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Hello Gentlemen;
I've been lurking around the forum for weeks, and I learned a lot. I had nothing to say until now. I just bought a 2009 Tacoma Sport with 22,000 miles in nearly perfect condition. On Friday, I flew from Colorado to Phoenix, AZ and picked up the truck. I drove to Flagstaff, took a room and woke up at 3:30 in the morning yesterday and drove North on 89 through the Painted Desert, to the 160 through Black Mesa. It was 21 degrees with a stiff wind and pitch black the whole way; I had a storm to beat. The sun finally rose on me in Monument Valley at 6:05 a.m. It felt like dawn would never come. I continued through 191 through Moab and hooked up to I-70 East and home.
Now I know what you guys are talking about. It's like the old Harley-Davidson mantra: "If I have to explain, you wouldn't understand." Tacomas are amazing rigs. I was getting between 18 and 21.6 mpg going pretty fast. The truck handles and feels brilliant on the road. I ran a couple of dirt roads in Monument Valley; it was enough to feel the truck is "true". And last night, after my 700 mile trip, I felt like going for a little drive. But I kind of passed out instead.
I made it home before Storm #1, and tomorrow comes Storm #2 so I've been on the threads re: snow tires. And I bought an Owner's Manual on ebay last night. But one issue I have is the truck only came with one key; it is not the electronic key, and I don't have the code for it. What do I do about that?

 

COngrats on a beautiful truck and Welcome... and good luck with the key problem

 

Greetings from San Diego and welcome to Tacoma World.
As far as the key, call the stealership and ask. The code is probably attached to the VIN.

 

welcome to TW, Nice taco

 

Nice, you traveled through my neighborhood. I am a native of Tuba City, a place I call 'Dust Bowl City' aka home.

Congrats on purchasing a Tacoma. Welcome to TW.

 

great 1st post and story Space Cowboy. Welcome

 

Welcome to TW!

 

welcome to tw!

 

Now you need to just take off those mud flaps

 

Thanks for the welcome, and the advice. OK, mudflaps: gone.