GM Is Now Detroit’s Smallest Auto-Making Employer

Re:GM Is Now Detroit’s Smallest Auto-Making Employer by sh-run on Friday August 30, 2019 @12:49AM (#20836040)

I absolutely love my Tacoma. It's a 2009 4dr TRD Sport with 164,000 miles. I have no desire to 'upgrade' to something newer. My only regret is getting the short bed, I sleep in the back a few times a year and it'd be nice to not need to sleep in the diagonal.

The people I know who own the 3rd gen Tacomas seem to like them just as much as I like mine.

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Re:GM Is Now Detroit’s Smallest Auto-Making Employer by cr0sh on Friday August 30, 2019 @01:35PM (#20840690)

> My only regret is getting the short bed

This is exactly opposite for me - I want a pickup that is "short bed, standard cab" - I want a small pickup - like the original Ranger/Mazda B3000.

Sadly, due to CAFE rules I can't get that any more.

Now - what I (and many others) lusted after was something Jeep showed off as a concept vehicle: It was a short-bed version of their new Gladiator pickup.

Probably the only way that I might - might - give up my TJ. Damn, that thing looked so sweet. But again, they probably couldn't build it because of CAFE rules. So if you want the Gladiator, you have to get the 4-door. I don't like 4-door vehicles, I have no need for one. I want a 2-door pickup, standard cab, short bed - nothing less.

Either that, or give me one of these - another vehicle I can't own:

http://oxgvt.com/

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Re:GM Is Now Detroit’s Smallest Auto-Making Employer by sharkweek on Friday August 30, 2019 @01:05AM (#20836088)

I’ve got a 2000 4Runner that is still running great, but looking to switch to a truck in the next couple of years.

My thought, years ago, was to wait for the 4Runner to break down then upgrade, but I’m now starting to wonder if that’s still a few years (decades?!) off.

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Re:GM Is Now Detroit’s Smallest Auto-Making Employer by frankharv on Friday August 30, 2019 @02:58AM (#20836453)

Wow I have the 2000 RAV4 and the same opinion. 5 years ago I started thinking of buying something new but the RAV4 keeps purring. 240,xxx miles and you would never know it.

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Re:GM Is Now Detroit’s Smallest Auto-Making Employer by lotsofpulp on Friday August 30, 2019 @05:47AM (#20837125)

I’m in the same boat, so I installed a Sony CarPlay unit in, and accepted that I won’t be able to get a new car for a while.

I don’t think you can go wrong with Tacoma/4Runner/Landcruiser 70 series.

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