For the most part, the Toyota Tacoma is a solid truck and stays true to the quality that Toyota is known for. After having owned the truck for eight years, I have had no major problems; the only issues I have had are the clutch (manual transmission) makes a creaking nose and that the service department for the dealer I purchased the truck from has terrible customer service (due to too many people purchasing from this location so it backlogs their maintenance). In any case, the truck itself has worked perfectly for the last eight years: no breakdowns, no major maintenance issues, no faulty anything.

We liked having the Tacoma for hauling things. When we moved houses to a new house that was five miles away we did not need to rent a moving van, we moved the whole house in about 6 or 7 trips with the Tacoma. It can hold a lot in the bed of the truck. We have also used it to haul furniture at other times. It has a back seat which is small but functional. It has four doors which is handy. A car seat can be installed in it which is useful. The only thing we have disliked is that it has needed periodic maintenance but this is generally true for older cars. It has a few things wrong with it that we haven't fixed due to expense.