Manual transmission Fan Club and BS thread (All Generations Welcome)

Love mine, honestly find this auto no different than the 07. Hope she lasts. I’m happy.

 

I drove my buddies 19 auto and it drove excellent, and i do not like slush boxes. Dont really know what most of these people are talking about.

Its aisin, im sure it will last for a long time with no problems.

 

I absolutely love it and it is only getting better with age. I had a bit of worry after buying and reading threads on here. It was the height of the 3rd Gen woes. A couple small mods and a TSB later, I am totally content.

With OVT, I honestly think that the 3.5l is on par with the 4.0l for low end torque. Just some bad software from Toyota. Up top, no comparison. When looking at used 2nd Gens, I was surprised how winded it was up top.

I only had a couple minor issues that I fixed easily at home. It wasn't worth the wait at the dealer for warranty.

I fully expect to have this thing for at least the next 15yrs.

 

Yep, just priced them both on the Toyota.ca website, both A/T to be "fair". I was shocked.

 

Yeah the auto bashing on here has been taken to a whole new level.

I’m with you, if can get 15 of 20 out of this thing I will be very very happy.

 

I guess its because taco is so popular, they know bros will buy it at any price.

 

I test drove a few Tundra’s and they were like $2000 more than my Taco. I friggen loved them but I really don’t need that much truck. I love the old mini trucks, started in an S10

 

Gas mileage is also not the best. Like 40% more.

 

The only thing that i can think of to make my truck super perfect, would be 6ft bed.

 

That’s a pretty big factor too haha.

 

@Superdave1.0 did you find a skewp yet?

 

No, but the same guy I jack for that, I'm using his parts for the manual swap into my Long Bed.

 

Long beds look off, but that's just me.

 

Im getting a fucking expensive alarm with 24 hr surveilance for my truck tomorrow.

 

60k and use it off road. Wheeling to 200 mile back country trips. Love it. Best of my three Tacomas I've owned. 2006-2011-2017.
Mt-at-mt.

If all trucks were brand new in mint condition, I'd still take the 2017

Midsize to full size prices aren't all that different anymore. The real issue is all small trucks are well over $30k, which is nuts.


I'm sure the 2020 guys love hearing I paid $31.7 for my 17 offroad haha

 

With stock wheels and tires they do yes, once you install slightly bigger tire and neg offset wheels i think it looks good.

 

Midsize to full size prices aren't all that different anymore. The real issue is all small trucks are well over $30k, which is nuts.


I'm sure the 2020 guys love hearing I paid $31.7 for my 17 offroad haha[/QUOTE]

Nice, i paid 39500 for my sport...

Pro wouldve been close to 60k here.

 

Maybe. It also might look better as an access cab, which is pretty rare to see around here in a 3G.

 

Same here, AC is very rare.

 

Was $42 in NH. Almost did, but knew I'd be ripping the suspension apart and it wouldn't work for me.