3rd gen tacoma is a dog

My first Toyota had a 20r. Man I miss that regular cab truck! Round headlights and all...

 

I’ve got 97k on mine with e rated 33’s and full armor have been giving it the beans since day one and my trans doesn’t whine as loud as you .

 

I was so excited when I got my first V6 pickup. A 95 Hardbody. 150 hp. That thing was wicked.fast!!

 

Admittedly all those old Japanese trucks didn't weight much and were geared low. So power wasn't as crucial. But still....most were under 100 hp. I remember when the 3.0 came out and we were all like...."wow, 150hp!". But in reality it was much of an improvement. We used to call them the "3 point slow".

 

Gears

 

My dream car was the 1985 Mustang GT with a whopping 210 HP 5.0 LOL

 

One of the first vehicles I learned to drive in was a 1997 Ford F350 7.3l Power Stroke. That thing could pull three Chevys on a trailer up a hill doing 80 and get 19mpg while doing it. It was also a full size truck with a large diesel. I don't expect that out of my small pickup I use to haul a motorcycle, lumber, or camping supplies.

 

They did have some torque though

 

3/60 air conditioning. Open all three windows and drive 60mph.

There was something so fun about such simple, versitle pickups.

 

Yeah Toyota trucks have always been slow. Even the tundra isn’t fast . It’s just not slow.

 

I miss those simple trucks. My '86 B2000 had nothing but the optional rear bumper. My '89 B2200 had A/C and sliding rear window. I thought I had "arrived".

 

Right?!? And the stupid shit I did in those trucks. My 88 Hardbody spent a good percentage of it's life airborne.

Of course it blew the head gasket at 120k miles... But that was considered normal for that D21 motor.

 

Truck is fine, i rev mine out to red line. Pulls nicely. Want something faster? Trade it in for a trx or a raptor..

Ohh thats right, they are to expensive.

 

My '86 B had no radio. I went down to Western Auto and bought that $19.99 Spark-o-matic AM/FM cassette radio/2 speaker deal. I was living the dream!

 

Someday.... Someday I was gonna have one of those green glowy alpine stereos with the pop off face plate!

 

That was way out of my league!

 

Oh, I never actually got one either. Hahaha.

 

Haha, I couldn't afford one either! I had to go to the stereo show at the downtown convention center, and buy a Swap-meet-Louie knockoff,,,,, boy I thought I was cool,,,, I'm sure looked like super Dbag carrying my shitty stereo with me. Hahaha

I had a 1982 4x4 with the 22r, had to draft trucks on the highway to get above 60-65,,,, that's no booshit too!