Small trucks are back

[Gutter Chris]

Yea dude small trucks are awesome.

I'm in a 2021 Colorado 4×4 and it might be my fave car I've ever had. Its not bad on gas , can get out of its own way , handles shitty weather and isn't a huge pain in the ass to park. I wish it was a little shorter and a bit taller though one of those problems is easy enough to fix.

The maverick is a good lookin little truck but when my car died last summer I just didn't have the time to wait on one.

 

[gentlemanjack]

I have a 6ft bed on my 2017 double cab TRD, I didn't know you could get a longer bed on a Taco?

Oh maybe I was misinformed as I read many complaints that you could only get the smaller bed on the double cabs. A long bed and 4 doors would have been perfect.

I would recommend a 2014 one, or an older one.
With reasonably low mileage and all the good condition checkmarks.
The quality control was legendary up to that year.
New ones are still good but if you do research you’ll see what I mean.

I got this 2006 one for $10,500.
All I had to replace was the driver’s side visor, and soon I need to replace the breaks, other than that it’s flawless. And came with perks.
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Nice! Same year and color as mine, but I got the access cab. I like that while it’s just a bench back there that the doors open up, unlike my 1997 Ranger with the cab. I’m gonna stick with the Tacoma until it falls apart or I do.

 

[chill doggie]

Oh maybe I was misinformed as I read many complaints that you could only get the smaller bed on the double cabs. A long bed and 4 doors would have been perfect.



Nice! Same year and color as mine, but I got the access cab. I like that while it’s just a bench back there that the doors open up, unlike my 1997 Ranger with the cab. I’m gonna stick with the Tacoma until it falls apart or I do.

My money’s on the Tacoma.

 

[RoastBeast]

2004 Tacoma Prerunner with 119k here. Plan on driving it as long as I possibly can with the way prices for used vehicles have gone up.

Clear is peeling bad though. Need to repaint it so I don't look so poor all the time.

 

[jefferz]

Not a small truck guy myself. Smallest I would go is a regular cab shortbox half ton. For me out here in rural Saskatchewan, small trucks don't fare well. We have shitty roads, and the weather is harsh enough in the winter, you want something larger. Even just to manage keeping safe if you hit a deer, moose or elk.

I live in rural North Dakota on a farm and I drive a 2wd 99 Ranger. It’s many miles of gravel before I hit the highway. The “you need a big truck” thing is over rated.
I’ve driven Rangers for 15+ years and I can count on one hand how many times I wouldn’t have been able to get down a road. Those times, a 4wd 1 ton wouldn’t have been able to make it either.

 

[SalvadorAllende]

My 2019 Corolla was totaled last summer (idiot ran a red light)
Bought a old (08) chevy pick up truck.

I'm NEVER going back to a smaller car.
from now on, everything I will drive will be 4x4.

You are a good poster and I like you.. but that thing is a monstruosity and a waste of material.

I mean.. at least do you use it to pick up heavy stuff?

 

[huskylord]

thing I wish truck (or even cars) would go bck to are bench seats

Perfect for heavy petting and necking with high school cheer leaders.

 

[Sonny Qc]

You are a good poster and I like you.. but that thing is a monstruosity and a waste of material.

I mean.. at least do you use it to pick up heavy stuff?

My mornings nowadays...

 

[spamking]

I know 3 people that owned Nissan trucks and they were all lemons, One Frontier and two Titans.

I also know a few people who've owned pathfinders and those were pretty dope.

Bought my Titan in 2017. Still has less than 50k miles. Only issue I've had is replacing a CV joint.

If you like mini trucks check out this channel: https://www.youtube.com/@PuddinsFabShop/videos

 

[SurferH2O]

thing I wish truck (or even cars) would go bck to are bench seats

In my 20's, I had an F100 with bench seats. It was a hot rod and did the 1/4 mile in 13 seconds (and change). The hot German girl I was seeing loved that bench seat... I mean... pull over on a country road more than once on a single trip loved it.

I now have this beauty.

It has the enormous panoramic sunroof, which cost me $2,500 to repair, then Ford decided to do the right thing and extend my warranty for 3 years. Anyways, 2 turbos on their biggest v6 and this fucker flies! I kind of wish I got the 5.0, but with gas prices and in a race they are a dead heat. It has all the technology too. It's my surf / desert shoot truck and daily driver.

