New to Tacoma World... Old Tacoma Owner

Greetings from upstate NY!

Bought my my first Toyota truck prior to the Tacoma era. It was a used 1989 Pickup 6cyl MT Access Cab. Since then I've owned a 2001 4cyl MT Access Cab and 2012 4cyl MT Access Cab. All of them were superb vehicles.

Last year I decided I needed more horsepower to pull my travel trailer. After hours and hours of reading TW threads about all the problems with the 3rd gen I almost gave up on the Tacoma. I started considering other manufacturers. They seemed to have issues also. Loyalty won out even after I test drove a Tacoma that appeared to have the vibration @2200rpm. I bought a 2016 AT DCLB SR5. I would have preferred the MT, but wouldn't have gotten one from the factory in time for summer camping. After ~15K miles I've seen no signs of the 3rd gen problems and have no regrets with the purchase, although I do miss the MT.

 

Congrats on your new ride.

 

Nice new ride. I currently have a 1st gen and also had a 93 pre-taco...

 

Welcome!

 

I ran the pre-taco until the body looked like Swiss cheese from the salted upstate NY winter roads. I think it had 200K when I sold it to a friend and he ran it a few more years. It finally succumbed to the rust. We never had any major issues with it. Just routine maintenance. Toyota had me hooked with that one.

 

Welcome to the TW,nice truck

 

Welcome To Tacoma World