My Toyota

Back in December the wife and I bought a Toyota Tacoma Double Cab 4X4 V6. We had heard a little about the Toyota troubles but we really did not worry about them. So far we've drove it a bit over 2,000 miles and we still don't worry about the gas pedal problems.

We usually don't buy a new vehicle very often, for instant. In 92 we bought a new 1992 S-10 Blazer 4 X 4 V-6. In 2002 we bought a Jeep Laredo Grand Cherokee 2 wheel drive with a V-6. In that year we could not find a 2002 Chevy S-10 Blazer on a car lot, if we had we would have probably bought another Blazer S-10. We had drove the Jeep a bit over 100,000 miles, never rightly had any problems with it, but we always like the 92 Blazer S-10 better. In fact I'm still driving the old 92 S-10 Blazer. Before buying the Toyota we looked at the Chevy Colorado, but we could not find on anywhere close to us that we cared for. I've been told they stopped making them. I pulled up the picture of the Toyota Tacoma Double Cab 4X4 V6 on my computer and my wife liked it as did I. We went to a dealer and looked at one and bought it.

As for us we are still at ease having bought a Toyota. It has not given us a moments trouble. The just wish it got a bit better gas mileage, its not near as good on gas as our Jeep or Blazer.

The wife and I was wondering is the problem some are having as bad as they say it is. Is the problem really with Toyota? And just how many out there is having this accelerator problem. With Toyota being the number one seller it would not surprise me if the big three was not back to their old games. You know, back in the old day they did all they could to push everyone out of the automobile business in order to make more money for their selves. With the position they've been in just the last few years it would not surprise me if they have gone back to their old ways.

Maybe some Toyota owners will happen by here and tell me their experience. I might mention this. I asked my wife the other day, does it seem like the brake pedal and accelerator pedal are a bit closer together on this Toyota than they were on our Blazer of Jeep. Like me she thought they were. I would prefer for the brake pedal to have been just a bit further to the left and not so close to the accelerator pedal giving my feet a bit more room. It would not surprise me the least bit that some of those who had trouble were pushing down on the brake pedal with both feet while pushing the accelerator pedal down unknowingly at the same time, thus creating the problem their self. Perhaps us Americas have larger feet than those of Japan, especially where wearing boots of which many Americans wear.

All of this said I would like to know what other Toyota owners think about this. If you've made it here and got this far I would appreciate if you would leave some thoughts on this. Our is the 2010 Toyota Tacoma Double Cab 4X4 V6 4.0 V6 DOHC 24V VVT-i 236HP Engine with the Sport package.

May the Lord bless,
Jerry

"And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye
will serve... but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD."
Joshua 24:15