Is your truck your daily driver?

I was just wondering how many trucks on here are your daily driver? Mine is and that is why I have a reservation on doing a whole lot of modifications to it. Its an '05 with 56,120 miles. It is paid off and I have never really been off road b/c I don't want to break anything or smash it up.

My ideal plan would be to get a Rubicon and modify it to death and use it for offroading or should I just put money into the Taco?

 

Yes and no. My commute is walking the fifty feet from my front door to my patrol vehicle. But days when I'm not working, yes, my Tacoma is the vehicle I drive normally.

As for trail rigging your Tacoma, it's up to you. There are lots of guys on here who use their highly modded Tacoma as their DD. Don't drive like an asshat while off-roading and you won't have to worry about breaking your truck.

 

Mine is my daily driver and I've chosen my modifications carefully to maintain a good ride on pavement. I don't take it off road recreationally for that reason also, it sees some off roading but only to make it to a camping spot or because I need access to something remote for some reason or another.

 

Of course it gets DD duty: it's a Tacoma, not a Porsche...

Dan

 

I use my Tacomer as my daily driver as well as my offroad rig. Like Maticuno said, as long as you don't drive like a dummy, you should be fine off road.

 

its my second vehicle, desert truck

 

Why not do small mods? Enough to do some light off-roading but still yet keep the practicality of a DD.

 

My tacoma is my DD. Ideally it would be awesome to have a separate rig strictly for offroading, since you could make it much more offroad capable without worrying about ride comfort on road, etc. But that is if you can afford it. Otherwise, you should be fine offroading your taco, just make sure you know your limits

 

It's not the mods, it's the chance of breaking something if you wheel it. You can always say you'll take it easy, etc but if you wheel your truck and don't plan for breakage you're incredibly naive. If you can afford it, it's much better to have a dedicated trail rig modded correctly vs. a half ass modded daily driver that won't go where you really want it to off road.

 

DD, I drive 60 miles round trip daily back and forth to college. Once im out I plan to get a small car and mod the shiz out of the taco.

 

mines my DD and is slightly modded. my only problem is my tires. they suck up MPGs but they are essential to going off road lol

and i really wanna move up to 33s and that wont make it any better

 

bought it in mid January for an early birthday present and it now has over 16,000 miles on it.

 

amen! x2

 

If I only have 2 vehicles one being a motorcycle that is driven daily in good weather and the Taco for bad weather or on weekends I have my son, does the Taco count as a DD to you?

 

I drive mine daily 70 miles round trip. It will be paid off in a year and half, then I am going to retire the truck from a DD and get a car that gets at-least 30mpg as my DD.

 

DD 80 miles round trip in Seattle/Bellevue's finest traffic. I'll do some more cosmetic mods but nothing really extreme.. It will see its fair share of forest service roads, snow, ice etc. Occasionally some really deep snow but that's about it. No rock crawling and no deep mud/water.

New grill
Black lower valance
Billies at 1.75" up front
TSB Rear
Some interior mods
Hood scoop added

Next up is some 265's to replace the 245's and wheels.

 

Daily driver. Got my $300 -400 monthly gas bill to prove it!! I drive between 75km (50miles) back & forth to work every day. On the bright side it's a open highway commute. No traffic!

 

dd but drive my bike most the summer... not that my taco has anything amzing done to it. just bout it 6 months ago

 

My 2005 AC TRD is my daily. I will be doing very few and mild mods. Like differential breather relocation, DIY AUX on the stock head unit, BHLM, DTLR, maybe elocker skid. I am not messing with the suspension, I can't lift it, because I need easy access to my toolbox and bed, since I use them every day, higher off ground it is, the harder is to get to the bed and toolbox.

 

Monday - Saturday for a total of about 5 miles round trip.