|
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 5,134
Campfire Tracker
|
OP
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 5,134 |
Been thinking about picking up a new truck. Don't do anything that requires full size and this was sitting at a local dealer. Test drove it on Thursday and it was still there on Monday so I went ahead and brought it home. 2011 Tacoma PreRunner the TRD Sport and Convenience package and yada yada yada. Not real high miles at 61,000. Previous owner dressed it up quite a bit. First thing I'll be doing is selling the cap and putting part of the funds towards some decent step tubes. Anyone have a decent feel for used truck cap prices? Other than that it will stay as is at least until I get the first winter under its belt. Those of you already in the Taco Club - anything to look out for or be aware of?
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 86,252 Likes: 25
Campfire Oracle
|
Campfire Oracle
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 86,252 Likes: 25 |
Dat's purty. You'll like it.
Mine is a '95 when they were mini trucks. Love it.
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli
American by birth; Alaskan by choice. --ironbender
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 12,569 Likes: 8
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 12,569 Likes: 8 |
I'd go with "sliders" instead of step tubes.
Same function, but provide more protection for the frame.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 14,408
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 14,408 |
those caps are mighty handy. i'd keep it if i was you. it doesn't detract from the looks at all.
My diploma is a DD214
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 13,234
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 13,234 |
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 7,732
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 7,732 |
Love the black on black look, referred to as "murdered out" by today's youth.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2012
Posts: 18,243
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Sep 2012
Posts: 18,243 |
Welcome to the club.
I'd leave it as is unless you need to haul big stuff.
That looks like a Yakima rack on the topper. If it is, there's all manner of handy accessories available.
The topper and rack we're well over a grand. You'll be lucky to get half that in the classifieds.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 45,202 Likes: 18
Campfire 'Bwana
|
Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 45,202 Likes: 18 |
Welcome to the club.
I'd leave it as is unless you need to haul big stuff.
That looks like a Yakima rack on the topper. If it is, there's all manner of handy accessories available.
The topper and rack we're well over a grand. You'll be lucky to get half that in the classifieds. I second the the two "keep the cap" (camper shell where I come from) folks. Mighty dry storage when needed. Can usually come off easily enough with a friend for moving fridges and such. Beautiful one you got there. DOn't know crap about 2011's but if they are like most other model years expect about 200K more on the motor and minor maintenance on other things. My 2001 purchased at 130K has 215K or so on it now and oil analysis shows all normal in the motor. Good luck with it and welcome aboard the ship Tacoma. Geno
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
member of the cabal of dysfunctional squirrels?
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 17,822
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 17,822 |
That's a very handsome ride you have there, tastefully accessorized. My BIL has a '00 Tundra that has given him excellent service, he has no plans to replace it anytime soon. Toyota's are very high quality vehicles and give many years of trouble free service, owners are very loyal to the brand. Congratulations and good luck with a really cool looking truck.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 349
Campfire Member
|
Campfire Member
Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 349 |
Looks sharp, I'm thinking more people will be going back to a mid size pick-up these days now.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2015
Posts: 3,589 Likes: 2
Campfire Tracker
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Mar 2015
Posts: 3,589 Likes: 2 |
Nice truck. I bought a 2015 Tacoma in May. My only complaint is that it doesn't have a outside thermometer or compass. I had an F-150 so I miss the size but, like you, I just didn't need a full sized truck. I also like the improved gas mileage- 21 MPG. I still haven't warmed up to the back-up camera. I bought a used Leer cap for mine and paid $500. If you're patient you should be able to get that for yours too. Caps are kind of a pain in the winter, the back window is never clean.
Wag more, bark less.
The freedoms we surrender today will be the freedoms our grandchildren will never know existed.
The men who wrote the Second Amendment didn't just finish a hunting trip, they just finished liberating a nation.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 8,514
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 8,514 |
I have some tube steps I could be talked out of.....
********************** [the member formerly known as fluffy}
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 5,134
Campfire Tracker
|
OP
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 5,134 |
I have some tube steps I could be talked out of..... Thinking more along the lines of N-Fab nerf bars...
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 3,140
Campfire Tracker
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 3,140 |
That thing on the front is called a damage multiplier. It'll get pushed into your bodywork causing even more damage.
Feel the Bern in your wallet.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2002
Posts: 33,731 Likes: 2
Campfire 'Bwana
|
Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Nov 2002
Posts: 33,731 Likes: 2 |
That thing on the front is called a damage multiplier. It'll get pushed into your bodywork causing even more damage. I have the same on my recently acquired Tundra, a close looking big brother of the OP's Taco and it will protect my truck just as it did on my last one. My chancing of hitting a deer are 1000 times greater than a hard vehicle hit. I will take the guard any day.
Conduct is the best proof of character.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 15,380
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 15,380 |
Those of you already in the Taco Club...must be some tiny sobs .I get in .....an with the seat all the way down....I see headliner....it needs a sun roof open 24/7 imo
I work harder than a ugly stripper....
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 7,941 Likes: 3
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 7,941 Likes: 3 |
Keep the cap. Use a utility trailer for anything that won't fit with the cap on it.
Most people don't really want the truth.
They just want constant reassurance that what they believe is the truth.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 20,683
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 20,683 |
Those of you already in the Taco Club...must be some tiny sobs .I get in .....an with the seat all the way down....I see headliner....it needs a sun roof open 24/7 imo yes as a matter of fact I am a little bitty guy and I certainly don't appreciate you bringing it up on an open forum where people like Isaac and Steelhead see me as being 10 ft. tall
I'm pretty certain when we sing our anthem and mention the land of the free, the original intent didn't mean cell phones, food stamps and birth control.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 53,303
Campfire Kahuna
|
Campfire Kahuna
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 53,303 |
anything to look out for or be aware of? Avoid parking in the desert southwest in high summer. GTC
Member, Clan of the Border Rats -- “Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.”- Mark Twain
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 22,274
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 22,274 |
That thing on the front is called a damage multiplier. It'll get pushed into your bodywork causing even more damage. I have the same on my recently acquired Tundra, a close looking big brother of the OP's Taco and it will protect my truck just as it did on my last one. My chancing of hitting a deer are 1000 times greater than a hard vehicle hit. I will take the guard any day. Tons of vehicles get hit by deer; the theory of the brush guard is it will prevent a deer from taking out the radiator and disabling the vehicle. One of my brother's friends hit a good sized mule deer and indeed it was still driveable afterward. Now how it would fare against a 300 lb whitetail, I don't know
"...the designer of the .270 Ingwe cartridge!..."
|
|
|
|
553 members (10Glocks, 007FJ, 06hunter59, 1234, 01Foreman400, 10gaugemag, 61 invisible),
2,479
guests, and
1,188
robots. |
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
Forums81
Topics1,192,406
Posts18,488,965
Members73,970
|
Most Online11,491 Jul 7th, 2023
|
|
|
|