PoorPlowboy
Platinum Member
Hah! I stand corrected-just happened to be talking to my buddy that had the Tacoma. The truck was 10 years old and had 60,000 + miles. They gave him 12,000!. He took it in for the inspection, they called him up and told him they were not going to release the truck. As it would take up to 3 weeks to get him the check, they sent a guy to pick him up to take him to Budget rentals where he picked up a car at Toyota's expense.
For as great as you think Toyota is for this, the customer still got the bill. That $12k won't even buy half of a new $30k Tacoma. Dana still makes the frames, so what was done to keep these new ones from rusting through in 6-10 years? Will they keep buying them back and inflating the price of replacements? Unsustainable. $30k for entry level commuter trucks and $60-70k for 3/4 ton work trucks is outrageous. This economy is overdue for a huge deflationary cycle.