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I have a confession to make. I've owned my '07 RL for 3 years, it's never given me a problem. But I'm one of those car people that's always looking around for something better. So as much as I like my RL, a few months ago I got it in my head that I wanted to get a different truck. I'm also one of those car people that really likes driving stick, I've been driving sticks off and on for 20 years.
So I test drove a used Tacoma. Yes, I know that's heresy around here, but it was a crew cab stick shift, and I had to know how it stacked up. I had high hopes for it. They wanted almost $30K for it with 40K miles on it. I bought my RL with 40K miles for $17K 3+ years ago.
Driving the Taco put it all in perspective. For those of you who don't know, it drives ROUGH. As in, like a real truck, which since I'm not a contractor and don't use my RL to work, is not a good thing. The Toyota bucks around on the road, the stick did not make it particularly more fun to drive, it was not particularly fast, and the interior quality looked like cheap plastic garbage compared to the RL. It felt stripped down and cheap.
So I learned something that day. As much as I liked my RL before, I know now just how special, how well made, how great it is to drive compared to the competition.
I guess Tacomas are great if they fit what you want, but I think they're super overhyped and incredibly overpriced for what they actually deliver. Just my two cents.
Ridgelines, ROLL OUT!
So I test drove a used Tacoma. Yes, I know that's heresy around here, but it was a crew cab stick shift, and I had to know how it stacked up. I had high hopes for it. They wanted almost $30K for it with 40K miles on it. I bought my RL with 40K miles for $17K 3+ years ago.
Driving the Taco put it all in perspective. For those of you who don't know, it drives ROUGH. As in, like a real truck, which since I'm not a contractor and don't use my RL to work, is not a good thing. The Toyota bucks around on the road, the stick did not make it particularly more fun to drive, it was not particularly fast, and the interior quality looked like cheap plastic garbage compared to the RL. It felt stripped down and cheap.
So I learned something that day. As much as I liked my RL before, I know now just how special, how well made, how great it is to drive compared to the competition.
I guess Tacomas are great if they fit what you want, but I think they're super overhyped and incredibly overpriced for what they actually deliver. Just my two cents.
Ridgelines, ROLL OUT!