Small truck

[goof2]

Originally Posted by Trip

I bought a tacoma. It's just a little low end 4 cyl extended cab, but its all I need. I will get some pics up soon.

Nice, did you get the manual or auto trans?

[derf]

if you are gonna put your bike in there and have the tailgate down wth the back wheel on it, put a board under the wheel or you can easily crush the tailgate. I crused the tailgate of my colorado with a bike tire, now I just slide one of the ramps under it and no problem at all. And I wouldnt worry about snapping cables unless they are really in bad shape, anything that is decent shape can support a ton of wieght

[goof2]

Originally Posted by derf

if you are gonna put your bike in there and have the tailgate down wth the back wheel on it, put a board under the wheel or you can easily crush the tailgate. I crused the tailgate of my colorado with a bike tire, now I just slide one of the ramps under it and no problem at all. And I wouldnt worry about snapping cables unless they are really in bad shape, anything that is decent shape can support a ton of wieght

Damn, that sucks. I guess only the pivots on each side support the tailgate on yours too? I don't know about the Tacoma extended cab but my Frontier extended cab comes with a (sort of) long bed. It is longer than the crew cab bed anyway. The rear tire of my bike is able to sit on the bed, the back of the tire just sticks out too far when in straight to close the tailgate.

[derf]

The tire of my cbr sits dead center on the tailgate and it crushed it down about an inch.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by goof2

Nice, did you get the manual or auto trans?

auto, it's not going to be loaded or going off road, so I just stuck with ease. It's mainly a commuting/single moto truck.

[Gas Man]

Post a F'in pic... for christ sake!

[goof2]

Originally Posted by Trip

auto, it's not going to be loaded or going off road, so I just stuck with ease. It's mainly a commuting/single moto truck.

Understandable. I didn't particularly need a manual for anything but I test drove one and thought that was slow so I didn't bother looking at an even slower auto. It didn't hurt that the manual was cheaper, got better mileage, and there were more of them in stock either.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by goof2

Understandable. I didn't particularly need a manual for anything but I test drove one and thought that was slow so I didn't bother looking at an even slower auto. It didn't hurt that the manual was cheaper, got better mileage, and there were more of them in stock either.

Yeah, it's not a performance beast. It's reliable and gets 5 mpg over the Nissan which is the other one I was looking at. The Tacoma is faster than my Civic, so that's a step up for me. I wasn't really looking for all out performance. Just something to get the job done, get decent gas mileage, and not be too pricey. This one satisfies that bill.

[derf]

Seen it on fb, looks good

[Avatard]

Congrats, Trip, I hope it serves you well.