This used Toyota T100 - Opinions and Pricing

[dongboyz]

1998 Toyota T100 4x4 - cars & trucks - by owner - vehicle automotive...

Well maintained T100 4x4 Extra Cab Clean title, 5spd Manual Trans, 3.4L V6, regular oil changes...

seattle.craigslist.org

Been looking for a good T100, specifically a manual 4x4 with the 3.4L engine in the 97/98 year. This winter it will be carrying a sled ~500lbs and maybe hauling a small fiberglass trailer (13' Scamp or something). Maybe one day a Northern lite 610 camper for the summers.

Found this one 5 hrs away. Looks really good and already has some upgrades I was thinking about (add a leaf rear springs, updated radio, tints, AT tires, bedliner).

What do you all think about price? What questions should I ask for T100s? Going to ask the usual maintenance questions like timing belt, water pump, clutch, etc. Anything else about T100s I should look out for?

$8,500 is pretty good compared to the $10-11k some people are asking for T100s up here with way fewer upgrades. I'm thinking 6-7k might be fair. What do the T100 guys think?

 

[beef tits]

Great trucks... but I’d wait for one that doesn’t have such a horrendous paint job. That one looks awful, like some high school kid owned it and f’d it all up.

The price is high, regardless. The T-100s do not pull Tacoma dollars. Anyone asking $11k for one of those better have like 50k or less miles on it.

 

[cdthiker]

Seems like the price is high for the miles. At the end of the day the truck is old enough to buy a beer and has over 200k.
The 3.4 is a great motor but at that age and milage and given that is the salt air near seattle you can count on plenty of little problems springing up. YMMV but if it was me and I was buying it every brushing, bearing, fluid and wear item would have to be replaced before racking up any sort of miles or trusting it to do any sort of hauling or work. The t100 is such a cool platform, but they are long in the tooth. If that was a one owner rig and they had a 3 inch binder of paperwork to go with it it might be ( could be a different deal) When some one says well maintained that is what I think of but I realize that not every one is keeping every slip of paper and plugging it into an excel spread sheet like me.

While the paint job is sorta painful the truck looks decent. Cant tell condition of the tires, or under body or inside of the truck tho, which is a red flag for me. Common stuff everyone wants to know about and yet no pictures posted. I played the 20 year old toyota 4x4 rig game one time and lost big time. Still own toyotas, even high mile toyotas, but not old, high mile, un known history toyotas.

Best of luck

 

[dongboyz]

Seems like the price is high for the miles. At the end of the day the truck is old enough to buy a beer and has over 200k.
The 3.4 is a great motor but at that age and milage and given that is the salt air near seattle you can count on plenty of little problems springing up. YMMV but if it was me and I was buying it every brushing, bearing, fluid and wear item would have to be replaced before racking up any sort of miles or trusting it to do any sort of hauling or work. The t100 is such a cool platform, but they are long in the tooth. If that was a one owner rig and they had a 3 inch binder of paperwork to go with it it might be ( could be a different deal) When some one says well maintained that is what I think of but I realize that not every one is keeping every slip of paper and plugging it into an excel spread sheet like me.

While the paint job is sorta painful the truck looks decent. Cant tell condition of the tires, or under body or inside of the truck tho, which is a red flag for me. Common stuff everyone wants to know about and yet no pictures posted. I played the 20 year old toyota 4x4 rig game one time and lost big time. Still own toyotas, even high mile toyotas, but not old, high mile, un known history toyotas.

Best of luck

Thanks for the reply. Good things to consider. Owner says all oils (engine, diff, transfer case) are changed at their regular interval and timing belt was changed a year ago at a tune-up service (whatever that means). Clutch was just replaced, water pump is good to go, and A/C is blowing cold.

Will need to get more pictures of the underside to check for any rust spots. Not sure if it lived in Seattle its whole life or not; going to setup a call today.

Definitely seems like he keeps up with it better than most, but I definitely need to check it out in person and get some more pictures first.

Funny enough I don't really mind the paint job too much so that's not as much of a deal breaker for me.

 

[beef tits]

Funny enough I don't really mind the paint job too much so that's not as much of a deal breaker for me.

To me, the “paint” job is reflective of the general ownership and maintenance. Like it or not, that is a very low quality, cheap, hack job. I would expect other repairs to have been done in the same fashion, likely with inexpensive Chinese parts.

Anyone can do a lot of maintenance and keep receipts, but few people do it well. I’m guessing the paint job isn’t the only thing he f’d up.

Just My $0.02... I’ve owned a lot used Toyotas and made gobs of money selling them for more than I paid. I wouldn’t go anywhere near that thing.

Either way, your username cracks me up.

*edit: in reality, for the price range you could have a 2000-2001 Tundra with a v8. WAYYY better truck to drive around. Similar MPGs. I've bought a few of these (clean) that needed very little work for less than what this guy is asking. I currently have one of each; T-100 and a 2001 Tundra. The Tundra is superior in EVERY way and that 4.7 is a 500k mile motor. Typically every truck will need a timing belt so plan on that - it's easy.

 

[NoDak]

To me, the “paint” job is reflective of the general ownership and maintenance. Like it or not, that is a very low quality, cheap, hack job. I would expect other repairs to have been done in the same fashion, likely with inexpensive Chinese parts.

Anyone can do a lot of maintenance and keep receipts, but few people do it well. I’m guessing the paint job isn’t the only thing he f’d up.

Just My $0.02... I’ve owned a lot used Toyotas and made gobs of money selling them for more than I paid. I wouldn’t go anywhere near than thing.

Either way, your username cracks me up.

Agreed.

I'd also add that that type of paint job usually follows massive rust repair...surely with bondo or similar hack.