The big, fat Tacoma

Park a Tacoma and a Tundra side by side and tell me the difference...

I don't like them anymore, either.

Yeah, the Japanese haven't yet managed to build a better oversized, overpriced, road-hogging, gas-wasting vehicle than we Americans

;-)

Natalie

Just think, you can haul the contents of Craig and Katie's rooms away, too..... Be sure to get a hazmat permit..

You can stuff the kids in back so they can help load/unload..

Would you rather have a GM/Ford/Chrysler vehicle? Or worse, a KIA???

It does tend to help see over obstacles, but I don't like it either.

Step 1 to cornering: Reduce speed below 90.

Seriously, vehicles built high-up tend to be like that... You really do have to slow down....

?!? What's wrong with the gear shifting? Is it a "shifter location" or a "the way the tranny works" problem? Is it a column or floor shifter?

Sounds like they need to do some maintenance on their rentals. If it's guzzling gas like THAT, then there's something wrong. Now, a pickup isn't going to be a champ at mileage, but driving a couple hundred feet should not affect the gas guage.

Naw, when you SLOW DOWN so you can turn, they should fly off just fine...

-LMB

Their rooms are on the EPA Superfund lists, but nobody seems to want to take the job; go figure.

For a humgous vehicle? Actually yes to GM/Ford. Kias, on the other hand, are only good for making the rest of us feel our car is superior by comparison

"Obstacles"? What about the ones *under* that beast?

Dood, I was pissing *everyone* off by poking along, and taking really, really slow turns.

Duh, LMB

And don't get me

It's a floor, but it zigzags, instead of going straight up and down; this is so you can easily switch to 4WD, I guess.

Louis, I was joking; and since I had to tell you that, the joke sucked.

Freak. Bob says that if they can't replace that thing for some reason, he'll drive the truck till we get the Echo back, and I can drive his Scion - what

Natalie, hauling that thing out tomorrow

I guess there is just no satisfying you.

Fortunately, my husband disagrees with that assessment....

seriously, though - I can't see getting a truck unless it's related to your job or your recreation (Contractor, boating enthusiasts), To each their own; I like driving small vehicles.

Natalie

What is it, you ask? Well, I have to work out of a truck (a van, actually) which has a rack with five or six ladders on the roof, the shelves are packed with supplies, and the inside is usually full to window level.

I try to keep the 'stuff' level low enough to see out the Fresnel lens on the back window for backing out of parking spaces.

Work for a guy means "having what you will need, and may need, with you - if you're driving to a supply house more than once a day, you aren't making money.

So sometimes you need Big.

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We shoulda known the discussion would come around to bras. And you said that sort of stuff didn't excite you. *ducking*

Wanna trade for a Grand Marquis? That's what they gave me. I don't park it so much as call the harbor master for permission to berth.

LOL I wasn't planning to do any roofing anytime soon

Good plan

Agreed - but all I'm likely to haul is groceries

Natalie

LOL

Natalie

Aw, c'mon...they aren't THAT big! They could have given you a Town Car...

I have an Access Cab, but Echos don't carry much hardwood, nor do they tow 4,000 pound loaded box trailers very well. The Echo might also have a slight issue on unpaved job sites after it rains, especially with the trailer.

If I were a commuter and for milk runs, the Echo would be perfect.

Different vehicles are made for different reasons.

To keep things in perspective, my truck is STILL smaller than an awful lot of "man-trucks"!

Yeah, but I'm a wimp when it comes to vehicle size. I like them little and spry, like my grandma (She's 88, and only has reflux and arthritis, is slender, and still lives alone)

Natalie

Good. We both can own the vehicles that suit us.

No they couldn't. ;-)

Natalie

AMEN! I'd sooner drive an '88 Corolla

Natalie

Hell, I own a Previa and a Corolla and I prefer driving the Corolla, but I do have times I need the Previa.

Charles of Kankakee

When? When you need to move?

;-)

Natalie