Just bought my first truck! Used to drive a 97' Chevy blazer that was ragged out, had bad wipers, no a/c, and terrible headlights... this is an 08' tacoma! Pretty happy with it, only thing is its not a 4 wheel drive.

 

Nice truck, take care of it and it will last a long long time

 

Well done young man! 

Spiffy!

It has enough doors to accommodate the whole gang 

 

Roger

Sweet ~

Drive Safe

A-Jay

Gorgeous truck!  No 4wd?  Just stay out of that red Georgia clay!  I'm jealous, a Suburban (4WD) is as close as I have come to owning a truck.

Nice truck man! I can't wait until I get my first truck. I'm only 14 though. That won't stop me from fishing!!!

 Do you have a boat? Sadly I have a boat but nothing to pull it.

Tomorrow I'll show you some pics.

1 hour ago, Sittin there reelin em in said:

 Do you have a boat? Sadly I have a boat but nothing to pull it.

 

Yeah I've got an old Lowe 15ft aluminum with a 25hp mercury but it needs some work and is broke down at the moment ?

really nice ride man!

very nice!

 

 

Nice truck, you just left half of it behind.

Not four wheel drive.  That's like buying a car with a little extra towing capacity. 

In 1967 I bought my first truck, 1966 4WD Bronco.  I couldn't even visualize buying one that was not.  50 years later, I've always owned a truck and still could not imagine buying one that's not.  Actually have two now, 93 Toyota 4WD and the 2001 Silverado 2500HD 4WD.

 

I guess that was just part of my upbringings and being a south GA redneck.  Back then, half the roads you drove on were red clay, even the one in front of the house.  Want to really learn how to drive, get on some red clay roads after it has rained a few days.

3 hours ago, Way2slow said:

Nice truck, you just left half of it behind.

Not four wheel drive.  That's like buying a car with a little extra towing capacity. 

In 1967 I bought my first truck, 1966 4WD Bronco.  I couldn't even visualize buying one that was not.  50 years later, I've always owned a truck and still could not imagine buying one that's not.  Actually have two now, 93 Toyota 4WD and the 2001 Silverado 2500HD 4WD.

 

I guess that was just part of my upbringings and being a south GA redneck.  Back then, half the roads you drove on were red clay, even the one in front of the house.  Want to really learn how to drive, get on some red clay roads after it has rained a few days.

I could have spent a few extra thousand on a 4wd tacoma but I decided not too... because I never use it, my blazer had 4wd and half the horsepower my new truck has and I never used the 4wd and it got up and down our dirt roads and back roads fine.. it's one of those things that yeah I'd love to have it but I didn't have the extra money to fork out on a 4wd tacoma.

Load the back up with some sand bags!

Really sharp

Congrats on the truck C&G. I know what you're saying about the expense of a 4wd truck. I've owned 2 trucks and both were 2wd. Never had a problem through all the winter storms. I just kept good tires on the truck and put some snow in the bed and everything is fine. 

Nice truck. It looks like it's really been taken care of. 

Sweet looking truck. If you don't have to worry about snow and ice where you live 4x4 isn't an issue and you'll save yourself tons of money in fuel consumption. RWD trucks are terrible in slick stuff though, without weight in the back or chains.

Very nice looking truck. Since you live where snow and ice aren't an issue, the no 4WD probably isn't as big of an issue as it would be here. Take good care of it and it will be a good truck for you for many years. 

Congrats. May you have many fun years in that truck.

 

 

4WD is probably based on your life style.  I fish multi-species, red horse suckers, bream, catfish, bass, hybrids, stripers, white bass etc (not much of a crappie fisherman).  I fish, and launch boats in places a lot of people would never dream of.  Several of the places I go through cow pastures and woods, and launch off the side of the bank.  Which launching it with 2WD wouldn't be a problem, getting it back out would be.  Of course, just getting the boat to them sometimes would be difficult without 4WD.

 

I also quail hunt and do it from the truck.  I'm riding the fields while the dogs are hunting and may cover 20-30 miles off road, through the woods and everything else doing this.  I drive through a lot of places I wouldn't even try to walk through. 

 

Now, I may also go a couple of years and never take it out of 2WD, but when you need it, it's worth it's weight in gold.  The main thing with 4WD is you try not to use it, because if you are using it and get in trouble, your screwed.  If you are using 2WD and get in trouble, you can generally use the 4WD to get out.  It only takes one bad situation to make it worth every penny it cost extra to get it.  

I do a lot of stuff that increases my odds of getting into a bad situation, but sometimes just not thinking can cause major problems.  We were striper fishing one winter and it started sleeting, but we kept fishing because they were biting good.  When it finally got too dangerous to move around in the boat because of the heavy layer of ice on everything, we called it quits and headed to the ramp.  Well, dummy me didn't think about if it was sleeting on the lake, it was sleeting on the ramp and there was a nice layer of ice completely covering it.  Ever tried to pull 3,200 pounds of boat and trailer a couple hundred feet up a 20 degree, iced over incline.  Even with 4WD and positive traction front and rear, it's not easy.  For a while, it looked like I was going to have to use the winch (another great tool to have).

Congrats! Good truck! I had a Tacoma for 9 years and it never did give me any problems. It was not 4wd either. Didn't miss the 4wd either.

Toyota. Solid brand. Got a 2003 Tundra, myself.

Enjoy and drive safely, @Catch and Grease.