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Hi tacomaworld,

After much resistance, my wife finally talked me into ending my chain of beater dd cars with something new. I just picked up a 2016 TRD Offroad with a double cab and 6MT. So far, i am absolutely loving it! here are my impressions of the new rig so far

The good:
~SAVE THE MANUALS!!! (I think all torque converters should be brutally tortured and destroyed)
~Will live forever. (as proven by the countless examples the news has shown me in war battered countries all over the world)
~surprisingly fun to drive
~Can haul my sports cars and motorcycles without breaking a sweat
~Interior space and comfort that the wife wants for our family
~Just found out how seriously capable offroad it is

The bad:
~gas mileage (I know it is a truck. I will get used to it. I am just used to cars like my 2010 TDi sportwagen)
~sucks at stopping in the snow. (I will fix that with snow tires next year)
~Strange dips in the torque curve. I would love to hash it out with the powertrain engineering group at Toyota to figure out why the hell they ruined the torque curve with their tuning. The engine is a beautiful piece of hardware that has been strangled (likely by emissions requirements) to be less than it was optimally designed for.

Anyways, i look forward to learning more about my new truck from this forum. I will be sure to share my adventures and modifications with this beautiful rig.

Cheers,
Jared

Only at ~350 miles and took it to the beach for sand play:

 

Welcome to TW! hopefully you'll learn what you want and more here.

 

Welcome to the club!

 

Nice truck! Welcome to TW.

 

Congrats on your new Tacoma and welcome!

 

Congrats and Welcome to TW!!