Hello,
First, this forum is great, it's taught me a ton in my month and a half of lurking here.
I've started my search a few weeks back for a FZJ80. I'd like a 1995-1997 (Airbags and ABS are a must since my wife may be driving the truck as well). I'm hoping for under 150K miles with maintenance records. New England area is preferred.
I'm confused by dealers asking for 20K+ for a truck with 90K miles. I'd probably pay 9-11for one with under 100K miles if everything was very well sorted and maintained, with no major issues. I'm not sure that provides a good reference point or not, but I do NOT think 10K for a 150K truck with accidents and no maintenance history is reasonable (most of the local dealerships are in that range, 10-11K with no real maintenance records and some with accidents). Perhaps my standards are too high? For example, I would probably pay ~9-10K give or take for the Arizona no rust "virgin" truck on ebay, but I can't get out to Arizona to check it out. I won't buy a truck sight unseen.
Anyway, if anyone has a rust free, clean rig, please let me know. I'm actually not going to off road the truck too much, which may disgust some of you. I just want a very solid truck that I can keep for a very long time. I'm going to take it to NH on mt biking/ski trips, to the cape for some summer trips, maybe some beach driving (with a good washing immediately after).
If the truck has issues, just let me know. I'll probably find them anyway, I'll also have the truck checked by a mechanic and thrown on a lift before purchasing(my expense of course). I'm not opposed to fixing issues, as long as the price takes into account that I'm going to do the fix.
Please feel free to contact me if you have a rig that you think I'd be interested in.
Thank you and thanks for all the knowledge I've learned from this forum.
Todd
First, this forum is great, it's taught me a ton in my month and a half of lurking here.
I've started my search a few weeks back for a FZJ80. I'd like a 1995-1997 (Airbags and ABS are a must since my wife may be driving the truck as well). I'm hoping for under 150K miles with maintenance records. New England area is preferred.
I'm confused by dealers asking for 20K+ for a truck with 90K miles. I'd probably pay 9-11for one with under 100K miles if everything was very well sorted and maintained, with no major issues. I'm not sure that provides a good reference point or not, but I do NOT think 10K for a 150K truck with accidents and no maintenance history is reasonable (most of the local dealerships are in that range, 10-11K with no real maintenance records and some with accidents). Perhaps my standards are too high? For example, I would probably pay ~9-10K give or take for the Arizona no rust "virgin" truck on ebay, but I can't get out to Arizona to check it out. I won't buy a truck sight unseen.
Anyway, if anyone has a rust free, clean rig, please let me know. I'm actually not going to off road the truck too much, which may disgust some of you. I just want a very solid truck that I can keep for a very long time. I'm going to take it to NH on mt biking/ski trips, to the cape for some summer trips, maybe some beach driving (with a good washing immediately after).
If the truck has issues, just let me know. I'll probably find them anyway, I'll also have the truck checked by a mechanic and thrown on a lift before purchasing(my expense of course). I'm not opposed to fixing issues, as long as the price takes into account that I'm going to do the fix.
Please feel free to contact me if you have a rig that you think I'd be interested in.
Thank you and thanks for all the knowledge I've learned from this forum.
Todd