 

[SurferH2O]

Dayum.... that makes me hot inside.

 

[Brandon Wilson]

Those Ford Mavericks are ugly as sin, and hilariously useless. The towing/hauling capacity on them is downright embarrassing.

 

[Sonny Qc]

Those Ford Mavericks are ugly as sin, and hilariously useless. The towing/hauling capacity on them is downright embarrassing.

looks to have a few cool features
https://www.businessinsider.com/for...o37LPD2wPSNQe_w2__1WZySFWIvtjYIJOtlcevp_2eg-Q

 

[TribalDrumz]

There are alot of those around here , they're pretty cool, some of them even have dump beds lol


As far as small trucks being back , Nissan has never stopped making the Frontier , that's what I have , V6 4x4 crew cab , 6 foot bed , it's perfect for me

hell ya man have an 05 Frontier King Cab.still beastly 4.0 VQ Engine that guzzles gas but is solid besides tranny after 100k. I'm keeping the truck for life

 

[Gutter Chris]

Those Ford Mavericks are ugly as sin, and hilariously useless. The towing/hauling capacity on them is downright embarrassing.

It's not a jobsite truck dude it's a little commuter vehicle

 

[jlagman]

I get why you say that now. I had a buddy that lived down there in Assiniboia ( you probably knew him if you went there for more than fuela nd groceries) and down there you never got anything like the winters we get up here. It is a different world (kinda!) once you get north of Saskatoon, and especially up around my parts, you would understand why I say we need trucks up here.

I also lived in Alberta and worked all over Alberta, and I found the same thing. Granted the work I did was 95 percent offroad, but any time a rig pig would try to drive a car down a rural road and get stuck, it wouldnt be more than a few weeks and they would come back driving a pickup, and normally it was a half ton or larger. Not that small trucks dont have their place, but I have had everything from 1/4 tons up, and I would never go back down to a smaller than half ton truck. There is a reason why half tons or larger are so popular!

However, I do see what you mean when I go to pretty much any city. Lots of people driving half tons or larger around, that clearly don't need them. That could be said about the guys that drive anything though, sports cars, suvs, electric vehicles...

I'm not necessarily trying to be argumentative, but I'd like to hear what's so different about the winters "up there". Doesn't northern Saskatchewan have actual trees, which cut down the wind and snow drifts?

I don't know, I can't help but have flashbacks to when I was training for my current career. When a classmate of mine, from Edmonton, found out I was going to southern Saskatchewan, he gave me the whole, "you need a truck for the winter" spiel, as if spending most of my life prior in the Greater Toronto Area was like being in a tropical climate or something.

When I eventually did get a used, 1/4 ton truck, it was for hunting and to save my previous car from the wear and tear it would experience on poorly maintained Saskatchewan highways.

 

[SalvadorAllende]

My mornings nowadays...

Oh brother.. I get it know

I'm riding one of these all year round...

 

[Dizzy]

Unless you’re obese, live in a place with serious weather, or need to be hauling large things regularly (which could also fall under the obese category), there’s basically no need for a large truck for the vast majority of people.

 

[jefferz]

Those Ford Mavericks are ugly as sin, and hilariously useless. The towing/hauling capacity on them is downright embarrassing.

Use the right tool for the job.

 

[preppypyro]

I'm not necessarily trying to be argumentative, but I'd like to hear what's so different about the winters "up there". Doesn't northern Saskatchewan have actual trees, which cut down the wind and snow drifts?

I don't know, I can't help but have flashbacks to when I was training for my current career. When a classmate of mine, from Edmonton, found out I was going to southern Saskatchewan, he gave me the whole, "you need a truck for the winter" spiel, as if spending most of my life prior in the Greater Toronto Area was like being in a tropical climate or something.

When I eventually did get a used, 1/4 ton truck, it was for hunting and to save my previous car from the wear and tear it would experience on poorly maintained Saskatchewan highways.

The amount of snow we get up here is so much more than the amount you used to get down there. Even from my old place near Saskatoon to here, we get lots more snow.

Highway condition is sure another topic haha Saskatchewan is terrible for their highways!