Is thisA good buy

Did you inspect the frame with a fine tooth comb?

 

Welcome to TW

 

I did. Found out about those issues buying my first one a few years ago

 

Been here awhile but now I should be accepted by all clubs

 

Perhaps as I've turned down $20,000 for this 96 with 415,000 miles on it.

 

Man how do people hold on to their trucks for so long with so little miles?! That thing will easily survive another 20 years

 

Right? I've put 95k on mine just in my 3 years of ownership

 

Some like to have them around just for utility use. My father in law had a '95 2WD that only had 10,600 miles when he died about 5 years ago. Paint was in bad shape from sitting under trees for so long and had some rust.
The only reason he purchased and kept it was for trips to Home Depot to pick up lumber and mulch and stuff and trips to the dump from time to time. Other than that it just sat.

 

Bought mine in 2018 with 67K on it, it now has 82K, so I guess the answer is some people don't do a lot of road trips or a lot of driving. A wild guess for me is about 2-3K a year.

@99yoda looks to be a great score especially with a clean frame, Weiser is just a stone's throw from me. Change out those ball joints though.

 

I've got a 2002 Pre Runner with only 84k miles I'm the second owner and I've owned it going on 7 years

 

Planning on getting them done soon! Working on getting all the fluids changed first. Gotta do it paycheck to paycheck till I get that savings back up lol

 

Also planning on doing the timing belt at 100k or can they hold on a little longer

 

a bit op, but looks clean!