hope your frame doesnt rot....its getting to be pretty common on those trucks.

 

lol see this is what the guy needs to hear, the problems he may be looking at with his new economy minded pickup.
but u know whats sad? my friends 98 taco v6 almost weighs in stock the same as a 97 f150... little more than 1k lbs... heavy little trucks imo

 

The Tacoma is an AWESOME truck. It'll last you forever.

I have multiple friends with them, all beat them to crap. One of them has one that has 368k miles on the original tranny, engine, and drivetrain. pretty insane. Good luck with it.

 

the gutless 22R is irritable to me. it makes crap for power but damn, it'll run three trucks into the ground before it dies.

 

you know what they say about a Tacoma...

They are just like a tampon








Every "t"ussy has one !!!

na, nothing against it, hope ya like ur little taco !

 

Yeah I like it so far, parking is a breeze now haha. The rust issuse so far is just the 95 to 00. Nobody knows if toyota is going to extend it out to 04 since the change frames or coating or something. I want to take it out and get it dirty but it the street tires that got put on it won't do so well. I mean I wish I had even ATs so I can take it out. Hopefully soon I can get some tires and go to lakeland or ocala.

 

I live in Ocala.

You could buy your tires from me.

 

you work at a tire shop? On that since moving to the Orlando area I have noticed quit a few USED tire shops I just thought that was alittle werid.

 

if you dont mind me asking, what did you get for the f150 being gas is so high now? new truck is nice looking

 

They gave me 9500 for it. I wish I could have seen the guys face when he cranked it up and noticed there wasn't a muffler just pipes!! haha

 

03fx4f150, i went from an 04 fx4 supercrew to an 08 trd off road tacoma 4x4 with the 4.0 v6 and i have been damn impressed. on the first full tank of gas i got 18.1 mpg all city. the truck rides smoother than my f150 did and it feels faster, but that may be because it is a smaller truck. just like you this truck is better for ME right now. Dont let anybody tell you what you have right now is a bad truck becuase it isnt. i loved my f150, and im sure ill own another one someday after i get out of school, but the tacoma has taken its place suprisingly well and i have no regrets on going midsize.

 

Yeah I work at Sears Auto Center. Only new tires here

 

Man seeing those pics was like dejavu I too bought a Tacoma when I started school. The only difference between mine and yours was I had a step side bed. I was very happy with my Tacoma. I pulled a 16' trailer with two commercial mowers every weekend with that truck for two years and had no problems. I now drive a 99 4.6L 150 and I get 14 to 16 mpg highway the Tacoma would get up to 22 on the freeway(and that was with 31x10.5x15's).

To give you an idea of how tough these "Tacos" are... I drove from Nashville to Atlanta (about 280 miles) the entire trip I was in 4H averaging 90+ mph in the pouring rain (family member emergency). There is no way in hell I would trust my 99F150 truck to do that. Not to metion I didn't have to stop for gas.

 

Toyota; Official truck of the Taliban.

 

That's a damn good price. I couldn't get that for my truck. It's an 06 with 29K on it. Perfect in nearly every way (minus a wreck I've yet to take care of..)