I finally let my old '77 FJ40 swb go to another owner - sick of seeing it rot and I can barely handle driving something like that any longer due to my health, let alone work on it.
Very interested in finding another pickup, had a Tacoma but it was a bit too small and the 4.0L a little anemic for real towing. Interested in the 1st Gen Tundra extra cabs, looks like '03-05 are decently priced and can find a few below 200k. Anything to look out for besides the obvious visuals?
I did drive an '02 already that has 232k on the clock, pretty obvious a lot of things were ignored but overall the truck isn't too bad. Sort of liked it but I see at least $1,500 in parts that need replaced, most of the front end is worn out badly but the rest of it was pretty good. No real rust either, which was odd to see. Trying to keep the cost down below $6k, but it's tough to find ones that don't have well north of 200,000 miles or are just plain beat to death. Found a couple in the 5k range at or below the 200k mark, anything below 150,000 are priced far higher, of course. Some of the used dealers are nuts, pricing trucks with high miles around $10,000 - I'm not stupid.
So, what does the Tundra crowd think ?
Sarge
Very interested in finding another pickup, had a Tacoma but it was a bit too small and the 4.0L a little anemic for real towing. Interested in the 1st Gen Tundra extra cabs, looks like '03-05 are decently priced and can find a few below 200k. Anything to look out for besides the obvious visuals?
I did drive an '02 already that has 232k on the clock, pretty obvious a lot of things were ignored but overall the truck isn't too bad. Sort of liked it but I see at least $1,500 in parts that need replaced, most of the front end is worn out badly but the rest of it was pretty good. No real rust either, which was odd to see. Trying to keep the cost down below $6k, but it's tough to find ones that don't have well north of 200,000 miles or are just plain beat to death. Found a couple in the 5k range at or below the 200k mark, anything below 150,000 are priced far higher, of course. Some of the used dealers are nuts, pricing trucks with high miles around $10,000 - I'm not stupid.
So, what does the Tundra crowd think ?
Sarge