Sorry to hear the FR-S is going, but we all change in our vehicle situations in life. Question though, any particular reason you are looking at a 4 cylinder Tacoma instead of a 6-cylinder one? Especially being a 4x4. I had a '98 Tacoma 2.4L 5-speed manual 2WD extended cab that I loved, or thought I did. Then I picked up a 2013 Nissan Frontier 4.0L V6 2WD King Cab with 6-speed manual this year....way better than 4 cylinder truck for 'small truck' stuff, and quicker acclerating than the FR-S even though it's got a good 1600lbs more weight and worse aerodynamics!

Don't miss the Tacoma one bit compared to it. Fuel mileage is not hugely different than 4 cylinder models, but the truck has more capacity and can get out from under it's own weight with the V6...sucker really boogies and sounds great doing it, and I can confidently chuck it into turns at high speed. I could never go back to a 4 cylinder truck after the V6, unless it was a turbo-diesel that made actual power. I did crazy things with my Tacoma and it didn't complain much, but the 4-cylinder motor was definitely it's weak point unless you only plan to mainly use it like a car for a daily driver.

The main use for the Taco will be a DD. Any towing or pulling I do with it will be around the property or 2 miles up the road to the in-laws farm. As low on power as the 4cyl Tacoma is, it will do a better job of moving a portable wood processor or a wagon load of hay around the property than the FR-S would. If we need to pull something heavy more than a few miles, we can use dad's 3/4 ton Silverado. We heat the house with wood, and between my wife and her sister, there are 20 horses to be fed, so there are always things to be moved around.
I can handle gutless...I also have a Chevy Tracker.

Thank you so very much! Ottawa/Montreal, here I come!

^^ First person in recorded history to be that happy about going to Ottawa!

One last cruise with the Ottawa group before roddy trades in the 86! you're invited Tcoat, i'll invite myself!

I have tried to make it up there 3 times now but have never managed. maybe next year (or when he gets another one at this rate).

Lol, no kidding. However, I'd still take the 3 hour drive to Ottawa over the 2 hour drive into the GTA any time.

Those little Suzukis are great for what they are. Not much for the highway but great little off-road crawlers. At least the original ones were.

A friend of mine had an early one many moons ago. I think it was an SJ410 or samurai, a little tin top. That thing would climb a wall if it could get traction, and go lots of places the full size trucks couldn't get to.
Mine is more like a Suzuki Grand Vitara. It's still pretty nimble, light, and small, but not on the same level as the earlier ones.

They are planning a cruise for Sept 24 over on the Ottawa FR-S thread.

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showt...=5626&page=756

Thanks roddy! I'm actually from Toronto and have no plans to go to Ottawa on the 24th. but i'm planning to drive from Toronto to belleville, tweed, flinton, ompah(509), sharbot lake, Kingston then back to Toronto. I need to feed my desire of winding roads as there is none in Toronto. :slap:

Lapping at Calabogie Motorsports Park in an FR-S versus 4x4ing in the Calabogie area with a nice truck. Hard to lose with those two choices!

That is one of the best runs in Ontario. Do your self a favor...when you get to Sharbot Lake, head south on 38 to Verona, and turn off on Desert Lake Rd. It is only 20-30 mins to do that road, and it is in the middle of nowhere, but worth the drive...makes the 509 look like a straight line.


A little closer to you, there is another good series of roads. Take Rd 23 North from Peterborough to the 507/648/county Rd 10 run. That will take you up to the Southern edge of Algonquin Park. I've done this run, and it is fun as well. Also in this area is the 504, CR 3, Hwy 118, and some others that look good on the map, but I haven't had the chance to try them out myself.


Have fun, and be careful. The 509 has a lot of elevation changes, decreasing radius corners, blind corners, and sudden corners at the top/bottom of hills as it threads its way through the rocks and around small lakes.

On that note.
 

Cruise September 24th. Might be on that road.