How many Yotas have you owned or planned on owning?

This Tacoma is my first Toyota and I am very happy, wish I'd bought one sooner. I will definitely look at more Toyotas in the future, but really it depends how the rest of my life plays out and what category I'm shopping. E.g. if I need a full-size pickup, I would probably get a Silverado because there are too many things I don't like about the Tundra. When I eventually sell the Corvette, I might get a Supra or newer Camaro. Or I might end up in a Highlander, Lexus GS/Camry, or maybe even a Prius *gasp*... I'm nearly 50 and for the very first time I am seriously thinking about retirement.

 

Later in life no one ever said, "I wish I had spent more time at work . . ."

Be All You Can Be: Retire Early !

 

This is my 1st Tacoma and I am hoping to get 15 years out of it (4 1/2 so far) and then buy another one...or a 4Runner and have that one last me until I die

 

1. ‘87 Wagonvan camper conversion that was stripped and back to cargo dust when it came to me in Flushing, Queens

2. ‘91 Previa N/A that I got for $1 after the seller fried the fusable link in the driveway by switching the jumper cables up. Oops. It was going to be $500.

3. ‘95 Previa SC from my friend’s brother in law. Never drove and ran as sweetly as my $1 truck.

[3.1. Was ready to go last week, cash in hand for a ‘93 Previa 2wd NA with aftermarket rims etc. (not my style) in the Bronx. Title still had lien printed on it and I could not trust the bank paperwork he had with it.]

[3.2. My buddy offered his Previa two days ago for $500. Needs flywheel.]

4. The Tacoma I came home with yesterday.
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Clearly I’m a Previa fan. Amazing engineering. 10’ dimensional lumber? No problem. 4x8 sheets? No problem. 300,000 miles? No problem. Camping? Kids? Christmas trees? 7 people? My double bass? No problem. Parking in tight spaces? No problem. Accessory driveshaft? Problem. Oh well.

Always wanted a first gen MR2.

 

1971 Corolla 4-speed, 1st new car purchase. Payment: $45 p/month
1983 Pick-up 4x4 long bed manual
1986 4-Runner manual
2006 Tacoma AC 4x4 TRD OR Auto

 

I have personally owned three toyotas. A 1989 toyota supra was given to me by my uncle when I turned 16 and I sold it to purchase a 2000 4runner that I drove for 10 years. I now drive a 2017 Tacoma. We just bought my wife a rav4 so I guess I have owned 4 toyotas. I am not sure if I will ever own another brand of vehicle again. Between my 4runner and taco I purchased a f150 that both the engine and transmission failed at 70k miles. Warranty replaced both and then I traded it in on my taco. Toyota for life!

 

1974 Corolla
1975 Celica
2011 Tacoma
2017 Rav4 SE

 

In order

1980 4x4 pickup
1985 4x4 4Runner
2010 4x4 Tacoma
1988 4x4 4Runner SAS’d
1985 2wd pickup 1-ton
1996 4x4 Tacoma
2018 4Runner TRD OR
2018 Tacoma TRD OR
Currently searching for another 1st Gen pickup

 

Only 3 Toyotas but 25 years of reliable, trouble-free ownership!

1987 4x4 Van
1991 MR2
2006 Tacoma DCLB 4x4

 

1982 4X4 Long bed
1999 4X4 Tacoma Ext. Cab
2019 4X4 Tacoma DC
Wife prefers her 2010 Lexus IS-350
Toyota’s for life.

 

72 Toyota Carina
94 Toyota celica
94 4x4 pickup
02 Tundra
02 corolla
08 FJ Cruiser
09 4x4 Tacoma A/C
13 Toyota Scion FRS
17 Camry hybrid
19 C-HR

 

So I have been driving Toyota Trucks since 1983. Two months back I just picked up my 9th Toyota truck. Here is my family tree of Toyota trucks.


1983 Toyota Truck 4 Cyl




1988 4-Runner 4 Cyl with removable topper
1989 4-Runner 4 Cyl(white one in background) -My company vehicle at the time





1993 T-100 Longbox 6 Cyl Manual




1995 Tacoma Extra Cab 4 Cyl Manual




2000 Tacoma 6 Cyl Manual





2003 Tacoma Step-side 6 Cyl Manual




2011 Tacoma TRD Sport Double Cab - Manual




2019 Tacoma TRD Sport Double Cab- Manual

 

Had a 94 Truck, but it was killed by a semi in 2008. I immediately went Tacoma shopping when I got home. Bought my 2008 the following weekend, and it still drives like it did the day I drove it off the lot. When it dies, I'm buying another...

 

72 Corolla 1200
76 Corolla 1600
78 Corolla Wagon
2000 Sienna
possible in the near future: Tacoma SR Access Cab 4x4.

Updated: 2020 Tacoma SX ACLB 4x4

 

72 Hilux
83 SR5 LB
84 SR5 LB
94 SR5 V6
96 Taco
07 Taco

 

1st- 2010 SR5 Tacoma (sold)
2nd- 87 fj60 (with a 4.3 Vortec, 5spd, OME lift)
3rd- 2019 TRD OR

Would love to have a fj45 and a late eighties to early nineties Celica GT4 rally car.

 

I've got a few in the garage right now and have had 3 other 4Runners and another pickup.

 

95.5 Taco reg cab
2004 Taco reg cab
2007 Taco DC
2015 Taco AC
2000 Taco reg cab

 

84 4x4 XtraCab Pickup
86 4Runner
90 4x4 DX Pickup
04 Tacoma TRD DCSB
15 4x4 Tacoma DCSB

 

The list of what I have owned and still own

1986 - Toyota 4WD pickup std cab
1990 - Toyota Corolla
1993 - Toyota 2WD pickup std cab
1995 - Toyota Camry
2001 - Toyota Tacoma 4WD Access Cab TRD OR, still own 343,xxx miles and still going strong
2009 - Toyota Sienna, still own wife's car 201,xxx miles and still going
2017 - Toyota Camry, daughter's car but in my name
2018 - Toyota Tacoma TRD OR DCSB V6 AT, 19,700 miles, the '01 is my daily driver

I have had a few Toyota's over the years, all of them with the exception of the 2017 and '18 ran well over 100,000 miles each with no problems which is probably the biggest reason I have stayed with them for so long.