Confirmed - V8 to debut in 2004 Tacoma!

Ric17 · #1 (**permalink**) 12-06-2002, 03:41 PM

Sorry.... Just joking...
Just wanted to see what it would look like as a post.
Don't everyone get cranky!

Wouldn't it be AWESOME to actually hear news like this though?

I'd buy one in a heart beat.

With the Tundra possibly getting a larger V8 option, could the 4.7 liter find its way into our favorite compact truck?

T'sTOY · #2 (**permalink**) 12-06-2002, 05:34 PM

Great I was thinking, now I've got to think about this one. If the Tundra didn't come out with a true 4 door in a couple of years, I may have strongly considered the 4door Tacoma with a V8.

Hey, they put the V8 in the 4Runner which shared platforms with the Tacoma, so anything's possible!!

By the way, where in the heck is "Eastern Passage, NS?"

Ric17 · #3 (**permalink**) 12-06-2002, 06:39 PM

Eastern Canada

Sequoia2003 · #4 (**permalink**) 12-08-2002, 11:17 PM

No V8 Tacoma! There is no market for it in the Toyota line.

Would be cool though. A 3500lb truck with all that V8 power. Thats ok, I just hope they put in that new 4.0 V6.

Personally, I4 is all you really need if you mate it up to 5sp tranny and don't tow more then 3000lbs. I4 does better in the woods anyway!

~A

T'sTOY · #5 (**permalink**) 12-09-2002, 10:53 AM

Ric17,

You must hold the distinction of being the TS member living the farthest East (at least on this continent).

I grew up in the mountains of Colorado, but went to college and worked back East (NY and CT) for a few years. While it gets cold here, with the winds blowing off the ocean, those Eastern winters chilled me to the bone. I don't even want to think how cold it must get up there in winter.

Ric17 · #6 (**permalink**) 12-09-2002, 01:08 PM

Actually here in Nova Scoita it isn't that bad, when compared to some areas like NY. Although NS is obviously further north, we miss alot of the storms and disturbances that seem to hit much of the eastern US.

It just amazes me when I watch some of the New England TV stations (New York as well) and see the tons of snow they get when I look outside my window and see nothing but sun!

Everyone has a misconception that Canada is a big freezer when actually its not. I'm not saying it doesn't get cold (it's 14 degree bellow zero [celcius] outside right now), but our summers get pretty hot (at least here in NS - as you move west it gets much colder).

Sequoia2003 · #7 (**permalink**) 12-09-2002, 08:14 PM

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Everyone has a misconception that Canada is a big freezer

No, we just thought you guys only eat Candian bacon and play Hockey!

Ric17 · #8 (**permalink**) 12-09-2002, 10:03 PM

What's Candian Bacon?

Sequoia2003 · #9 (**permalink**) 12-10-2002, 06:47 PM

Canadian Bacon. I forgot the "a" there ay.

Ric17 · #10 (**permalink**) 12-11-2002, 06:28 AM

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Originally posted by Sequoia2003
Canadian Bacon. I forgot the "a" there ay.

I can understand that because we picture you guys walking around with big cowboy hats and gobbling down Big Macs all day...

Sequoia2003 · #11 (**permalink**) 12-11-2002, 11:05 AM

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we picture you guys walking around with big cowboy hats and gobbling down Big Macs all day

No, that would be our President G. W. Bush! Actually, I go to Canada often as I only live about 125 miles from the border. My mother in law is from England, so when I go up to British Columbia Vancouver area, I will get her English Teas, biscuits and chocolates. Its alwasy cool to see the different types of cars that the Canadian's get that are not available down here in Cowboy land. Oh yea! Its awesome to speed up there and when you get pulled over, you just say, "Oh I am sorry, I got those kilometer thingies mixed up". Works every time.