Gfenza89
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- First Name
- Gary
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- Jan 19, 2023
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- Location
- Pennsylvania
- Vehicle(s)
- 2022 tacoma sr5
Why did you buy it….
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Not sure what else to say except for these seem like discoveries and gripes about stuff we had figured out well before making the purchase, and from testing the competition with plenty of alternatives.First time Tacoma owner - I have the 4th gen sr5 double cab with 6 foot bed and I’m trying to love it but I hate it. So many things don’t make sense to me…
14 cup holders?
No (usable) interior storage - cubbies around gear shifter - shelf in front of passenger seat - door storage - all require tiny hands to slide in and grab anything with just fingertips - then the “secret” storage which is a aptly named because it’s a mystery to me as to what it’s for
Serious lag in acceleration - feels like it’s stuck in quicksand
full gas tank = only 289 miles
18 mpg not ideal
No unlock button on tailgate
Center console is very shallow for some reason as seems to be plenty of room to go deeper
Door lock lag - I can hit the button (indent) on door handle and sometimes locks right away, other times I’m several steps away and grabbing for the key fob before the button registers - sometimes it doesn’t lock at all
CarPlay/infotainment glitches - changes music source or turns off
Wireless charging barely keeps phone at starting battery level due to CarPlay and gps use
Manual seats on a 45k vehicle?
I know some of it is cosmetic but for the price I’m seriously disappointed in this truck. The answer I get for these things is along the lines of “new engine” or “new design” but regardless I don’t get why people love these trucks so much. Maybe it will grow on me but at just over 2,000 miles I’m ready to take the hit and get something else.
Anyone have anything to help talk me off the ledge?
That is something to keep in mind, because retained value in Toyota trucks is amazing.If history repeats itself, even if we paid a little more for another Toyota we'll more than get it back in a few or many years.
Our Toyota car and two vans had fantastic resale premium in addition to few problems just like our 4x4 experience. If each time was paying $1000 - $3000 more up front, the resale with overall lack of problems was like getting $3000 to $10,000+ payback. None of 5 Toyotas has had the $ up to thousands of expenses in 9 to 22 year spans of age.That is something to keep in mind, because retained value in Toyota trucks is amazing.
I drove a nicely equipped Tundra for almost 14 years and finally traded it on my Tacoma. The trade price was over 50% of what I originally paid, and Tacomas have always held their value better than even Tundras.
We tested other pickups, wagons, SUVs, and several makes for almost two years before getting the gen4 Tacoma. While the interior might look unconventional, we found it has storage and works well.Serious question here, what are people storing in there cars or trucks that requires more storage space?
I know my wife always has a trunk full of clothes "going to get donated"
Get a tonneau cover or shell and you'll have lots of space.