Re: Need Help!
Jim,
I see you have gotten a lot or feedback on your question of Rigde VS Taco. Can you stand one more? I went the opposite way. I had a 2004 Toyota Tacoma "Taco", 4 dr (crew cab), pre-runner, 2wd model. It was a great truck, served me well and saved me in a crash. But, the Taco was a base line truck. 4.3 v6, 2wd, straight line drive train (engine on the long axis to the rear end via drive shaft), belt driven clutch type radiator fan, the standard P/U build for a century. The Taco had no, and I mean no frills. Cruise and A/C are not frills. It had all manual seats, cloth interior, AM/FM/CD, that was it! It road like a tank and people would not ride in it because to be blunt, their arses hurt afterwards! Cramped would be the best way to describe the interior. Yeah it had 4 doors, if you could call the back ones doors. Great for kids, not for adults. Also, I do a lot of camping with the boy scouts and the Taco had to be going at least 65 to make it through anything close to mud. I got stuck in my front yard one time after a good rain! New, the Taco set me back almost 23 grand! The Ridge is light years ahead of the Taco. My 08 RTL has everything and more than the Taco, plus the ride and comfort (and the 4WD) are superior to anything Toyota makes. Gas mileage in the Taco was a dead 17 city, 18 Hwy, never better. My 08 Ridge gets 16 in the city and 19 on the road and it only has 800 miles on it so it should improve. The new Ridge cost me 25k even out the door (traded the Taco in on it)! I have to pinch myself sometimes!
Hands down the Ridge!
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