What did you drive before Tacoma?

1993 VW Jetta GL
1994 VW Jetta GL
2008 VW Rabbit
2006 Toyota Tacoma Sport DC Long bed
2016 Toyota Tacoma Sport DC Long bed

 

2007 Ford F150 xlt extended cab 4x4
I like the gas mileage much better with the Tacoma!

 

All of them since 2013:
- 2004 Subaru Impreza 2.5rs ( fun car before I totalled it)

- 2004 Subaru WRX Wagon ( sold due to it having too many problems)

- 1999 Toyota Tacoma RWD XtraCab 5 Spd. (sold to move from California to Texas and one of the vehicles I regret selling)

- 1991 Toyota Pick Up Single Cab RWD (First vehicle I purchased when I first arrived to Texas. Father in law wanted to buy it off me 3 months later since he was car less. He ended up wrecking it less than a year later. Another vehicle i regret letting go of)

- 2001 Toyota Tacoma XtraCab 4wd OR (Purchased after selling my '91 Pick Up to my father-in-law. Then sold a few months later to purchase the car I've always wanted down below)

- 2005 Subaru WRX Sti (Dream Car)

- 2018 Forester XT (Leased for wife to drive)

Present Day:

- 2019 Tacoma TRD OR DCSB 4x4 (Talked wife into trading in Forester for it, under the condition that my wife gets to keep the '05 STi and I have to drive her everywhere in the Taco. In it for the long run with this one.)

- 2005 Subaru WRX Sti (Currently still have and don't plan on ever getting rid of it lol. Belongs to wife now and she doesn't let me drive it anymore haha)

Maybe I have a problem, at least that's what my wife tells me

 

Pretty sure this is everything I've owned and driven, not counting the wife's vehicles.

63/65/68 VW Baja bug (different parts from different years)
62 Ford Falcon
74 Plymouth Satellite
87 Chivy S-10
74 Jeep Cherokee
84 Honda Magna motorcycle
74 International Scout
69 Ford Mustang
74 Jeep Cherokee
74 Plymouth Roadrunner
90-something Honda Civic
02 Jeep Wrangler (still have it)
98 Harley Sportster
14 Ford Mustang (miss it)
18 Tacoma

 

I drove a 2010 Nissan Rogue that had around 85000 miles but the CV Axles were destroyed. That horrible transmission still haunts me to this day.

 

'94 Mazda Protoge
'87 Pontiac Fiero
'96 Ford Crown Vic
'01 Ford Crown Vic

 

The crisis mobile in between the '14 and current Taco's


And late 90's


And my first ride at 16 (early 90's)

 

1981 Datsun pickup M/T*
1979 Suburu Wagon M/T*
1989 Toyota Celica M/T
1994 Geo Tracker M/T *
1999 Honda Passport A/T
2007 Suzuki SX4 M/T *

* marks the ones that were the most fun to operate for one reason or another.
- The Datsun was more of a beast then they got credit for. Not a trailer hauler for sure, but one heck of a utility vehicle with no frills.
- The Suburu was a college venture. Went 50/50 with my roommate. You could change the front axel in under 10 minutes and parts were easy to pull in any yard. Had a stock crank under the mat in the back hatch to lift or lower 2”.
- Geo Tracker is a rebadged Samurai so enough said. Spacers on the wheels, removable hard top, 2” lift. It could go pretty much anywhere and was narrow enough to get me into some fun trouble.
- Suzuki SX4 was the most fun I have had in a hatchback. It wasn’t all powerful, it was entirely capable. Snowstorms traveling to Whistler (before the Olympic road improvements), Steven’s pass in winter, pulled a few out of ditches with it. It ate up dirt roads for lunch. Sold to a friend when I bought the Taco, who only intended it as a gap vehicle until he got settled, they loved it so much they kept it 2+ years.

 

Have had a weird run of vehicles lately. Traded in a 2017 VW GTI for the Tacoma, and traded in a 2016 Shelby GT350 for the GTI before that, and bought a 2017 GT350 somewhere in the middle there for good measure.

 

2017 C43

 

2008 Tacoma 2WD single cab...and a 2016 Mustang GT was my other toy. Before those a bagged Dodge single cab dually i built.

 

My cars since 1998 when I started driving...

1976 Chevy Nova
1982 Toyota Corolla
1985 Buick Regal
1993 Chevy Camaro Z28
1995 Toyota 4Runner
2001 Toyota Tacoma
2005 Toyota 4Runner
2008 BMW M3
2017 Toyota 4Runner TRDP
2013 BMW M5
2019 Toyota Tacoma TRD OR

 

That S550 was a fun car. One of my favorites, just couldn't make it work. I missed having a truck and didn't want both.

 

1998 Toyota 4runner SR5
2007 Honda Civic LX
2015 Honda Civic Ex
2017 Honda Civic Sport Touring Hatchback
2018 Honda Accord Sport 1.5T 6-speed

... As you can see, I was a Honda person for awhile, but now I'm back to Toyota and I'm lovin' it!

 

1969 Super Beetle
1986 Chevy Celebrity Eurosport
1985 Mercedes E260
1992? Ford Tempo GL, briefly
1998 Mazda B2500 2wd
2009 Honda Fit
2006 Infiniti M350 Sport
I liked the ease and affordability of self-repair on the VW, the turning radius and long lasting interior of the Mercedes, the utility of the Mazda, which I kept for 19 years, the totally awesome versatility and MPGs of the Honda, and the comfort and look of the Infiniti. I use my vehicles, though, so the Fit and my trucks remain my favorites.

 

I had an old Frontier.

 

2014 Subaru Forester XT. It's too bad Subaru doesn't make the turbo models anymore.

 

2005 Dodge Dakota Quad Cab from 2008-2019. Good truck. Motor and tranny were solid. Never an issue. Lots of brake and suspension issues. Drove S-10s before that.

 

From first to most recent

1995 Nissan Quest (facepalm)
1998 Honda Civic
2002 F150 Custom 4X4 5spd 4.6L
2008 Honda Fit (I did NOT fit in it)
2007 Ford Fusion SEL
2016 Toyota Corolla Special Edition Sport

And now, after four years without a truck... My beautiful 2015 Toyota Tacoma 4x4 2.7L Base Access Cab

 

The last good year for the forester XT was 2008 in my opinion. Had the option of both a manual and turbo.