my tacoma is expensive

in the last three weeks, new ball and seat on the driveline, carrier bearing, and u joints, new belts, ps pump, brakes and rotors, lots of money, but still lovin my taco

 

its worth it man! keep it up. its worth it!

 

I have a 98 too - I have to had to dump some money into it also

It sure beats having a car payment.

 

How many miles on it?

 

I miss my old 98... I should have never traded it in for the 06....

 

1st gens FTW lol, are ya not lovin ur 06?

 

I do love my 06 but I also loved my 98.. I could drive my 98 like a sports car, speeding around. The 06 is bigger so not as easy to speed around it but some how I still do it (more power tho).. LOL I would love to have both!

 

177,000 miles madjik man

 

uh, brakes and rotors are wear items...they're expected to have to be replaced.

lifetime brakes are a crock of sh!t.

 

Meh, not bad in the maintenance cost IMO

 

Shit, that puppy is just getting broken in dude , I'll bet there's still good hone marks in the cylinders.......

 

haha ya for sure there is but it was just all at once, kinda sucked, but like i said it's worth it, gonna get new tires soon not sure what to go with

 

new headers, new stereo, new speakers, new muffler, new fuel upgrade, it's all expensive........................ but worth every penny.

on another note i am expecting to have to replace the drive shaft if my final lift kit alteration doesn't work out. Any suggestions?

 

i cant even list the amount of money i've spent on my truck over the years haha but its all worth it in the end

 

Hmm, I had to replace one of my u-joints too. Maybe it's just the age. Mine has 219k on it.

 

I had a 2000, missed it alot. Darn thing saved my life when I got T-Boned by a bone head speeding durning a heavy fog. This 09 isn't near as rugged as the 2000, I guess ford can claim their quality is like a Toyota's now.

 

2002 dakota with 125k
2 1/2 sets of ball joints
3 sets of front bearings
1 set of new break lines
new BCM computer
3 sets of front brakes
3 new calipers
3 sets of new rotors
2 seats of rear universal joints
4 O2 sensors
1 new gas filler tube
new belts X2
air conditioner/heat system needed a complete replacement
exhaust on its way out

 

thats a pretty hurtin amount of repairs for only 125k

 

the engine was awesome, just everything aroundthe engine sucked.
I stopped liking the truck after the second set of bearings. i kept it because it was paid off. looking back it cost over $3000 in repairs after 80k miles.
even though the bank was paid off I was still making payments just to various repair shops.

 

after seeing that dodge i dont feel so bad