[Jremeee]

About a month ago I was in a pretty good wreck. Not my fault and thankfully everybody was okay. My poor Cajun Red Tintcoat Z71 is totaled. In the meantime they give me a rental to drive. When I got to enterprise I told them I wanted to rent that 2022 Tacoma TRD. I’ve never really drove a Tacoma before. To be honest I don’t see what all the hype is about! It doesn’t have remote start which is a major selling point to me. Also it doesn’t have heated seats, heated steering wheel, or back glass defroster! Needless to say I will be back in another Z71 Colorado when my check comes in!

 

[American Truck]

Glad you are okay as the truck can always be replace.
Tacoma’s are perceived by their zombie like cult following to be the best midsize truck, which is far from the truth. Just drive them back to back and read the reviews as the twins consistently come out on top. 90% of Tacoma owners never think or look outside of the box, which is why they continue to deprive themselves from driving something better.

 

[Iceman62]

Agree with @American Truck - glad you're Ok to drive another day & good luck w/ the truck replacement hunt. Keep us updated on if/when you find a replacement.

 

[ARCowboy]

About a month ago I was in a pretty good wreck. Not my fault and thankfully everybody was okay. My poor Cajun Red Tintcoat Z71 is totaled. In the meantime they give me a rental to drive. When I got to enterprise I told them I wanted to rent that 2022 Tacoma TRD. I’ve never really drove a Tacoma before. To be honest I don’t see what all the hype is about! It doesn’t have remote start which is a major selling point to me. Also it doesn’t have heated seats, heated steering wheel, or back glass defroster! Needless to say I will be back in another Z71 Colorado when my check comes in!

Question on all of our minds... is 2nd or 3rd gen Z71 Colorado for your replacement ?

 

[snowwy66]

I never thought I'd be replacing my Colorado either. Certainly not after 9 months. That truck was supposed to be my last purchase.

Now I'm truckless and considering rams or another Colorado.

Glad you're ok.
I'm still trying to recover.

 

[Jremeee]

Question on all of our minds... is 2nd or 3rd gen Z71 Colorado for your replacement ?

Most deff will be a second gen! I really want white! Plus a want at least a 2018 so I don’t have to add heated mirrors and heated steering wheel. Most of them come factory 😀

 

[Matcoman1]

Most deff will be a second gen! I really want white! Plus a want at least a 2018 so I don’t have to add heated mirrors and heated steering wheel. Most of them come factory 😀

Just a fyi.... My 2018 LT 4WD does not have either of your listed options. Do "most" come from the factory so equipped?
Oh, it's Summit White, though. 😎

 

[littleblazer]

Good luck with the search. My feeling with toyota is they do build a solid vehicle but like GM of about 20 years ago they are just riding the name (well perceived reliability) rather than trying to build what they used to... Not that it's a bad vehicle but after test driving one I felt my 04 trailblazer was a more modern vehicle...

Just a fyi.... My 2018 LT 4WD does not have either of your listed options. Do "most" come from the factory so equipped?
Oh, it's Summit White, though. 😎

I think the Z71s have those options for the most part. The 19s I looked at with Z71 trim had both those options IIRC. It could even be standard.

 

[Jremeee]

Just a fyi.... My 2018 LT 4WD does not have either of your listed options. Do "most" come from the factory so equipped?
Oh, it's Summit White, though. 😎

Almost every 18+ I seen had the heated wheel, heated mirrors, park assist, and wireless charger. I feel that the earlier 18’s didn’t come with any of these options. Also i am 100% certain that I want white this go around. I have a few picked out within about 150 miles. I am insanely peculiar so I want it to be mint condition 1 owner. Gonna be fun searching for one.

 

[Jremeee]

I never thought I'd be replacing my Colorado either. Certainly not after 9 months. That truck was supposed to be my last purchase.

Now I'm truckless and considering rams or another Colorado.

Glad you're ok.
I'm still trying to recover.

Yes I consider myself lucky. Hope you fully recover soon!

 

[Coastie05]

Yes I consider myself lucky. Hope you fully recover soon! View attachment 439866

Geez, glad you’re okay after that accident.

 

[Jremeee]

Geez, glad you’re okay after that accident.

Yes it was a pretty good hit

 

[American Truck]

Yes it was a pretty good hit

Now that’s an understatement. The Colorado protected you, performing exactly what it was designed to do. Now imagine if you were in a small vehicle that wasn’t crash worthy.

 

[American Truck]

Yes I consider myself lucky. Hope you fully recover soon! View attachment 439866

🙏

 

[Cyclewild]

Glad she did her job and you’re ok. Sorry about the loss but better the truck than you.

 

[_Montana_]

As a current Tacoma TRD OR DCSB owner with over $15k sunk into it...

Thank you for objectively looking at the Tacoma that way. A big selling point for me was how impressed everyone was with their Tacoma and the cult like following they have. Also, market value for reasons beyond me now that I am an owner of one. It's is a VERY dated design and quite frankly, nothing special. Also, if we look at where Toyota is heading especially with offered packages and current Tundra's, they are missing the mark entirely. I don't believe the "Toyota reliability".... it was a thing of the past and it stuck around the same way any big company will, like Amazon - which is pretty trashy now but still has that cult. It's the same as any vehicle now days. The 3rd gen Tacoma has TONS of faults and failures, but if you mention any of them to a Tacoma owner it's "you should have gotten this, or that..." or "this is an body on frame truck, it's not a Cadillac"... (body on rusted frame)

Why not both? Especially for the price you pay now days.

So yea, I'm jumping from my Tacoma to a Colorado and I don't care what Toyota offers next. It's kind of hard for me not to love a Chevy, or even a FORD truck... I never really cared much for Toyota anything other than the Supra I had in Germany (bought that right side drive automatic single turbo 2JZ for 13,000 euro!)... and even then it was a short lived experience because it was too costly to convert into US spec stuff and I basically bought it as a post deployment toy for ze autobahn. But as far as trucks go, it's just a cult like marketing following - nothing more, nothing less. They have their failures same as any other vehicle but if you are speaking objectively from 2019 and beyond - they have been dated for a while. I could go on an on an on with things I was shocked to learn after ownership, but it's not worth it. You pretty much nailed it from an outside perspective because even if those are small things, they add up, and beyond a certain number the math starts looking kind of negative.

 

[new colorado 55]

Happy to see that everyone's ok Sad that truck is totaled but they make them crumple like that so the outcome for the people is safer. Now you gotta find a truck there lots out there get on line "find a used Colorado plug in year cab 2WD 4WD miles etc something will come up not like the old day's LOL

 

[snowwy66]

The problem is.

What you want is hard to find.

No one wants an actual truck that can actually haul anything these days.

6 feet is bad enough. But 5 feet. WTF?

 

[HAASF1]

Why not order a new gen Colorado? They look to be the best mid-sized truck on the market.

 

[jerry455]

My 18 Z71 did not have a heated wheel, I installed one, but it came with about everything else I wanted. I have since converted to the Boost towing mirrors, from the factory heated ones and have put 65,000+ miles on and still love my truck.