Who has an early 2000s model Tacoma 4 door?

I was in the same boat last year and jumped off the boat recently. I bought a new 2013 four door Tacoma on 12-31-12. We had our first baby on 2-13-13. I traded in that vehicle A few months ago because it simply was not big enough for me transporting a car seat, baby gear, etc. Every time I put his car seat in there, I would have to fold down the front seat. This was a pain in the arse not only doing the first time, but also raising it when the seat was out.

I'm now in a four door F150 and have room for all the Dugar children in the back seat. The Tacoma was a great truck, just not big enough for my needs. I'm more of a portly fella (6'-2" and waiver from 215 to 225 most of the time). The day I had a new employee riding with me was the day I decided it was going back. He was 6'-1" and 265 or so. We were riding shoulder to shoulder that morning and the truck was then dead to me.

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can't imagine ever owning a better vehicle

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Thanks for the input Bigpop and 4LSU. Not sure which direction I'm heading.

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Well you will need some other opinions that ours because the two of them couldn't be further apart.

4 door yota sr5 series but 2006

Love it. Have a 6 month old and no issues.

Of course that's my wife who's been hauling her around the past 6 months.

Either way, love that truck.

IMHO, it's all going to depend on the type of rear-facing car seat you use for the baby.


Some of them sit way "forward" which requires you to push your seat up a good ways or fold it down.

Some sit further back into the seat and may not require that.

Those Tacomas are good trucks, but speaking as a guy who has two sons, one of them still in a rear-facing car seat, get a bigger truck...

And, as previously mentioned, a newer 4dr Tacoma isn't big enough either.

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TigerWise

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Where did your wreck happen?

I was in a HMMWV involved in a wreck with a Toyota that night....

I have a 2004 prerunner 4 door. The last year of the first generation. It is good for what I want, drive to work, haul small loads or pull a utility trailer. The back seat is ok for little kids but not adults.

Gaston has one of the ugliest on the road

Just kidding man.. post pics when you get it all done

Odd. These soldiers obviously were drunk or didn't have permission to use the vehicle because they gave me all the cash they had on them to not report it.