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| Thursday, January 04, 2007 |
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Rides of the Month: Toyota Tacoma Vs Sequoia
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’07 Toyota Tacoma DBL Cab 4x4 V6
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’07 Toyota Sequoia LTD 4x4 V8 SUV
wordplay by Greg Bloom
Never has the term “‘tis the season” made more sense than now. A few days into Chanukah, a few days ‘til Christmas and the flippin’ sky is falling! That is… we are about eight hours and more than a foot of snow into what’ll be Denver’s biggest snowfall in the last four seasons. Funny thing is… during that big blizzard in March of ’03, I was driving a Toyota Land Cruiser around town getting people in my DU neighborhood out of snow banks and watching frat kids do back-flips off of their rooftops (one too many bong rips perhaps). Do these guys from the land of Sushi and Sake know how to make an all-weather vehicle or what?
Although last week’s trek to Costco wasn’t today’s epic retreat across the frozen tundra (downtown) to our office in the SoCo Nightlife building, it was still a trip to Costco and I still would not have gotten the same $500 worth of supplies into an economy or even a mid-sized car. Either of the vehicles in question could have done it.
The new Tacoma sports a 4.0 Liter 24 Valve Engine and pulls equal to 236 horses. We already know that Toyota off-road pickups are spectacular sport vehicles with optimum power and maneuverability. It’s the mechanical and performance parts used in Toyota’s vehicles that set them apart from the rest of the pack… from the coil over shock double AA-Arm front suspension to the multi-leaf rear suspension with staggered outboard mounted shocks, “Precision Engineering” is Toyota’s middle name! At a $26k MSRP and $32k with most of the options this “BIG Shopping” and all weather trail-king should be tops on your list.
If you need a reason to work just a little harder and can manage to chop your trips to the local watering hole in half, the ’07 Sequoia might fit the bill. While the Tacoma can be considered a “best buy” and make universal sense to consumers worldwide, the Sequoia would be the ultimate gift to oneself, for all of its girth, convenience and luxury combined. And as long as there is little parallel parking involved… it’s a soccer mom’s wet dream! The Sequoia, however, does not come completely nightmare free. You may need a second job or give up another extracurricular activity in order to pay the fuel bill, maxing out at 18 MPG on the highway. But forget all that. Think of how I was weaving in and out of snow-banked cars today to and from the office and how the 2 rows of bucket seats and an extra third row of removable seats can fill with 5 or 6 munchkins watching a DVD with wireless headphones and still allow you your concentration on the road. Safety features up the wazoo, a cutting-edge navigation program and power everything added in should be enough for you. You can grab this one for just a hair over $50k loaded and put her in any parking garage it’ll fit in and be proud.
Toyota.com
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