Friday June 19th, 2020. I gone and done a thing.

Good evening ladies and gentlemen. Today is a day of sadness and of joy, for I said goodbye to an excellent friend and hello to a new one.

It was not an easy decision, but I have sold my beloved Tacoma. It was a classic case of "it's not you, it's me". I thoroughly enjoyed my 2017, but the last year or so my left knee has been giving me trouble and daily driving a stick has become something that pains me even though I prefer it.

I could've bought an auto commuter but with a wedding in the works as well as plans to further my education, tapping into the equity I've built into the Tacoma and eliminating my monthly payment was enticing.

So after months of hemming and hawing, and a couple months of looking, today I drove to the next state to pick up this new squeeze:


It was hard to say goodbye to my taco, I may or may not have blasted this as I drove away, tears in my eyes
https://youtu.be/1SiylvmFI_8
As the late great Vonnegut once wrote, so it goes.

TL;DR sold my taco, bought a 4runner. Still plan on wasting time on TW.

 

Congrats. I’m planning on buying one for a DD in a few months.

 

Thanks, it'll make a great dd, the 2.5hr drive home it just ate up the miles.

 

You have literally hurt me more than words can express. Right now, I am in the anger stage. So what I want to know is, HOW DARE YOU


We loved the same truck!

 

I mean, I still love that truck, I just don't own it anymore. I would've liked another Tacoma but it wouldn't be the same for me without the 2TR and 5spd.

Take all the time you need in the anger stage, it's my favorite stage of grief

 

Also I thought of this on the way home, I laugh way harder at my own jokes than I have any right to lmao.

 

That is how the 2015 chebby Colorado done me when I pulled out to pass someone. 1st time I pulled out to pass in the 2016 Tacoma SR5, 2.7 I liked to had a head on collision.

 

Everyone thank roctaco for the amazing Friday.

 

Tacomaworld is the one thing we're capable of perceiving that transcends dimensions of time and space.

 

I do miss the ‘05 V8 runner. Damn that thing was so fun to drive on the curves out in the country. The ‘19 is nice but if it only had the V8 in it.

 

My next ride will be a TRD 4x4.

 

Did you buy a Highlander? Really?

 

that's a 4runner....

 

Hahaha my buddy didn't waste any time with the soccer mom jokes.

 

( quoted an snipped) ... but the last year or so my left knee has been giving me trouble and daily driving a stick has become something that pains me even though I prefer it... ( end snip and quote)

Two years ago, after 40 years of driving and LOVING a stick, my knees finally demanded that I wimp out and go back to an auto.

 

Are your kids really named cooper and tanner

 

Didn't know Toyota put sliding doors on 4-Runner's.

 

Definitely a bummer as I love driving manual, I'll buy another one once I can swing a second fun vehicle. Wish I got as long as you, I'm only 31 and trying to save my knees while I still can.