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"Taco" ???

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by lickskillet, Dec 12, 2020.

  1. Dec 13, 2020 at 2:53 PM
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    BKinzey

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  2. Dec 13, 2020 at 3:35 PM
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  3. Dec 13, 2020 at 3:50 PM
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    Yep. Also known back in the day as Gas, Tires, & Oil.

    We bought our '05 Tacoma when it was new.
    Never once bothered me to hear one referred to as a Taco.
    Guess I had bigger fish to fry.....
     
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  4. Dec 13, 2020 at 3:53 PM
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    Gearheadesw

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    What's the matter with your Yota?
     
  5. Dec 13, 2020 at 4:02 PM
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    Taco, Yota, Coma, wait 'til you hear the slang term for the TRD versions....:facepalm:
     
  6. Dec 13, 2020 at 4:06 PM
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    I know I'm late to this crazy party. But what oil do you recommend for me to use in my Ota ???

    :rofl:
     
  7. Dec 13, 2020 at 6:14 PM
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    So people who do not say Tacoma are lazy? By your distorted standards maybe, Yota so thinks.

    Time to get over yourself me thinks.
     
  8. Dec 13, 2020 at 6:37 PM
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    Read it again there sparky... as a society we have become lazy with with our language. Taco away for all i care hahahahaha....
     
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    In our lazy society having a lackadaisical language is the least of my worries.
     
  11. Dec 14, 2020 at 6:44 AM
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    Mmmmm, fish Taco.
     
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    We call it "Truck".

    Wife's CRV is called "Curve".

    Daughter's TrailBlazer is called "TB".

    My motorcycle is called "CX".

    These are just nicknames or names for points of reference.

    Do you have a nickname? Your kids? Anyone you know?
     
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  13. Dec 14, 2020 at 7:20 AM
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    I wouldn't say Taco ever bothered me, but I never really cared for the nickname either.

    I prefer 'Coma, because 'Yota-'Coma rolls off easier it's smoother.

    Why?

    Because TOY-YO-TAH TA-COMB-MA is rigid, overtly formal, lacking warmth, and, without personality.
    Something-something yo'mama.

    I like my truck, we're best friends when we're not fighting, she deserves some nicknames.

    It ain't LAZY, it's LOVE !
     
  15. Dec 14, 2020 at 7:44 AM
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    The other week I drove past a building that I drive past all the time. That day I noticed a sign that said Taco Emporium. I thought that place dose not look too festive for a taco place. It was actually a tatto parlor and not a taco stand. I was surprised, excited, and disappointed all at once.
     
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    I think of 'Taco' as a kind of a nickname.
     
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  18. Dec 14, 2020 at 7:52 AM
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    yoopersteeze

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    I call mine a Sandwich, because by definition a hotdog is a taco and a taco is a sandwich.
     
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    Thanks for reminding me.....

    I sometimes refer to our Tacoma as a "trucklet".

    My avatar pic is my real truck. :thumbsup:
     
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