Edmunds Review of TRD Off Road, Colorado, and Ranger

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q56mvxR77M

 

No surprises here. We tested all of them repeatedly. The biggest problem with the Ford and GM against a Tacoma (and most Tacomas) is how useless they are for bed length. The long bed Tacomas are perfect for having light truck needs without having to drive something so big.

 

That must mean the SB Tacoma is also useless. To which I totally agree.

 

I was surprised the value of the Tacoma dropped by 33%. A positive being no major issues after what I'm assuming is at least 15K miles.

 

Which just tells me never to take these professional reviews too seriously. The Ranger would be the last one I would choose. In fact I would never choose it based upon my own test drive. Compared to the Tacoma, the Ranger had uncomfortable suspension, stiff steering and brakes that must have been defective because I've never felt anything like it. I'd push the pedal halfway down and it had what seemed like normal brake pedal feedback when braking except the truck was not braking until after the halfway point when I started panicking mentally thinking I had no brakes, then it would finally slow the vehicle. I almost ran into stopped traffic ahead of me twice until I realized I had to ignore the first half of brake pedal travel and go straight down to almost bottom. Add to that the dark, cramped interior and it was a no go for me. I never checked on the Chevy after having been screwed by GM too many times.

 

I wouldn't take those numbers too seriously.

 

I blame the depreciation on the blinding orange color. Terra would have had only 3%.

 

howd they get 4,182$ in "maintenance in first year of ownership???!?!?

 

Five year numbers. Fuel = 13,500mi/yr x 5 / 21mpg x $4/gal = $13,000

 

Their number of 33% may be off slightly, but only ~5% based on your post. Still not a number I was expecting. Maybe that's the way the system works.

 

Meh - While I drive a 3G and not a 4G, the short bed size is comparable.
I like that it is more of a large dirt friendly trunk than a bed. I can get most projects done and it takes lumber, cement, mulch, fertilizer from Home Depot. It takes all of my camping gear easily. I can put the dogs (in crates and strapped down) back there and run them up the road to the vet or the groomer.

The short bed is very Suburb-Practical without being sooooo big that people look at it and ask "Hey can you help me move?" or "Hey I need to go pick up a new washer and dryer and I'm too cheap to pay the $35 delivery fee, can you go get them?"

Having the short bed means that there are plenty of other people for them to ask first and when they ask me, I know every other full size, long bed driver has told them to F-Off, so I know there is already something shady about this request. And they usually don't fight it when I say, "No can do Kemosabe. Bed too short. Especially since the last panel in my tri-fold cover doesn't lift up.

 

no their fuel calculations are separate. $13,000. fuel is not maintenance..

 

Yes, but it's five year data. Didn't know what numbers to plug in to calculate that. Seems high, especially since Toyota covers maintenance for the first two years.

Over five years/67,500 miles: 5 oil changes/tire rotations (@$100) $500, one brake job at $1,000, what else? I think all of their numbers are suspect.

 

2 sets of tires and alignment 1k each?

 

They were all close, and I don't know the time when they got or took that info in what's been a strange and fast moving market. An associate who was just looking with context of trading a short bed Colorado and wanting long bed Tacoma or F150 with turbo found any late model Tacoma more premium in the used market. He's 1200 mi away and Tacoma is a premium used item by me.