Hehe, well Doric - my Tacoma was built in Kentucky, while my brother's Dodge - which is two years newer than my Tacoma - was built in Mexico. And he's already had to rebuild the engine, and is about to have to rebuild the transmission - which is another thing I hate - I will never drive an automatic. My truck is 5-speed manual, 4.3L V6, extend cab (not a double cab cause I hate those too) TRD offroad w/ towing package and and power everything. And everything on it, except the tail gate and tires, is still factory. The only major repairs I've ever had to do was replace the O2 sensors. The guy that had it before me busted up the tailgate somehow (from inside the bed, it wasn't a wreck), so that had to be replaced but was done by the dealer I bought it from. I paid $16K for it, and its trade-in value is still over $10K, private sale is around $12K, but I could actually get a good bit more than that if I tried, cause the body style is huge among Tacoma enthusiasts. The newer styles aren't so popular. Meanwhile, my brother's Dakota has a trade-in value of about $3K, in much better condition than his is in and his doesn't even have but just over 100K miles on it now. Tacomas are solid trucks and their engines last forever. I'm planning on putting a lift kit on it and some nice custom bumpers when I can afford it. It does need some new paint but nothin major. 

As for walking vs driving, I would do that if I didn't live so far out in the country, but it would take me half a day to walk to the nearest grocery store, and I'd have to walk through some pretty rough neighborhoods to get there. Where I live you have to get on the interstate to go just about anywhere important, and you couldn't pay me to live in the city limits, where they want to tax you to death for every little thing and tell you what you can do with your own house and yard. No thanks. If I could live further out than where I live now then I would cause I don't like living in a neighborhood where everybody knows your business. I like my privacy.

I am in the process of restoring one of my old moutain bikes tho. I used to bike everywhere when I was younger and miss it quite a lot. 

 

Anyway, not tryin to derail.