How many of you are still driving your 2005 taco?

I am sure I have some company....

 

Aye

Bought it in '09

 

livin that 05 life. 138k on her with 10k on the motor

 

What was your situation with needing a new motor. Curious, for obvious reasons.

 

Vandalism. It was parked at a trailhead deep in the woods for a few days while the previous owner was backpacking. Someone broke into the truck, stole some stuff, and then opened the hood and filled the oil fill with rocks and mud. Motor seized up before the previous owner could even get it out of the woods

 

Ohhh, interesting, and shitty at the same time. But Nice to know it wasn't due to the motor crapping out for seemingly no reason.

 

sup

 

Yeah bummer for the previous owner. Good deal for me though lol! By the time his insurance agreed to put in a brand new motor, he had already bought another truck, so I got a hold of this one with less than 1k on the motor

 

Had mine since June of 05 after my wife rolled my first one.

 

Damn! Hard to believe that's a 14 y/o truck.

 

'05 OG checking in...

I bought this in Feb.'05.

I still remember being one of the only 2nd gens on the road. You can't fall over backwards and not land a 2nd gen now.

 

Well, mine is actually a 2006 but I ordered it summer of 05 picked it up first week of September 2005.



I have 119,600 miles.

J

 

Love my 2005

 

139,000 miles on my ‘05. 2nd owner. I really, really like this truck and plan to run it for as long as it’ll let me.

 

Bought in December 04 and only has 69,950 miles.

 

Holy dog fuck, that's really really shitty.

 

Well, fuck. That’s absolutely fucked up. Sorry about the language but how does that even come to mind. Hope they get karma, as I’m sure they do.

 

Siiiiick rig.

 

This is why I’m always nervous about parking my truck deep in trails so I can hike/ dirt bike. People are the worst, he coulda just stole shit and called it a day but he really wanted to fuck that guy up for no reason

There was a local guy who’s Jeep got stuck, so he left it over night and on the way back with some buddy’s to get it, it was torched

 

Bought mine in July of 05 and it now has 122K on the clock. No engine tick, no drive shaft vibes, no passenger side leaks, and up to now, no bubbles in the overflow tank.

That head gasket situation plagues me a bit. If it goes, I will drain all the coolant and try Steel Seal gasket repair before I do anything drastic. Steel Seal is not compatible with Toyota fluid so you can't just pour it in, but if you clear the system and use plain water and it works, then you can put back the original fluid and go from there.

I don't how long a successful repair with Steel Seal would work, but it is worth a try.