Crash safety of older Tacoma

@Karpaasi - You’ve probably seen this recent thread by now. Good to know how well the Taco held up. Maybe not so much the need to go bigger, but going to a newer Taco has many safety improvements.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/thank-god-for-the-8-airbags.833937/

 

@CB350G, holy sh*t, I hadn't seen that thread. Thanks for posting it! Yep, definitely considering moving to something new. Maybe bigger, maybe not. Just hard to let go of a truck that's been so awesome.

 

My 2000 Explorer had side airbags in the front seats.

 

In a Tacoma

 

No doubt that a heavier vehicle will be safer...for the person in the heavier vehicle. Good luck with the PTSD. Just remember you can only fix you and not other people. After I was rear-ended in an accident 20 years ago, I still am bothered by nearly every random driver who I am positive will blow their airbags if I hit the brakes. I follow at a distance extra big for the idiots behind me.