You’re telling me. I just bought the 24 Tacoma with manual transmission. It drives great. Prices won’t be coming down any time soon.
Manual Transmission in 2024?...
Wow....that’s awesome. I didn’t even know you could get a manual for them anymore.
Did you have to pay extra for it?
These are the last vehicles we will buy unless truck prices come down. We kept and maintained two older cars until this year, one my daughter uses until she can save money for a car. We junked her vehicle when the cost of upkeep exceeded its value. That occurred after 15 years and 300K miles. The body was sold for good money, and the rest of the car was junk. We would have kept the vehicles, but the cost of repairs, like everything, has skyrocketed.
With the I-Force motor? Good luck, and I mean that sincerely. I hope it proves to be a great engine. They're hot looking design upgrades, and weren't bad looking to begin with.
I don't trust the new technology. Just more things to go wrong. My Fj's are 10 and 15 years old respectively. The Tundra is new for me - 2019 - with a 5.7 v8 which is not good on gas. Neither are the FJ's, but they are dependable as they were made in Japan. The Tundra was made in Texas before Covid. We'll see how she holds up.
Nissan still puts an old timey v6 in their new Frontiers, but surrounded it all in a vast sea of technology such that I've heard horror stories of the computer systems just crashing and leaving folks stranded. Shame. Good looking truck.