I had a 1998 Toyota Tacoma with a full length truck bed. I swore I’d drive it until the wheels fell off. Sometime close to 250,000 miles, the u bolts rusted th

I had a 1998 Toyota Tacoma with a full length truck bed. I swore I’d drive it until the wheels fell off. Sometime close to 250,000 miles, the u bolts rusted through on the front wheels. One fell off in a drive thru. Got it fixed and the other one checked. They said it was okay, but the other wheel fell off three weeks later. It had a few other problems - AC was leaky, interior plastic was disintegrating, so I sold it for like $1,000 about five years ago and I’ve regretted not just fixing it up and keeping it ever since. I can’t find a similar size/function truck for less than $8-10k. And new “small” trucks aren’t big enough to haul a sheet of plywood. Neither are some big ones.