Would you buy? 2005 For 9k$

Original owner. 220k miles
Well cared for.. 4wd

9,000$

Your thoughts?

 

priced too low imo...go for it

 

yes with a big depend. check the frame for rust. do it again and again and have somebody else check. you dont want to buy a giant paper weight

 

05-06 had a head gasket issue. See if it's been replaced.

 

Offer $7k

 

Too many miles

 

Make sure the frame has been replaced or that as a buyer you will be eligible for a frame replacement.

The only reason I wouldn't buy is the color. But for reasons unknown some people just eat up that speedway blue.

I like the Sport DCLB with the paint matched cap.

 

If all of the belts and whatnot have been replaced recently, I'd say go for it. In California, this would be a deal, especially if you can talk him down to 8k or so.

 

Seems low, but if everything looks good why not. Drive it, get your hands dirty checking things, have a mechanic look it over.

 

If you snooze you lose!

 

8K and rust free take it. It has another 100k miles and a matching canopy, even though the color is ugly

 

I would take it like the other posters if it is rust free. You can call Toyota and give them the vin# and they can tell you what recalls have been done to it. I think outside of bearings and belts you can get 350,000 miles plus on these motors. More than likely will qualify for a leaf replacement and some type of rust preventive if not a frame replacement.

 

Thanks all

 

Also you can expeCT a lot more than 300-350k if maintenance has been on schedule... I don't think I have seen one 4.0l failure that wasn't due to neglect or abuse... that's why you can't find any in junk yards that habent been wrecked

 

I recently bought a 2005 SR5 for $9.5k with 169k miles, and a brand new frame. I didn't have a maintenance history for it, so I did a few hundred bucks worth of maintenance and it's been running like a top since *knock on wood* I say go for it.

 

If it checks out, I’d take it. Have the head gaskets been replaced? If not, I’d make sure they aren’t currently blown.

 

Check the vin on Toyota owners.