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No faults at this point.
This truck is very well built, feels solid, handles well, and rides smooth and quiet on the highway.
So far the gas mileage surpasses the window sticker. The 2.7 four cyl.doesn't pull like my 03 Silverado's V8 did, but on the highway I can cruise over any speed limit plus laugh at the gas pump.
If I need speed I have an 04 Mustang Cobra in the garage, but this truck is almost as much fun to drive.
Smooth and quiet... are you sure you really have a TACOMA??
You'll miss your Silverado once the Tacoma's suspension jars all the fillings out of your teeth.
Smart move trading in that piece of junk for a real truck. You'll love the Tacoma, and it rides better than a Silverado too.
The Silverado rides much better than a Tacoma. I can't imagine anyone trading backwards except for gas mileage. Its costs more and you get what you pay for as well. The Tacoma is not even a full size truck and too spartan.
Uh... A Toyota Tacoma is DEFINITELY not a real truck, especially next to a Silverado. HELLO! It doesn't even have a V8! There is absolutely NO comparison between the two. We once carried over 2 and 1/2 tons of gravel in our 3/4 ton Chevy pickup, without any problems. Find ANY Toyota Tacoma that can do that, and you'll have a REAL truck.
A guy at work has a 2004 Tacoma, and is very proud of it. I don't know why, because it has no power, won't go up a hill without downshifting two gears, and he needs to give it gas until the engine roars before it has enough power to shift to the next gear.
At idle, it feels and sounds like a Toro 2-cycle lawnmower, making the whole cab shake. Not to mention that the cab is cramped and your arms or legs are always bumping into something, and he goes through a set of tires every 20,000 miles. If this is what people think makes Toyota so great, I will have to admit that I just don't get it.
There surely is no comparison. Pull into any garage in the country and ask any mechanic how many Toyota's he works on every week, and how many Chevrolet's he works on every week. The answer is very few Toyota's and MANY Chevy's. I'm sure that somebody pretending to be a mechanic will try to say otherwise, but it just isn't true. Yeah, if you're going to overload your truck with gravel, buy a Silverado. So what? How often do you really need to haul two and half tons of anything? I don't need a v-8, and with the mileage being close to twice as good as a Silverado, whenever I need gravel, I'll have it DELIVERED in a dumptruck, thereby not ruining my own truck, and being much further ahead with money than if I bought a truck with a v-8 to drive everywhere, just in case I ever want to haul gravel. And I don't know where you guys come up with this stuff about Tacoma's riding badly. Do they ride stiffer than a Chevy? Yes. But to me, that is what a truck is supposed to ride like, not a Bonneville. And that stiffer ride lets you feel how tightly and precisely built a Tacoma is. Not so with the Chevy. It feels sloppy because it is sloppy.
Maybe, somehow, I don't need a v-8 engine? Maybe, just the 6 cyl engine will do me well? Maybe I don't need a full size pickup. Maybe, too, I like the ride of my Tacoma.
My friend has a 98 silverado, and for all the money he payed for it, he's put well over $1000 in repares after 1 month. The truck was maintaned well, so you can't blame it on that. Now back to my tacoma. It's a 2000 with the v6 engine and auto trans. Its given me no problems as of yet, except new shocks and I upgraded the stero.
My tacoma has surprisingly good get-up-and-go. And when you give that v-8 gas, your burning a gallon or more of fuel, compared to maybe half a gallon or less from my Tacoma. And I'll be laughing at the junkyard when your silverado comes in there, years before my Tacoma. So, maybe the $6000 more "for the name" is worth it. But, who knows, some people I guess like GM, but I don't. I had a 96 Grand am, and it was a pile of junk, literally. Maybe the owner didn't maintain it right, or maybe it was just me. But everytime I got on the highway something wold go wrong. I went through hell just to keep it running.
The Tacoma is my second vehicle due to it being a mix of snow and summer here in Canada) I needed a 4wd and no, I didn't need a "real truck."
If you call a anything with a v8 engine a real truck, I guess our definitions differ dramaticly, because my definition of a good truck is:
Good suspention. what are you guys talking about the Tacoma doesn't have teeth jarring suspention, unless your just a critic (i know
, you are)
good fuel comsumption
oh, btw, it can tow a 14 foot boat with a 50 horse honda on it.
When I'm using a truck, why do I need all that power. I mean if your towing a lot of things, sure it'd be nice. But man, if you're not towing anything, why use all the fuel!
When you have a v8 engine, especially in a truck you might as well own a gas station.
Everyone talks about how good a v8 is. Of course, they are millionaires who can afford gas, paying bills and all that fun stuff.
Truth is, with a v8 and all the driving I do, I can't.
If you can afford a Silverado you can afford gas. I just drove mine from the northeast down to Florida and back. Its very roomy, comfortable and if you set the cruise it's a very nice long distance cruiser. I have found that both in full size cars and full size trucks they hold up better, are more versatile are safer in an accident and you get out relaxed and comfortable. I would rather drive my 50,000 miles in each new truck with comfort and have everything I would ever want in a pickup at all times. I do tow and sometimes use the full load capacity and still its comfortable. I cannot see thrift coming before 100% usability.
Where do Toyota owners get the idea that V-8 powered trucks get so much worse gas mileage than 6 banger Tacoma's? I have a Ram Hemi, 5.7 liters, 345hp, and I get 16 to 17mpg out of nearly every tank full. My driving is almost all highway, with the cruise set. I would be willing to bet that you get only 18 to 20mpg, best case, out of the Tacoma 6 banger. So, to argue how great a difference there is in mpg is not valid.
There is NO WAY that a 5.7 Hemi gets only 2 m.p.g. less than my v-6 Tacoma. My last truck was a Dodge with a 318, which I owned for 90,000 miles, and it never got better than 14-16 m.p.g, city/highway. OK, MAYBE a little better than that if I nursed it on the highway. I can run my Tacoma like a racecar and it NEVER gets worse than 22 m.p.g. city, and at least 25 m.p.g. if I take it easy on the highway. I think that is definitely a valid argument. That's a huge difference in gas mileage.
The Toyota owner laughing in the junkyard (probably seeking out parts for his old vehicle) may in fact see one of my earlier domestic trucks someday probably the one in which I had a cassette player and my 2006 has a Bose soundsystem and Onstar. I cannot stand driving an old vehicle. My 1980 Celica hatchback I thought was pretty when it was new and probably still runs, but in 2006 it isn't winning any admiration or styling awards from me now.
The issue I have on this review is an individual with a hot late model Mustang Cobra in the garage is not going to run out and be concerned about economy and a 4 cyl truck. Gas is not even a factor and laughing at fuel pumps seems totally unlikely. If the poster also had a Ford Lightning maybe. A Cobra and a Toyota?
The new 5.7 Hemi would surprise you. Because of the variable displacement system (MDS), which doesn't run all 8 cylinders unless the computer says you need the extra power, the 5.7 Hemi is rated at 17 city/25 highway.
You do not get 25mpg out of your 6-banger Tacoma. Typical though of a Toyota owner, having to make up numbers to make themselves feel better about paying so much and getting so little. I have had many 6-banger trucks in my life, and none of them ever got 25mpg. Oh, and you definitely do not drive down hill every mile with the truck in neutral!