Glad you are loving yours

It's called seat jackers... problem solved.

Outstanding. And such a great truck

@@appleztooranges your teuck is amazing

Orange-peel, contamination, and film build under 4-mils. But it starts every time. I may move up to an F150, more room and power, but the reliability scares me.

@@Andyshine77yeah they just had a major recall on the f150. Look into the ridgeline

@pagodad8079 I like the Ridgeline. I almost bought it over my 23 TRD. But I want a real truck now. The recall is a transmission tuning issue, so it doesn't look serious.

@@MrSwat55 yep paint was a huge disappointment for someone that offraods and rubs brush

​@SamkoWorkShop it scratches so easily it's rediculious. And flimsy panels. Any brush will destroy this truck. Anything hitting the bumpers them are junk. Paints junk. Panels junk. Do not take off-road through brush. You will regret. Junk junk junk

@HAHA.GoodMeme it usually requires forward, backwards, turn left, turn right, backwards again, then it engages. And forget about engaging it in a hole or off camber. It's toyoras biggest downfall for me. In my jeep or in a ford. Tough the button and boom, engaged

Definitely a love hate relationship ship

@@tacosan9256 outstanding! And such a great truck

Not mine! And I used the rear locker and 4 low 5 times a day the whole time I owned it. The 4x4 low engagement and the locker engagement are the worst in the industry

@SamkoWorkShop I swapped my diff fluid to redline full synthetic 75-85... maybe that's the secret?

Thanks.

and it will last you longer than just about any truck made today! You got a great one.

@briancoleman971 thank you. Glad you enjoyed it

Good to know . Thank you

@@GerryHavican thank you. And we'll said

@@danejohnson8430 outstanding! And it will probably take decades before it dies.

Thank you

I drove from nj to nc with my 21 taco sr5.. it wasn’t a comfy ride but doable. I still have it and my 4th gen compare to it is like a Lexus lol.

@@noxnyc23 Good to hear! I may look at a new truck at the end of the year. Looking hard at that Nissan Frontier or possibly Colorado Trail Boss.

In the 2021, I was OK for about 30 min rides, anything over that was rough on the old back LOL

@@PrepperDawg yep they sure did make them to last and run forever

@@PrepperDawg let us know how your experience with test driving the zr2 and frontier.. 👍🏼..

Thank you

Full size offers more room for sure

@385nol1 yep if I didn't need a truck to do what I do daily in the swamps I'd still have my tacoma. But being in and out of 4 low and engaging locker 6 to 10 times a day in the tacoma was brutal for me. Really the 4 wheel drive system is the main reason I sold it.

@@98red300 glad you enjoyed it. And tough choice between 3rd gen taco and frontier. Both are excellent

To have a decent viewing angle, you have to have the seat to max height. But everyone these days wants the seat as back and low as possible. Just not an option with this truck.

What did you replace it with?

@@mikeu.s.n.9099 2024 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon Extreme Recon

Yep it definitely has some quirks

@@mikeu.s.n.9099 2024 Jeep Rubicon XR

@Ramonperez590 glad you are enjoying the content. And yep the 3rd gen will hold solid value wise for many years to come.

@MsAce0424 great info. And love the pro4x! Yep that locking tailgate not being on the tscoma really pissed me off. I was swearing the whole time I had to install it saying how stupid it was that a trd off road team doesn't have that.

Sucks that you had issues. No truck brand is safe from issues. but appreciate the info and happy you love you jeeps!

All great trucks. But the tundra stands out as the reliably champ and offers the room you want and the quality. My 2 cents.

@@SamkoWorkShop thanks! The wife said taco😩

@@mark344 never argue with the wife

@@jimf.625 spot on. 3rd gen is now a living legend

@St.Irenaeus not really. Better to find a backroad and use the truck bed😂

@@SamkoWorkShop 😂😂😂👍🏽

@@sergekrasovski3700 great info. Thanks

Nobody gets 30 mpg out of a 3.5l, lmao. Maybe downhill for a short period

@@tacoponcho I get it on road trips Mr know it all. You have never been with me on any trip.

@@GerryHavican thousands of taco owners on the forums would disagree with you. Unless youre going 50mph behind a trailer the whole time then its not happening.

@@tacoponcho I am going to be 70 this August and I have never drank or smoked, but I suppose that you know me better than I know myself about that also.

@@GerryHavican your age is showing, since tacomas have nothing to do with what youre talking about. Youre just doing that thing old people like doing and exaggerating everything and every story.

Close to 30 years ago I read an article in an auto manufacturing magazine describing paint issues Dodge/Chrysler was having. They were getting fish-eye imperfections in the paint of newly sprayed cars and trucks. They traced it down to an issue caused by a deodorant that some if the paint line employees were wearing.

@@bruinruin591 Very true and it can take along time to find out what the problem is. We had some rubberized roll up doors in the big paint booths that did the same thing until they got enough over spray on them to cover them.

