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I think small Toyota trucks are drifting towards some kind collectors status. A few years ago I sold a gen 1 Tacoma for nearly double what I paid, only because
by fingerlocks 5y ago
I think small Toyota trucks are drifting towards some kind collectors status.
A few years ago I sold a gen 1 Tacoma for nearly double what I paid, only because someone tipped me off that the price was high for that model on Craigslist.
Small, lightweight pickups are no longer being manufactured. And Toyota’s are ridiculously reliable. My old truck still ran like new with nothing but regular oil changes and a one-time replacement of the spark plugs.
- vgeek 5y agoEver since the frame recall, the prices have been ludicrous for Tacomas. 1G with the 2/3RZ engines will run forever with little-no maintenance-- multiple people in my family have ones approaching 400k miles. They're utilitarian, rough ride quality, noisy-- but they're trucks (& can get 27mpg highway). Unfortunately, Toyota has kept moving further upmarket and keeps making larger & larger trucks (a $60k Tacoma?) that aren't really as appealing as 4/5th gen pickups or 1g Tacomas. Around the mid 2000's, something seems to have changed with Toyota-- maybe more emphasis on design & listening to what fat Americans want (wider seats, heavier duty suspensions, more ground clearance to go to Starbucks) vs building high quality functional vehicles. They're still better than others, but it seems that they've had more issues with quality, at least in the models that I've researched.