Monthly Update for December 2016 - 2016 Toyota Tacoma Long-Term Road Test


Read the latest on Edmunds.com's long-term test of a 2016 Toyota Tacoma. We piled on about 2,500 miles in the month of December.
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Read the latest on Edmunds.com's long-term test of a 2016 Toyota Tacoma. We piled on about 2,500 miles in the month of December.
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Gee, I don't know - you drove it - you could see the gear indicator, the tach and the speedo all at the same time - you tell me if they're too tall.
And nobody over the age of maybe 22 says "amazeballs."
Not an impressive vehicle...
Spoiler Alert.
This is something I will be very interested in.
I have to say you guys have affected my own personal car collection. Your long-term review of the 2006 BMW 330i helped convince me to buy our 2006 330i. Your review of the CX-9 (and my own previous Mazda experience) convinced me to test-drive and purchase our 2011 CX-9. Your Colorado and Tacoma reviews convinced me I needed a 2001 Ford Ranger 4X4 Off road package. All those purchases were used vehicles though.
(I don't recall your '05 Mustang affecting my '06 Mustang purchase.)
So, I have been thinking about a Honda Ridgeline.... trading in some cars on a new one... very interested to see what your experience is like. Particularly fuel mileage and daily livability. I have no doubt it can handle what little "truck" duties I would throw at it.
My wife is convinced we need to keep the CX-9 for the once or twice a year we use the third row. I would like a Ridgeline as my daily driver and family road trip vehicle. As my son gets older we are gonna get into more outdoors stuff like camping, kayaking, and biking. Don't need a three-row SUV for road trips (all though the CX-9 is great for that, 20-21 highway sucks); if the Ridgeline could get 25 mpg highway it could take over that duty as well. i know it is rated for 25 (in AWD) but will it actually get it in the real world?
Avg lifetime mpg = 18.3....
Looking forward to Edmunds' disposal of this dirt clod, and new stories about the Ridgeline.