Travelled 1400 miles for this beauty

Hello, TW! Long time lurker here, but never posted my truck before.

So I've had a 2014 TRD Off Road DCSB AT, but the more I thought about the kind of truck I wanted I realized that I began to seriously want a manual transmission Access Cab. However I quickly realized that these are quite difficult to come by, particularly for a clean 2nd gen example. I began ritually scrolling new listings on autotrader, marketplace, cargurus, etc. nearly each day for almost the past year... until a few weeks back when I saw this truck listed for sale.

It is a bone stock, zero rust, single owner 2015 TRD Sport Access Cab Manual Transmission in Magnetic Grey Metallic... with less than 29,000 miles! It was for listed for sale by a Toyota dealer in Seattle - the only problem is I live in San Diego. So I did the only logical thing - buy the truck sight unseen, get a plane ticket, and drive it back home. I went with my girlfriend and we drove 1400 miles back over three days. What a memorable trip! This truck is unbelievably clean, feels brand new, and the manual is fun as hell.. The salesman said he fielded a ton of calls immediately but I just happened to be the first response. Keeping the truck forever! No mods planned - probably just swapping wheels at some point. I also plan to do a full 30k mile service myself within the next few weeks.

I would also like to trade for a Gen 2.5 non-scooped MGM hood if anyone in the socal area wants a scooped hood! Let me know!

- Ted

 

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Nice truck Ted!!

 

That smile on your face while driving says it all..very cool

 

Looks great! Enjoy it

 

Ordinarily I wouldn’t buy a truck sight unseen but you did good on that one. Whole thing looks new. I’ve never seen an undercarriage as clean as yours except on a new just off the showroom vehicle. Ya done good, enjoy the ride.

 

Ya gotta peach there Ted. Welcome to TW!

 

Absolutely mint. What a catch. Best of luck, and post about 30k service.

 

That’s the way to do it.

 

Soooo jealous.

 

I bet you got face cramps after 1400 miles of that grin! Congratulations!

 

I generally agree... But I felt that it was a safe bet given that it was from an established Toyota dealership and I had looked at photos of all angles and facetimed the salesman before putting down money.

Thank you!

 

Thank you all for the kind words! I plan on being much more active here... and yes I will post about my 30k service!

 

I just hit 30k today, plan on doing my coolant, transmission and brake fluid
Diffs have already been done, if yours haven’t I’d do them too

 

Nice score OP, definitely worth the time and work for sure. Took me over 9 months to find my 2013 AC, fortunately I only had to travel about 300 miles to get it.

 

Good Lord, Dude. You found you a gem there. Congratulations!
That is one clean looking truck. Enjoy it and take care of it!

 

Congrats!

 

stock 2nd gen Tacomas are getting rarer and rarer... and super hard to find... especially with base equipment ... looks like you're grinning tells it all... no words necessary... lol ... there's one candidate in Santa Rosa about two hours from me... i'm wishing...

 

Congrats man! Looks amazing!

 

Wow what an absolutely beautiful find. Congrats!! I’m sure many people here, including myself, would sell an organ for a clean low-mileage 2nd gen like that!! I’m seriously jealous!

 

OK, I'll be the one who asks.
How much?