OUCH!!!!this hurts..bad review

http://autos.yahoo.com/news/video-toyota-tacoma-fine-workhorse-lousy-family-vehicle-190000498.html

 

The truth hurts.

 

Sometimes u gotta make sacrifices to get what u want. I knew what I was getting into, but went ahead and bought the tacoma just cuz I wanted it

 

Hmm,

The Tacoma is spartan - check.
The Tacoma back seat is not great - check.
The Tacoma is great offroad - check.

Nothing we didn't know. Not a word about reliability, or longevity, or resale value.

The Tacoma is not for everyone - check.

 

Good.

If you want a family vehicle buy a fucking minivan.

 

yea, I hear Prius got low score in the off road tests also. Corolla scored low in towing. Or maybe CR could just stop testing vehicles out of their intended role.

CR is going to turn Tacoma in to OSHA for head bumping damage to a running 2 year olds as the door entry might be too high for them to crawl up..

 

It made more sense for me to buy a 20-30k truck for commuting as sometimes I need the bed and sometimes I don't. Kill two birds with one stone. No reason to buy a 15k commuter and a 15k truck, double the insurance less reliability blah blah.

The problem arises when people compare the Tacoma to 50k-60k trucks, obviously they aren't in the same league but show me a better mid size truck than the Tacoma in the same price range.

 

How much has the price changed in those 8 years?

 

Mine works great as fam hauler. 3 kids nonetheless.

 

But that's how you make money...

 

I think gen 2 is open ended, no last year. Simple math, good sales = why change. Gen1 went for 9 yrs iirc.

 

long stopping distances? I thought the Tacoma was best in its class?

 

YEAH BUT IT'S LONGER THAN CARS!

CARS CARS CARS! NONE OF THESE TRUCKS BEHAVE LIKE CARS!

Consumer reports is useless unless you need a suburban appliance. Not that that's a problem - 95% of the vehicle-owning public needs exactly that. My point is, I'm glad my truck doesn't behave like the goddam Camry.

 

if just one car stops 60-0 in 75' then the truck must be nay sayed

 

It's a truck.. too many people nowadays buy trucks and expect a luxury car.

 

Agreed

My Boss bought a 2013 Ram Sport, it's a bloody minivan on the inside. Nice but not for me and I like reliability.

 

while getting out of their test BMW they said "The Tacoma drives like a truck" Go figure! If I wanted something that drove like a car I would buy a chevy truck all loaded with leather and heated seats!

 

Good, maybe it'll drop the price of the 2nd gens and make my truck more valuable.

 

This is why you should be happy and push for other automakers to make a good mid size truck. Healthy competition = better product for the consumer.