Try Before You Buy rental?

I'm coming to end of my search for a new vehicle and I want to do everything I can to avoid buyers remorse. This would be my first Tacoma. I just considered finding a rental agency that'd be a good long term test drive and saw that Toyota dealerships have a Try Before You Buy rental program. Has anyone used this or considered it? What was your experience?

 

So you’re not sold on a Tacoma and want to rent one for a few days to try it out.

Good plan. But you do not need validation from us to rent a car for a few days.

 

See if you can find a two year old truck (or so) on Turo and take it for a weekend.

One where it's been lived in and the ECM has all of it's learned values set. You can see for yourself how the plastics and upholstery have aged, how the suspension had settled, and how the engine performs after it's had some miles on it.

Then compare that against your half hour test drive of a new one.

If you want an accurate try before you buy experience, that's what I'd recommend.

 

Definitely agree. Look on Turo. I see Taco's on there all the time for a very reasonable price.

 

Thanks for the Turo suggestion. I had to look up ECM meaning and that's a great point. It'll behave differently than brand new so I'm sold on Turo.

 

Rental at dealer was also overpriced last time i looked into it. Been a few years but i doubt they changed that

 

Welcome to TW! Good luck!