Posted by SweetFeet on May 21, 2012 at 05:00:14 from (70.35.110.213):
In Reply to: Vehicle opinions posted by NCWayne on May 20, 2012 at 23:39:26:
Fully agree with John T and 36 coupe: "way too many miles on it", (even for a southern state where I assume no salt/de-icer is applied to the roads).
We recently bought a quad cab 2003 Toyota Tacoma Prerunner with 130,000 for $8,000. It is in really nice shape inside and out and quite roomy for a mid-sized pickup. We will eventually add a topper to it. Took me almost 2 years to find it, looked at and tested a ton of pickups. I do the computer searching and preliminary test drives, if it gets past my inspection I bring them home for the boss to look at as he is the one who knows mechanics around here.
We did put a fuel pump in it - knew it needed it when we bought it (also new serpentine belt just to be on the safe side, and new tranny filter and fluid - also to be on the safe side). So we have about 9 grand into it, but we are still below the book value of the pickup.
And yes Kelly Blue Book kbb .com is a great resource for checking value when buying and trading. Also like findcars .com to looking for vehicles - and there is carsoup .com too, but have not used it much.
And on buying a used vehicle: we never rush into a decision... there is always another one out there - especially when you are not under the gun needing to buy one right now.
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