All Things Automotive
02-03-2024, 04:41 PM
#2361
Thread Starter
I just watched a show with the Toyota Tacoma chief engineer talking about their new lineup. I was impressed with their "shock absorber" seats in the off road version. But I really smiled when he talked for 5+ minutes about how he loved a manual transmission and insisted it be retained. He said so far it is only representing 6% of their sales and he knows it a dying breed thanks to gov't regs. but at least for now the Taco will make it available. 
02-04-2024, 11:23 PM
#2362
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I can hardly bring myself to admit this but I'm seriously considering trading the S2000 in for...a truck.
I don't mean an F150/Silverado/Ram either, which are stupidly overpriced and mostly impractical here anyway, I'm talking a proper, cab-over-engine, small truck. It'll be slow and ugly and uncomfortable, but many have a 10x6 (or thereabouts) tipping bed with a 6,600lb payload as well as a 6,600lb tow rating, and we have a whole lot of dirt to shift around the place over the next few years. I could put the 1.7T digger on the back of it and hire myself out for small jobs. I can even drive it on a car licence if it's under 13,200lb laden.
All I have to do is come to terms with the thought of trading an S2000 for...a truck.
I don't mean an F150/Silverado/Ram either, which are stupidly overpriced and mostly impractical here anyway, I'm talking a proper, cab-over-engine, small truck. It'll be slow and ugly and uncomfortable, but many have a 10x6 (or thereabouts) tipping bed with a 6,600lb payload as well as a 6,600lb tow rating, and we have a whole lot of dirt to shift around the place over the next few years. I could put the 1.7T digger on the back of it and hire myself out for small jobs. I can even drive it on a car licence if it's under 13,200lb laden.
All I have to do is come to terms with the thought of trading an S2000 for...a truck.
02-05-2024, 02:35 AM
#2363
I can hardly bring myself to admit this but I'm seriously considering trading the S2000 in for...a truck.
I don't mean an F150/Silverado/Ram either, which are stupidly overpriced and mostly impractical here anyway, I'm talking a proper, cab-over-engine, small truck. It'll be slow and ugly and uncomfortable, but many have a 10x6 (or thereabouts) tipping bed with a 6,600lb payload as well as a 6,600lb tow rating, and we have a whole lot of dirt to shift around the place over the next few years. I could put the 1.7T digger on the back of it and hire myself out for small jobs. I can even drive it on a car licence if it's under 13,200lb laden.
All I have to do is come to terms with the thought of trading an S2000 for...a truck.
I don't mean an F150/Silverado/Ram either, which are stupidly overpriced and mostly impractical here anyway, I'm talking a proper, cab-over-engine, small truck. It'll be slow and ugly and uncomfortable, but many have a 10x6 (or thereabouts) tipping bed with a 6,600lb payload as well as a 6,600lb tow rating, and we have a whole lot of dirt to shift around the place over the next few years. I could put the 1.7T digger on the back of it and hire myself out for small jobs. I can even drive it on a car licence if it's under 13,200lb laden.
All I have to do is come to terms with the thought of trading an S2000 for...a truck.
02-05-2024, 06:33 AM
#2364
Thread Starter
Sorry to hear that Sam but I get it. If not for my wife's back issues I would still have my S2000. You need to let Scoots know if you follow through.
02-05-2024, 06:37 AM
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02-05-2024, 06:38 AM
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02-05-2024, 06:46 AM
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02-05-2024, 06:53 AM
#2369
I understand where you're coming from. I've considered selling my S2000, or at the very least giving it to my son Adam. I only put 137 miles on it in 2023, and it hasn't been out of the garage since October. The only problem is that every time I start to think that way I think about my MGB and wish I'd never sold it and still had it today. I know if I got rid of it, I'd regret it soon after.
02-05-2024, 07:27 AM
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