Do strangers compliment your stock (ish) truck?

I think we may be neighbors sir! Is that plaza in Lewisburg, PA?

 

I do

and when I do, I respond



That's my d***

 

Taco envy. Some say (taco drivers) it's the highest form of flattery.

 

Where is the line drawn between stock-ish and modified? A lift ?

 

Hard to say. I would say "stock" all oem parts minus tires. "Stock-ish" does it still look like it rolled off the lot...I guess.

 

Feels like if the truck has things only another Taco owner would notice, it's "stock-ish."

Meso turn signals? Stock-ish.

Chrome delete? Stock-ish.

Different tires? You guessed it: stock-ish.

 

Other than rock sliders and a TRD emblem I added to the grille my truck is stock and I get compliments.

One of my coworkers calls it 'her truck' and says she wishes she would've gotten a Tacoma instead of her Audi.

 

Yessir!

 

Too funny!

 

They Do! It's mostly Jeep Folks, but yep they do.

 

44 years of driving with many nice vehicles and I get more compliments with the Tacoma than any other, almost all of the Calvary Blue color.

 

Yup, just spit out a little coffee laughing at this!

Also wanted to add that whenever my wife drives my old FJ or the taco (or when she had a convertible), she's the one who gets all the attention. Guys would be waving at her to give her the thumbs up, or hanging their damn keys out the window at her and stuff. lol

 

Probably lifted and huge tires more than a size over stock ? In todays world (modified) doesn't mean engine upgrades.

 

I was at a local state park recently getting ready to do some hiking and a nice couple about my same age approached me and complimented my truck. They were considering buying a 4WD Taco and wanted to know if they could take a closer look at mine. The wife / girlfriend was smoking hot and had one of the nicest caboose's I have ever seen on a woman, so I was more than happy to give her a quick tour!

 

This is seriously a......"pictures or it didn't happen post" hahaha. Would've been nice to see said caboose! I'm always making decisions based on stuff like that instead of my brains.

 

Tacos are more of a boomer magnet than anything.

 

I get compliments on the blue crush color quite often. They want to know if it is supposed to be blue or purple. My coworker calls it "blurple".

 

Completely stock (for now), but I do get compliments on the color (AG) - could just be the rarity of that color here (only seen a few in the Springs) and proximity to a few bases/installations (seems to be mostly AF and military that notice it).

 

I do get compliments on mine sometimes. It's usually at places like the car wash or at the state park campgrounds. My truck is only an SR5 4x4. I don't have a lot of mods.
265/75R16 tires.
diode dynamics fogs
AVS hood and rain guards
hard trifold tonneau cover
tinted windows.

I think the Cement paint color, the dark charcoal stock wheels and black out emblems that does it. Lots of the comments are about how that all looks together, of course I agree with them.


I used to be not so open to talking to strangers and showing my vehicle off to people but over a decade of owning that oddball Diesel Liberty I got used to it. I'd get questions about that all the time. It kind of helped me to be a bit more outgoing and friendly than I was used to being. I don't mind at all now.

 

My wife's 2022 T4R gets a lot of compliments. My Taco gets a few, but it's not stock-ish anymore.