@@GerryHavican thats interesting and I did not know. Thank you

@wd8085 yep I'd rather have a 3rd gen for the proven quality

@xiaxiong9197 very nice pay day

the 'Cheapness' started 20 years ago in that Gen2 Taco

@@efil4kizum Yes, I noticed that when I switched from my 1996 1st gen Tacoma; arguably the best gen😳, to the current 3rd gen I have now. Was shaking my head at how much cheap plastic was installed on the truck and now the 4th gen is even crapier than the 3rd gen.

@@deantrainr they did much improvement to road wind engine noise on the gen2 ... I can push that gen2 4cyl AT up to 90mph and I hear no engine or trans noise whatsoever... The v6 with MT on my gen1 screams at those speeds lol

@@deantrainr and your 22 will last 20 plus years. It's one of the last great trucks

@@SamkoWorkShop I’m hoping so Jason. My only concern is that it’s made in Mexico, however I know the majority of the parts are manufactured elsewhere.

The valve noise that sounds like a diesel is the direct injection. Has regular injection and direct.Direct is very high pressure. Eight thousand pounds, or something close to that.

@@chrislewis6606 ah got it! Makes sense cause all Toyotas now have both PFI and DI thank you…

Atkinson cycle engine. They are just noisy/ticky. I've got a 2019 TRD OR with 168k. Havent had a single engine issue.

My 2020 TRD sport does this as well. As stated from others. Normal. It's our little diesel sounding 3.5 Atkinson cycle engine. One of the noisiest engines I've ever owned. It will cycle on and off at idle. With the DI/Port Injection system it will keep your valves clean. No need for walnut blasting at 100K. I'll live with the noise.

@@KayBertoss this is the last breed of the good Toyotas.. hang on to it.

All fantastic storage set ups. And agree manufacturers could find ways to implement these if they wanted to and it would be a huge benefit

@@josephmorales9625 love the pro4x

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Not sure about the leather seats. Never had the tacomas special leather

Quality is subpar

@@Old-Mule It sure is…very disappointing

It sure was. And for good reason.

@@DUNEATVThey work great

Congrats on your new Ridgeline! and for a truck thats used like a Ridgeline is, there is nothing better. More room, great reliability, awesome tailgate, great bed storage, and excellent ride

They are small in the back

It was a great truck.

@@mhkanit sucks that the taco was not good to you. I bet the colorado will be though and great deal on it

What’s wrong with built in Mexico? Toyota claims the Mexico plant has same standards as their Japanese plants.

The OTT Tune fixes the transmission.

It’s perfectly fine for daily driving

@@itsallminor6133 😂😂 tell us how you really feel

Oh my 😂😂😂😂. A little scratches won’t hurt

@@westcoastplinkin6559 I literally put a scratch on mine from a piece of a rhododendron bush sticking out. Backing a trailer through cuts close with the bushes.. Done this for years. Many vehicles.. Never had a deep scratch from it. It went through every layer paint right down to the metal. Never seen such a thing. Been backing my cars and trucks through for years. Occasionally clip the bushes. No big deal. It wasn't even off road. It was in my yard for heavens sake. The front grill and bumper move . I can move them with my hand. Cheap plastic. This truck isn't made like our old trucks where we just go through the tote roads rub "whatever". Metal bumpers. This truck ain't that. The scratch went through all the layers. From just a bush . And the truck would probably fall apart In pieces off road . Pieces falling off. . Leaving a trail of little pieces of cheap metal and cheap plastic behind. Suppose it be like bread crumbs if you were lost. Find your way back out following the truck crumb trail . Like he mentioned the y pipe and stuff hanging down under it a issue. And the 4wd is a pita to get the locker to engage. But it's more than that. It's the ENTIRE truck. It says off-road but this isn't meant for off-road . No way. You know the gm problem they'd take them through the car wash and the roof would cave in ? It's like that. These aren't meant for off-road. You'll just trash your truck. That's all you'll accomplish is you'll trash your truck. Unless you in open field then (maybe) you be okay. Anything brush, around it, over it will trash it. Anything under it will trash it. It's not like the old trucks. Weak. It's very weak. Weak paint. Weak plastic, weak panels . Fragile. It's literally fragile. Around here it's hunting logging camping stuff. Tote roads. Sorta overgrown old roads. Kinda trailish. Logging roads. Been doing this years. I've taken it down a couple easier wider ones? Did great. But generally most of them a big NO. This isn't the short box Chevy I used to run around. Definitely not the old GMC. It come back missing pieces. And you wouldn't be buffing scratches out they go through every layer. It's that bad. People say they off-road . I don't even know what they talking about? This thing didn't even make it past my rhododendron bush. The new 24 Tacoma seems no better . Already seen videos posted about the paint on that.

@@itsallminor6133Lol dude Toyotas are literally used for war.