2015 Tacoma one week review

[CT8]

Originally Posted By: Cadenza
I've got a 2013 with the 5 speed auto and it has been 100% reliable.
You may want to change out those Dunlops (the one weak link) but I have no complaints otherwise. Nice color.
Not very old Come back at 250,000 miles or more to test the reliability. I have a 1996 Tacoma it runs like a new truck although it has only 93,000 miles and has been properly maintained. I Am in the market for a new truck either a tacoma 4 cyl maybe a 6 although I am not sure or maybe a Ford F150 with the 2.7 6 cyl although the voice inside my head says never buy a first year vehicle.

 

[jimbrewer]

My bottom of the line f150 doesn't have a temp gauge either. I'd say be glad for the steel wheels. Alloys are a theft magnet. You can always replace them if the steel wheels start looking bad.

There's manual transmission and then there is manual transmission. Toyota is one that always had a good "feel." I'm envious. Not envious of the mpg, though. A Tacoma ought to beat out a Ford by at least 3-4 mpg.

Toyota must be absolutely coining money with these things.There's really nothing like it and they crank them out by the hundreds without having to discount.

 

[dblshock]

if the 2016 mpg is up I'd bite on a access cab 4x4..hate to dump my Highlander but need to climb a 250ft snow covered driveway at the cabin. Cabin is in a river basin so then it's a 1/4 mile uphill out..storm rolls in it's a problem, could be days to see a county plow.

Only issue is my 28k miles per yr.

 

[Ausfahrt]

Originally Posted By: buster
How is the transmission?


The transmission is great. The hard part for me is remembering that reverse is upper left and not bottom right like the Civic that I have been driving for the last decade or so.

My thoughts regarding some of the other recent comments....

-Rust. I thought that was a problem with earlier first gen Tacomas of 1995-2004 or so.
-Longevity. That is one of the main reasons that I bought a last year 2nd gen Taco.
-Pricing. You can get $10k off of sticker on Laramies and King Ranches but that just means that they were overpriced to begin with.
-MPG. The new 2016s will surely get better gas mileage, everything is a tradeoff.

 

[JetStar]

Nice truck, I have a 2010 same engine with auto trans. Has never been back to the dealer since I drove it off the lot new in 2010. I have two outstanding recalls, one for the brake override re-flash, one for the seat belt retractor bolts in the rear doors. I really don't want to go in for those two things.

 

[thunderfog]

Originally Posted By: bigdreama
Originally Posted By: buster
How is the transmission?


The transmission is great. The hard part for me is remembering that reverse is upper left and not bottom right like the Civic that I have been driving for the last decade or so.

My thoughts regarding some of the other recent comments....

-Rust. I thought that was a problem with earlier first gen Tacomas of 1995-2004 or so.
-Longevity. That is one of the main reasons that I bought a last year 2nd gen Taco.
-Pricing. You can get $10k off of sticker on Laramies and King Ranches but that just means that they were overpriced to begin with.
-MPG. The new 2016s will surely get better gas mileage, everything is a tradeoff.


The rust hit the 2nd gens. as well, but I think it's been resolved now.

The Tacoma world is losing their minds over the fact that Tacoma has not come out with engine specs. yet for the 3rd gen.