Fascinating post. Unfortunately, it’s also in violation of the rules of conduct around here. Please review the Registration Agreement and the FAQ regarding rules, guidelines and etiquette for reference, particularly as they pertain to insulting other posters.
Then please consider whether reviving a five-year-old thread to argue with posters who may not even be around any longer makes sense.
Some of those reviews could be helpful. I’m surprised there are so many bad reviews on a Toyota.
2001 reviews are a lot better for some reason.
Looking into it, the 2000 was the very first model. So I guess that one would have more bugs. But did they institute and changes from 2000 to 2001?
EDIT: Crap this thread is 5 years old.
Philster’s post #4 almost certainly. Which isn’t my experience at all. Toyota is one of the best brands out there.
I might consider a Tacoma for my next vehicle. The Tundra’s mileage is the main point against it.
The only major revision was the 2007 to current model year.
Mrs. L.A. has a 2000 Tacoma Extended Cab she bought new. She loves it. She had it repainted in its original colour a couple of years ago, as Toyota’s red seems to be prone to fading. Her truck has a four-cylinder engine and a five-speed standard transmission. She bought the undercoating because she was living in Washington (does again now, of course) and wanted to protect it from the wet. She had the bed sprayed with ‘Rhino’-type coating to protect it. She’s put a little over 100,000 miles on it since she bought it.
She had two squawks about the truck. She had trouble getting up gravel roads on hills, and driving in snow, because the stock-type tires didn’t grip well. Last year she bought beefier tires and that is no longer a problem. The other thing is the gas mileage, which is about 24 mpg. She has a heavy foot, so that might be a factor. The four-cylinder engine mightn’t be the best choice for freeway driving. I know my six-cylinder Cherokee got better mileage than a former coworker’s four-cylinder Wrangler because he was thrashing his engine on the freeway and the Cherokee’s engine was just loafing. That said, I personally like the four-cylinder/five-speed combination in Toyota trucks. Dad’s Hilux had a four-speed. (It got about 20 mpg.)
Mrs. L.A. bought a 2010 RAV4 recently as her work vehicle. Nice car. More practical than the Tacoma or Jeep for her job. And she wants to keep her Tacoma pristine.
If the Tundra is anything like the Tacoma, it’s a great vehicle. Too big for my tastes though. (And the new Tacomas look as big as the Tundra. Hate 'em.)