My "Heartbreaking" First Gen Buying Story.

I am so a truck like that around my town would be an easy 10 g's dammit haha

 

I used to hate white trucks (and vehicles in general). They reminded me of either work vehicles, because all my work vehicles are white, or douchebags cause it seemed everytime I saw really clean white vehicles some sort of jersey-shore-esq douche was driving it (and they'd be Beamers or Mercedes lol). So I always wrote off white Tacomas. But then I saw my friends uncle's Rawling Tundra, and started seeing white Tacomas with black accents and they look AWESOME, so my opinion has changed lol. I still don't like the stock white look too much, but once all the accents get black out they look so much more aggressive and I love the look.

And I agree, all blacked out looks so awesome. Its why black is my first choice. But I really like the silver with black accents too, and that deep red would look REAL nice with black accents.

 

"so I'm not just gonna show up now haha"

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

EXCUSE ME, drive yer ass by, even knock on the door, kripes, you want a Taco, being meek will keep you in da back seat for sure...

Good luck with the quest, sooner or later you will succeed...

 

Well I CAN'T just show up is what I mean, Lol. I searched me entire email history and cannot find the correspondence!! That's why I NEED him to reply, to get the address again. Otherwise yeah, I could just drive over and see if there's a sign on the truck, or a phone number, and just pretend we've never talked before haha.

 

Exactly how I felt about white tacomas, after driving to colorado springs 3 times to look at trucks I found online and came back empty handed because they lied, I jumped on the white one because everything was fine on it, and I thought I would hate myself for buying it, but after a little plasti dip and spray paint its growing on me

 

Anyone wanna do me a solid and shoot that Craigslist ad an inquiry email, just to see if there's a reply lol? If so, it clearly means dude isn't pleased about how last time went down and is avoiding me. Maybe I'm just being super impatient and he hasn't gotten a chance to check/reply yet, but still, I've learned in this process (and most everyone's advice here) that you gotta be quick and persistent. If I were selling a vehicle on CL I'd be checking constantly for inquiries. I just really don't want to miss out on the opportunity, especially now that I have the new budget situation thanks to irresponsible pot-head roomate lol. Not gonna find many nice Tacos in this price range, especially local. And now I definitly can't fly out to any.

 

Completely forgot I have a secod email just for signing up for things, so I don't get a bunch of junk/spam to my main email. I replied to the ad with that email and got a reply within a few hours, a reply telling me he isn't available Monday, and someone is coming to look at it on Tuesday, so I can come Wednesday if it's still available....

But still no reply to my main email that I wrote FRIDAY explaining the situation from last time, so it IS being ignored. That SUCKS that a misunderstanding probabaly cost me the sale

 

Screw that. Show up Tuesday w cash. Punch other guy in the neck. Nail the dudes wife on the stairs. Drop money. Take truck. Load vid of it all on YouTube. Profit.

 

Best. Plan. Ever!

 

I also found this:
http://providence.craigslist.org/ctd/3751550634.html

How much worse is gas mileage on the crews than the extended cabs? I'm already going to take a hit gas-wise as my current car gets about 23-25mpg, and most of what I've seen on the Tacos is 17-19-ish. I'd assume Crew cab is a bit lower? Gas gets pretty ridiculous here on the island in the summertime.

 

Lol! Best advice ever!

 

That looks like a great deal for that truck. I'm partial to Lunar Mist double cabs myself

Mine gets about 17 mpg (w/ v6 and auto trans), but I recently got a topper and I think that dropped it by about 1/2-1 mpg. I've heard of others getting higher mileage, but there are lots of variables; they all seem different.

 

Dude, if you dont jump on that one I'll fly out there and smack you upside the head myself. That's a peach! My guess is the milage difference between the x cab and 4 door would be next to nothing. Certainly not enough to sway away from. I love my 4 door. GO NOW!

Side note. You right coast guys have it easy. That same truck here in CA would be listed for $15,999 or more. NO joke.

 

Also call toyota so they can run the vin to see if its had the frame checked. Otherwise you're on your own for frame issues.

 

Yeah, that's a good idea...I didn't do that with mine and I lucked out with a frame that is fine. And getting on it quick is a good idea...I know the DCs here in South Florida never lasted long...I was on mine within hours of it being posted online.

 

I didn't even know you could do this! See, again, great advice from everyone here.

**EDIT** is there a specific # to call for this?

I can't thank everyone enough. I know I'm probabaly a pain with all the questions and super long posts haha, but I've learned to much just from the replies in this thread, and lurking around the other threads. It's been great

 

Just call a dealership.

 

just curious, but how much actual cash do you have on hand to complete this transaction, I can only assume that it isn't giganormous (large), if you are still working the loan angle you gots to have a line of credit approved, otherwise all you are doing is pretending....

although most sellers will be patient if you 'secure' the deal with sizeable a cash down payment and maybe 24/48 hour turn around on the rest of the proceeds through your preapproved financing, you are at a disadvantage, jumping on these deals means being prepared, when you stated a certain amount per month you could afford as a payment, your figures may differ from what the finance company will actually allow you to encumber (read, borrow)...

it could be the reason the other seller never got back to you, they may have sensed the situation and moved on to someone else or don't want to deal with it...

good luck...

just added, here is link for vin stuff, simple interwebs search found, first hit..I just punched in mine, frame never checked, but it is a West Coast truck, good frame still...

http://www.toyota.com/owners/web/pages/resources/recalls

punch in vin, bing, bang, boom...

 

I did that Vin check for the silver crew cab and it says:

"below are open safety recalls or service campaigns that have not yet been completed"

Safety recall COV remedy
Excessive corrosion of the spare tire lift plate

Does that mean the frame WASNT done like the listing says? If so, that makes me wary of the truck period, because if the dealer is that dishonest about something like that, who knows what else he's hiding. And to be honest, $10,500 is a few THOUSAND lower than I've seen other Crew Cabs with TRD and similar features/miles/condition around here....

**EDIT** and if the frame, or any sort of recall for that matter, hasn't been done yet, is it still covered if I buy it or would I have to pay because it's not the original warranty or owner?

 

The frame isn't an open safety recall so you have to check the service history.