Are these cars made of bubblegum?

Gotta have something to do lol

 

Because I can sell it for a premium to someone like the OP after 17 years of abuse that would have put most other mid sized trucks that were available at the time I bought the Tacoma into a salvage yard.

 

Every vehicle sold today is a compromise of numerous things. Toyotas are engineered very well to keep rolling you down the road, but the tradeoff is that they did go thin/cheap on certain areas compared to domestic light trucks. This is called "meeting a price point" and every manufacturer does it differently.

 

What he said^^^ Fiat/Jeep does it with engines and drivetrains and transmissions and body panel fitment and windscreen leaks and................

Know what FiatJeep means in Itallian?

 

HaHaHaHa

 

No love for Hubba Bubba? Shame on you!!

This is true. GM did it with the engine in my old Colorado and felt it normal to have a major failure at 4.5 years and 70K.

Fiat stands for

Fix
It
Again
Tony

 

Jeep - just empty every pocket

 

Just Enough Essential Parts

Oh I forgot Fiat, Fix It All Today

 

Wow, so much Jeep hate on Toyota forum.

 

I don't hate em, I just fix em


A lot

 

Fix It Again Tony!

 

just jealous of the offroad capability

 

Yeah, Tacoma just can't beat Jeep's off-road capability.

They are also very slow on freeways, because hood vibrating above 80 mph.

 

Is my calendar incorrect? It says Wednesday. These threads are only allowed on Friday.

 

What? No plans of doing a pentastar swap?
You know you want too.

 

They're not trying to

 

Sorry i missed the memo on that. Guess ill log off until then…

 

Well played. Take your free internet point.

 

Dunno, my 2014 AC holds together fine when I peg the speed limiter at 106

 

These 2nd gen tacomas do have some problems that we all compensate for (if we use our truck as a truck)

Shitty factory suspension on the early 2nd gens (most of us dont care, because we want to customize anyway)
the tailgate cant handle much weight because it is built very light weight (i ripped mine off and made a solid steel one)
The frame does not have a good rust preventative coating (get some cans of fluid film and soak the whole frame once a year)
the 05-06 had a potential head gasket leak (this can be a big deal)

i'm sure others can chime in with some minor gripes, but generally, the Tacoma is a very long lasting truck (with normal maintanence)
How many 10+ year old Tacos do you see everywhere? I see 20 year old Tacos all the time.