My 1st 2nd gen! How did I do?

Had a few 1st gens and a 3rd gen, always wanted a single cab 2nd gen as I think they look amazing. Sort of purchased this as an impulse tonight, 2010 single cab manual windows and locks (plus for me) 5 speed manual 2.7 litre 4 banger 4x4. Paid $19,999 from the dealer (of course they wouldn't negotiate) ca car so zero rust and less than 54k miles, did have 4 previous owners though

 

How's the frame?

 

Absolutely zero rust (I live in Southern CA and it has been a ca car its entire life thank God)

 

Nice!

Congrats on finding a sweet Regular cab Tacoma!

 

20k yikes.

 

Congrats on the purchase. I guess that's the current crazy used car environment we live in. I would never imagine a SC tacoma, 4cyl, manual windows/locks would fetch that, even being 4WD. I find it very odd that 4 owners only put 54k miles on it. What's the carfax history?

 

WOW!!!

$20,000 for an 11 yo basic bare bone truck.

IMHO. You should've walked past. For $20K, you could take a fantastic vacation to Thailand or some exotic place and have money left over.

 

Taking a vacation isn't going to get a person to their job and a vehicle can take a person to many vacations.

 

True.

Although, the OP has other vehicles for commuting to work.

Be damn hard to drive to an exotic vacation spot like Thailand.

 

4 owners plus a moderate damage report on the car fax. Thats a 10k truck.

 

Baja, South America, Canada eh lol, etc... have a great day.

 

Good luck with finding that...

 

Not sure I'd classify those as exotic vacations...........but to each their own.

 

okay maybe 12k ish but 20k is absurd. I get prices are high right now but there is no reason to get ripped off.

 

It was near the blue book value, unfortunately in socal we definitely pay the toyota tax and than some and like I said I always wanted one, of course it's the worst time in history to buy one lol but the way I see it is its a tool I'll use for its intended purposes; commuting, camping and the occasional using it has a truck to haul crap.

The 2.7 and 5 speed manual has quite the reputation so I felt it was a justifiable gamble, I guess time will tell.

For reference I sold my 2004 single cab manual transmission 1st gen tacoma with 160k miles for $12k before covid so if for whatever reason I need to sell it (don't plan to) yeah I might take a little bit of a hit but not a total wash especially in this market. There will always be a die hard fan boy such as myself with more money than brains lol

 

Nice truck, it’s getting impossible to find those with super low miles and rust free. Mine runs great at 244k miles zero issues.

Digging the grill too I have the same one. Best looking 2nd gen one easily it makes the truck look tough.

 

For COVID, the price seems OK. Nice truck. Congrats!

 

I have posted this too many times already but I just paid $25250 for a '13 Base AC 4x4 4banger auto with 71k mile and no tailgate and had to drive 160 miles to do it. 20k isn't absurd, just the going rate.

 

Congratulations and enjoy it! Not so long ago it would have automatically dropped a few grand when you started it up to drive off. If your plan is to keep it for a long time, then in reality, it never drops in value.

 

Congratulations on your new to you Tacoma.
She looks awesome!!