2nd Gen Taco Pre Purchase opinions wanted

[andrew32]

I am in the market for a new overland vehicle and I've narrowed it down to a 2nd gen 4 door LB or SB. The ones in my price range are unfortunately in the 180k-220k mile range and I have some reliability concerns. So, I wanted to hear from taco owners....should I run and find something else? Or will I be able to get some miles outa of a taco with already that many miles. I am not against spending a few $1k here and there to fix motor/trans. What are some things you guys have noticed needs addressing?

any help would be great. I have been driving around looking at them and am a little unsure of myself. Also...tried talkinghhhh to some toyota owners and they all promise ill get 500k out of it....

 

[cdthiker]

Like many things.
It just depends on how it was taken care.
What it really comes down to a truck with 200 k on it is a majority of the way throughts it life.
That is unless you want to dump dollars into it. Or who knows perhaps you get really lucky and it runs like a clock till 300 k
there are a few folks over on tacoma world who have gotten well north of 300 k out of the second gens. Yes you can do it. Is it common? who knows.

Ask you self is this going to be my DD? am I driving 30k a year in miles or will it take me three years to rack up that kind of miles ?
is it a back up rig?

the second gens are starting to go down just a hair in price now that the 2016 is out but you still pay the toyota tax dearly.
trust me on that one I own three toyotas.


My taco is a second gen 2012 that I bought new on the lot in july of that year 5 speed 2.7 4 cyl reg cab 4x4 simple as a hammer. It is about to roll 75 k.
I keep up with the work on it like a clock but also use it as a truck. No problems yet but you are talking about trucks that might have another 130,000 miles on top of that.
if it was me? and thats a a taco owner I would save more money take out a five grand loan and get something with less miles or buy something else.
They are awesome trucks but they is just a lot of miles up that some one could have been beating on and not taking care of a truck for.

best of luck