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Here ya go. Get the Nissan Frontier with 4 doors. This is my truck, my brother has the 4 door we love these trucks.

Toyota V6 TRD, manual if they are still available.

I have had several Toyota 4x4 pickups over the years, a neighbor has the Wife's old Camry, last time I asked he had about 270K on it.

Seems like Nissans are always cheaper than Toyotas. For the price of a 4 cyl 4x4 Tacoma I can get the equivalent in a Nissan with a V6.

But.... I generally hold onto vehicles until the wheels fall off, a 270,000 mile and a 360,000 Corollas currently sitting in my driveway.

Nissans don't have the rep for holding up quite that long.

I will say I have always thought the Nissan XTerra rocked, and would be tempted to buy one if they still made it.

Not listed for 2019 or 2020,

I have driven manual transmissions my whole life, both my Corollas are stick shifts.

Prob'ly will never own another tho, my '09 Corolla might as well be an automatic because the gas pedal is electronic, which means a computer algorithm mediates between your foot and the engine. Sucks, worst of all the lack of feel between you and the motor means that sometimes it'll stall when starting from a dead stop, sometimes in situations where you absolute don't want it to stall, like pulling out into heavy fast moving traffic.

Nissans are cheaper for a reason.

You can buy a F-150 cheaper than you can buy a Ranger.
AND have a much better truck that gets just as good gas mileage. And ride MUCH BETTER. And pull MUCH BETTER.

Toyota lists a 6 speed manual for 2019 in at least the TRD.
This is kelly Blue Book.
https://www.kbb.com/car-news/2019-toyota-tacoma-quick-review/2100006047/

Also on the Toyota website, "build your own".


https://www.toyota.com/configurator/build/step/model:engine-drive-transmission/year/2020/series/tacoma/model/7559/exteriorcolor/01G3/interiorcolor/FD17

I didn't look at the 2020 models

Same thing in the 2020, I was browsing the lower trim levels (SR and SR5)

do a detailed search in these ads.......Tacoma's are big in Utah........

I've bought 3 Taco's from these ads......Fly to SLC & drive it home.....


https://cars.ksl.com/

Birdie,

My experience - get a truck. I am a few years older than you and in my experience what you will find as you age is that getting down into and up out of a seat of a lower vehicle becomes more of an issue as one ages, it's is not that it can't be done but it is a lot more comfortable to step up into a truck than it is to have to lower and raise your total body weight every time you are getting in or out of a vehicle.

With regular maintenance any new truck is going to be good for as many miles as you plan on putting on it and will more than likely last without issues. I am not in the Tacoma camp though because I am 6'2", 190 lbs and I feel cramped in them and do not like the splayed seating position. Don't get mindset into one particular brand go drive them all and decide from there.

drover

Finally got a good look at almost the exact Tacoma I’d buy, 4wd extended cab with a cap on the back.

I gotta say there ain’t much room at all in that extended cab (ya, I know.... “duh”) and while my 5’7” on a good day self could fit easily, I can see how bigger folks would have problems. All-round visibility (important while bird watching) ain’t that great either (another “duh”).

Outback would fit my lifestyle better.

Plan “C” is to just get another Corolla, with the $10,000 saved I could buy a motorcycle and/or put it towards a trip of a lifetime for me and my son and granddaughter and still have, at least officially, a 1,500lb towing capacity.

Decisions, decisions.

Taco all the way! I've had Taco's and a Tundra, great vehicles! Two guys at work have Subaru's and they are starting to have maintenance issues above 75K.

And is a much bigger PITA to park/maneuver in tight places and too wide and unmaneuverable on tight offroad trails. Both of my Rangers had over 200k on them when I sold them. They were both still running good and gave me very little grief over the many years and miles I drove them.