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I average 8 years for my used jalopies. Never had a car payment or a warranty. All have been on the scrapyard doorstep by the time I offloaded them. This is my first and maybe only new vehicle. I'm shooting to triple the average, so 24 years minimum, which probably puts it over 350k miles...

Tbf, so did fomoco, lol.

Just as 4th gen failing to sell, older gens crazy resales values are really short term phenomena. Reliability is the biggest driver of value holding. I see no reason at this point to think the 4th gens will be less reliable despite what the anti-turbo luddites say. The second biggest driver...

Panopticon!

Was gonna say the same.

I found this video really interesting. It looks like Toyota has been making a concerted effort to improve thermal efficiency in TNGA engines. In terms of engineering, it's a whole slew of innovations to shift the graph below to the right and increase reliability via thermal efficiency. So TNGA...

Mawr pictures! That looks awesome. I'd love to see the inside and the profile with the RTT down. Is that one where you can access the tent from the inside of the bed/shell? Beautiful truck.

Apparently you can get Android Auto apps that will work with OBD2 scanners like OBD2Link, and display real time diagnostics and metrics on that 14" bad boy.

Found the Canadians.

So I actually went and visited my local dealer today. They had about 10 Tacos and 15 Tundras. I was there last year and it was a barren wasteland. The inventory is there and I'm pretty sure the production floodgates are opening. Anyhoo, finally got in and drove a 24 OR LB and it was incredibly...

Man I've been thinking no-freaking-way on the top trims, but I don't know now with all that standard stuff on >OR. The OR I have specced is about $55k, but the TH for $8k more with all its doodads is compelling...and now I've rationalized my way from a $30k truck to $63k. Maybe if I move back in...

I'd buy a taco in a year or two if the dealer knocked about $5k off. Not sure if that's wishful thinking, but Toyota's massive scaling and the bite of interest rates might be pointing in a good direction for big inventory.

I'm starting to see just how consumeristic the whole over landing craze is. These videos are just a hokey ads masquerading as narrative journalism. It's not subtle and it's very cringe.

Just waiting in desperate anticipation for his opportunity to say he told ya so.

Oh hey, I was just there this weekend. Saw the TRD PRO up on the hill and wanted to check it out, but didn't want to die.

I need pics of the rear seats folded down. I'd read that they fold flat, for a nice platform for my doggos.

Fade cut to snow piling up on everything that's not the fiery inferno of MisterFlabby's mangled brand-new 2024 Toyota Tacoma SR. Overdub of MissusFlabby's voicemail saying she's taking junior to the playground, cut short by a scream, tires squealing, a bang. Zoom pan to MisterFlabby's lifeless...

A lot of folks are really underwhelmed by the MPGs in both the Tundra hybrid V6, and the announced Tacoma non-hybrid. The truth is gas prices aren't as compelling in the US as we pretend they are--or remember them being. Toyota knows that, and knows Americans are more inclined to base their...

Spring gas has the most potential energy thanks to Hooke's Law.

Ok, correct me if I'm wrong, but won't the taco shut off the engine if at idle with a charged battery (like other Toyota hybrids)? In that case you could just leave it running and lock the doors. An auto shut-off would ruin this, and you'd risk someone driving away if they got through the door...