{"id":115,"date":"2015-12-09T11:30:36","date_gmt":"2015-12-09T19:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turo.com\/blog\/?p=115"},"modified":"2025-03-20T07:09:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T14:09:24","slug":"spotlight-nates-2009-toyota-tacoma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turo.com\/blog\/gearheads\/spotlight-nates-2009-toyota-tacoma\/","title":{"rendered":"Nate’s 2009 Toyota Tacoma rental"},"content":{"rendered":"

Where function meets fun<\/span><\/h2>\n

Throughout December, we\u2019re showcasing some of the sweetest cars that Turo owners have to offer with our\u00a0\u201c12 cars of Christmas\u201d blog series. Start ticking cars off your must-drive bucket list, or get inspired to rent out your killer ride and share the love with other car aficionados.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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Sometimes you just need a car that\u2019s up for anything, and that\u2019s exactly what Nate has in his Tacoma. An outdoorsman who loves to ski and explore everything his home state of Colorado has to offer, he\u2019s had to ease off his outdoor adventures since enrolling in law school.<\/p>\n

\u201cRenting it out is helping me maintain it while I\u2019m in law school. It helps the car pay for itself\u201d while he finishes up his studies, he says. But while he now hits the library instead of the slopes, his guests\u00a0are certainly making the most of it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI rent it out a lot to families since it\u2019s a four-seater. One family went to Moab, Utah over the summer, a couple guys took it on an epic mountain biking tour of Colorado, and I have another family taking it to Vail for Christmas,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

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Colorado is one of those evergreen destinations that\u2019s extraordinary year round, and Nate\u2019s truck is equipped to handle anything that comes its way. \u201cIt has awesome snow tires and a hardtop, so you can actually camp in the back. I once drove it from Seattle to Denver over three weeks \u2014 it\u2019s great for long road trips,\u201d he says. \u201cI\u2019ve also taken it skiing all over the West \u2014 Washington, California, Montana, Utah, Wyoming\u2026 It\u2019s not deterred by anything; there\u2019s nothing it can\u2019t handle.\u201d<\/p>\n

There\u2019s even an (optional) \u201cDog Mahal\u201d in the back, for travelers who want to bring along their four-legged copilots (don\u2019t worry, he always cleans it between uses).<\/p>\n

A mecca for adventure-seekers of all stripes, Colorado draws travelers from around the world year-round, but it\u2019s especially extraordinary in the powder-packed winter months.<\/p>\n

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Heading to the Rockies this winter? Consider Nate\u2019s Tacoma for your mountain trek.<\/p>\n

Go explore in Nate\u2019s Tacoma<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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