2004 toyota Tacoma Double Cab
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Pusahma satu
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Monday, June 11, 2018
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Toyota Tacoma Double Cab
2004 Toyota Tacoma Double Cab
2016 Toyota Tacoma TRD Off-Road Double Cab review
The similarities (to place it lightly) proceed under the skin. The wheelbase equals, as well as general size is simply a few inches better on the new vehicle. The bed is an inch deeper, but the same size. And so forth.
On the other hand, you should certainly acknowledge that Toyota had a rather darn excellent truck to start with in the outward bound Tacoma. Was it revealing its age, particularly compared with up-and-coming midsizers like the reborn Colorado and Canyon? Visually, possibly, but the Tacoma's stout supports needed improvement, not reinvention. There's plenty of advantage in the transformative strategy.
The powertrain on this particular Tacoma TRD Off-Road is round of old-- a six-speed manual transmission-- and round of new-- a scaled down 3.5-liter naturally aspirated V6. As with the larger, V8-powered Toyota Expanse, and the 2015 Tacoma before it, everything plays together with delightful, unanticipated level of smoothness. You 'd never know the engine is down half a liter, as well as there's a great deal of additional pizzazz above the 3,500 rpm mark. The six-speed is actually fun to paddle with, as well as much like the manual on the Wrangler, it seems like an excellent fit for an enthusiast-oriented vehicle.
Normally, I didn't have the opportunity to take the TRD Off-Road off-road. Point is, I really want to see exactly how it manages itself off the pavement since I've invested some time in the vehicle. I'll seek chances to do so when points heat up. And I did pack on the miles comfortably-- and take on a genuinely unpleasant slog via the season's worst ice storm to this day with confidence. The vehicle didn't so much as throw a grip control caution.
That's the day I uncovered one especially traditional element of the Tacoma: its four-wheel drive system. Forgetting to de-power the front wheels before transitioning from slushmaggedon to a completely dry, protected car park framework, I located the vehicle hauling, binding as well as-- to my humiliation-- delaying as I aimed to make a tight transformed into an auto parking spot. So you'll most definitely intend to switch it to 2WD, which you must do by hand via a console-mounted dial, prior to on-pavement handling.
Well duh, you will inform me, possibly in an insulting email. This is basic 4WD things. Real enough, but it's easy to get accustomed to the automatic 4WD establishing found on an enhancing number of trucks (including the GMC Canyon). Critics will hold this versus the Tacoma, proving that it's behind the technological contour; fans will certainly state this reinforces its hardcore off-road cred.
Wherefore it's worth, the gas economic situation approximates appear optimistic. With limited 4WD use, I returned 16.0 mpg. I wasn't precisely flogging the truck, and that included significant variety of traffic-free expressway miles.
Like the decently resculpted outside, the interior gain from a collection of somewhat refined upgrades. The ergonomics are a little wonky at first, thanks to a seat that really feels either a tad too high or a tad too near to the pedals. However the cabin does really feel fresher, more exceptional, much less oppressively plasticky.
If the Tacoma has your interest, yet the $36,630 sticker label (including faux-beadlock wheels and also other rewards will certainly boost that also further) is a stumbling block, remember that this is for the tricked-out TRD Off-Road variation. The base SR begins at $24,200, as well as the Restricted beginnings at a soaring $38,720. In between those two extremes, I'm sure you could configure the Tacoma of your dreams.