What’s your 3rd Gen odometer read??

I was so happy to see this odometer reading when I purchased the truck! On a side note.... the trip meter still reads 1.6 km, or 1 mile more than the odometer. Anyone else noticed this, and kept the the original trip meter running? Just me nerding out on my first new truck ever.

 

Right about 50k on my ‘17

 

2017. 16,125 miles

 

That's great! I had 9 miles when l did my inspection.

 

you have a manual, say “bye bye” to resale value

 

I beg to differ there. 5% of Tacos have a manual trans, that's good resale leverage. I work with a used car lot, and he couldn't keep his only 3rd gen manual taco on the lot. Turns out a dealership bought it, from 3 hours away! Sticks are slick, and getting to be real rare.

 

Not the case here in OH/PA/VA from my experience selling manual and automatic vehicles. I had a hell of a time selling my manual Lexus IS300 and my WRX (guess why?)

Furthermore It’s not like the manual is “rare” because they are special edition trucks. Toyota doesn’t make them because they don’t sell a lot of them.

I think it’s great you buy what you like but let’s cut the bullshit, the manual Tacoma is not “rare” or “highly sought after.”. I think that’s the lamest shit I’ve ever seen on a Craigslist ad.

 

Sorry I got you fired up. Not my intention. We are talking Taco's, not paddle shift sports cars. And by rare, I mean 5% of Taco's, and 0% of any other mid size trucks offer a manual trans.... maybe Nissan, but that's a poor mans Taco, lets be honest. Think of all the members on this site, and ask yourself, how many manual truck owners are there? A lot. Meaning, the market is good for a stick truck. Don't let dweebs on Craigslist, or other sites give you a bad taste of the word rare meaning "top dollar bro". 5% is a small market, but those who want a manual truck will look for nothing else. Besides, I payed $3000 less for my Manual trans because it didn't come with crawl control, keyless entry, and auto start, like the autos do. So I know right off the top, if I were to sell my truck, yes, it would be lower than "market" value. But then again, I bought a cheaper truck to avoid electronics, and the shift when I want to. Therefore, I cannot expect to be priced with the fancy trucks. Make sense?

 

Didn’t mean to sound fired up, I just got real tired of guys acting like they had a ‘71 Boss 351 when they sold their trucks on Craigslist. Guess it is a sore subject for me

 

That may be a regional OPINION. Factually not close to true here in WA state. Every car I ever sold was manual. Including a Volvo 850 station wagon. Sold in hours, on Facebook local ad only for a nice selling price. Not that I want to sell my Taco but I will sell it and quickly if I wanted to. You know where I will get screwed? The cost of mods.......regearing, lockers, tune.......people won't even know that stuff, except 1:20 and he will know........

 

I hear ya bro! in Canada we have Kijiji. Free adds mean we have hoards of lowballers, and jerks. I always like your comments, keep em coming!

 

390

 

2016 TRD Sport 43919 (after parking for work tonight)

 

2017 here, just turned 10,000 miles!

 

Just got home from the dealership-166.

 

You gotta drive that thing man!

 

49,xxx on my 2017, which was bought new in November 2016.

 

Bought 10/17 2017 OR 135025 miles as of today.

 

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