shiny! Is it what you'd hoped?
For the most part, yes. It's the second smoothest riding truck I've ever been in (the smoothest was the other Tundra I drove that day, but it was $1000 more and didn't have the tow package that I wanted). I also wanted 4 wheel drive, but that was another $5000 that I didn't and still don't have to spend, and I don't
need 4 wheel drive.
Nice truck, but I'm not too keen on the color. Red stands out. I take it that the truck is newer than 2004?
Yeah, I didn't really want a red one, but in my price range and equipped like I needed, it's what they had. And it has grown on me. Had I gotten a different color, I couldn't call it "The Big Red Beast". And yes, it's newer than 2004. It's a 2011 model.
Check this out-
http://tacoma-upgrade.com/2009/06/info-on-the-19955-through-2004-toyota-tacoma-frame-recall-for-rust.html
Now that's a costly recall!!!!
That is a very costly recall. I was considering picking up a dedicated 4x4 pickup to bash around on the trails and in the mud holes with in a couple of years and the Tacoma was on the short list. I may have to re-think that...
Sweet truck! The dog in the picture looked like an excellent deterrent as well.
Which dog? The black one is sharp as tacks and faster than a speeding bullet (and he hates possums, new people and kids). The brown one is about as sharp as a bag of wet hair and doesn't know "come here" from "sic 'em!" (she is a sweetheart, though).
In the coming months I'll be trading in my Toyota Corolla for a truck. Still researching makes and models but the Tundra is on my short list.
The Tundra is a great truck. Toyota has declared on multiple occasions that they intentionally overengineered it, and I believe them. It does sit higher than most half-ton trucks, so if you get or test drive one, be prepared for that.
