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TacoFreak

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Didn't necessarily sell this 2017 ZO6 so I could get a Tacoma but it's what the new Tacoma is replacing.
Sweet car but a whole lot different than a Taco!

I have loved C7s since the first time I saw one and that Z06 is a dream car for me. Was it hard to let that beauty go?
 

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Sweet car but a whole lot different than a Taco!

I have loved C7s since the first time I saw one and that Z06 is a dream car for me. Was it hard to let that beauty go?
Yes a lot different for sure. And I already have a modified Jeep Wrangler that is my main off road machine and I already have a full size Ram diesel that I pull everything with... so the Z06 really did fit in well as my "sports car". And yeah I LOVED the power and sound of a super charged V8... and it was a manual! But I put about 5,000 miles on it in the 5 years I owned it. My wife couldn't drive it and I always had to be careful of when and where I drove it. I guess I got a little bored with it and tired of having to pamper it so much - and wanted a project that my wife could drive. Also wanted a vehicle I could take back and forth to Arizona (we have a home there). All that and A guy offered me $10k more than I paid for it 5 years ago... so it actually wasn't that tough to let it go. How's that for a long winded answer?
 

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All that and A guy offered me $10k more than I paid for it 5 years ago... so it actually wasn't that tough to let it go. How's that for a long winded answer?
Great answer - I love a lot of details!

I can understand because I sold my last sports car before buying my Tacoma for mostly the same reasons you did. I just had to ask because IMO the C7 Z06 manual is the probably the best V8, front engine, rear drive sports car of all time.
 

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2024 Tacoma What did you drive before your Tacoma? IMG_1763
 

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2024 Tacoma What did you drive before your Tacoma? Stitch
 

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First post! Coming here from a 2dr Rubi. Needed something with more utility and room (plus me missing trucks), also got a killer deal that was hard to pass up.

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Other offroad vehicles, i’ve had : F150 Raptor, and adv bikes
 

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First post. I retired, always wanted a red truck figured now or never. Plus I have never owned a car without a manual and the unverse opened the window for me. Car it replaced was a 2019 Mini Countryman.
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got some features lost some others, happy to be In an automatic for the first time since I bought the Mazda. Also happy about the cockpit since the Mazda was tiny. First truck, super happy with it! Only thing that sucks is making payments again😂

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Before that a 1997 Dodge Dakota SLT extended cab, 4x4, 5.3 v8, auto.
 

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'14 EVO X was my daily. Now that the Taco is my daily, I can look into more mods for the EVO.

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