SHould i trade my 2nd gen for a 1st gen?

i just found an 04 double cab 4x4 TRD with 122,000 miles in it for just under 11k

 

theres 1st gens out there. just hard to find them without getting bent over on the price

 

If you want your mileage go for the 2.7 5 speed. I get 27 mpg all day and when I'm a lead foot I get 23. First gens are rock solid.

 

If you're serious, you should sell the 2nd gen and buy a 1st... Most 2nd gens are still holding they're value very well. Anyhow good luck with your decision!

 

thanks for all your imput, i reaally appreciate it

 

how many of u guys were unhappy with your 2end gen?

 

id get the 3.4 most likely for towing my boat

 

Not this guy. I had a 95 base ref cab with 2.4 and manage 31mpg and loved it for 7 years, but I need to drop $1000+ in it and it would have only been worth 1800 after that (front seals 6 of em $70 a piece plus labor and need new tires and blower motorwas out and freon line bust from my grandad backing into me which also busted my grill) so I sold for 1300 and put 3k down on my truck now and financed 10k almost halfway paid off now at just under two years. I get 19 ish city and have gotten 24 in rural driving. I have a locker and love it and a full back seat and love that. Not a tM of the short bed but made a bed extender so problem solved. My truck still books for like 16k so wise investment for me in my mind but I never plan to sell, its all I will ever need. I think the 2nd gens are a good size, especially if u have a family. But if its bigger than what u want go for the 1st gen

 

Not as wide is what I like about the 1st Gens. But mine was getting long in the tooth. I had to go Access cab was why I sold my Gen I, and the odometer cable was starting to squeak and howl. I had too many problems with the cable before on the 1990, I wasn't gonna go through the constant lube on that thing.