So been a couple years since I sold my '94 80. And then sold my '99 4Runner. Just life changes, new houses, re-married and so on.
Bought a '10 JK for giggles (got it CHEAP, and was well aware what POS it was). Goofed around with that thing for a couple summers. Blah, sold it.
Work gave me new '19 GTI to DD, and
has her '15 BMW 328ix.
While those are fun cars; it has been limiting us someplace and things we would like to do. After a paddle board excursion the was flat over cleaning the BMW inside and out from dirt, sand, water and sunscreen. So we decided to look at trucks. (Not to mention tired of borrowing one and possible move coming)
So I started out looking in 500mi radius for a '09-'15 Taco. Slim pickings for just the right one. Found what we thought was a great one ('11 TRD OR). She and her mom took off on a 11hr roundtrip day trip with the intent to purchase. Well pics and even talking to the guy, the truck was in no where near the condition advertised. So they punted and drove home.
Bang and bruised from the experience she decided to expand how much to spend (originally $20k-$25k). Well after showing her some newer models above that price line she came home the next day with a screen shot of a 2021 she put her name on. We wanted a white quad cab 4wd were the primary req's. Well that one wasn't going to be to the local dealer for another week and most other dealers were out 2-3months (selling fast as they are delevired)
So she gets on the horn, and finds exactly all that but silver at a nearby dealer. They got it in that night, next day she drove up there and bought it.
2021 Tacoma TRD Offroad; Quad cab; 4wd, rear locker, crawl thingy dial, bedliner, weather interior matts, blacked out decals, NO MOON ROOF
, pretty much everything we wanted.
(No heated seats, no homelink, and couple other things, but that's ok)
Anyway, here is the start.
Bought a '10 JK for giggles (got it CHEAP, and was well aware what POS it was). Goofed around with that thing for a couple summers. Blah, sold it.
Work gave me new '19 GTI to DD, and
has her '15 BMW 328ix.While those are fun cars; it has been limiting us someplace and things we would like to do. After a paddle board excursion the
was flat over cleaning the BMW inside and out from dirt, sand, water and sunscreen. So we decided to look at trucks. (Not to mention tired of borrowing one and possible move coming)So I started out looking in 500mi radius for a '09-'15 Taco. Slim pickings for just the right one. Found what we thought was a great one ('11 TRD OR). She and her mom took off on a 11hr roundtrip day trip with the intent to purchase. Well pics and even talking to the guy, the truck was in no where near the condition advertised. So they punted and drove home.
Bang and bruised from the experience she decided to expand how much to spend (originally $20k-$25k). Well after showing her some newer models above that price line she came home the next day with a screen shot of a 2021 she put her name on. We wanted a white quad cab 4wd were the primary req's. Well that one wasn't going to be to the local dealer for another week and most other dealers were out 2-3months (selling fast as they are delevired)
So she gets on the horn, and finds exactly all that but silver at a nearby dealer. They got it in that night, next day she drove up there and bought it.
2021 Tacoma TRD Offroad; Quad cab; 4wd, rear locker, crawl thingy dial, bedliner, weather interior matts, blacked out decals, NO MOON ROOF
, pretty much everything we wanted.(No heated seats, no homelink, and couple other things, but that's ok)
Anyway, here is the start.
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