let my daughter take mine to her prom!! She wanted to take mine over a limo

 

Good call. The 4runner is a beast! It will take care of your baby. My 96' got my wife and two girls through 20 years.

 

Beautiful, you done good sir.

 

I hear you, even in jest.
Be prepared for the onslaught of unibody “ trucks” from Subaru and others. Regardless of their limitations, these vehicles perform 90% of the tasks that most Taco owners ask their trucks to do. Their uses overlap dramatically.

 

took my 18 year old step daugter out to learn on my truck.. no license yet, she is VERY cautious. nervously so... dont think shed be racing down the roadways... but then again I dont let my wife drive my truck much either... she has driven it maybe 3 times without me in it.... I work 5-7 days a week, so its never far from me.

 

Scary thought

 

I forgot to mention I work in a Prison, no fear here, I work central control so I can have my truck under surveilance, and have an armed officer there in under 30 seconds.. I taught her in an empty parking lot.. simple turns, parking in a lined space, backing up.. judging distance front of hood, back of bed.. she has her learners permit now... and I believe she has her hours to go for her test now.. she wouldnt dare steal my truck...

 

I hope you're referring to that Demello bumper and not his teenage daughter...

 

Sure.

It's just a truck.

It's insured.

They are responsible adults, older than many folks around here. (not that age and responsibility always correlate)