2014 Tacoma 55,000 miles for $23,500 vs. buying a new 2018?

save the money buy used

 

Ditto Guys Thank you for putting my words down for me.

 

2nd gen for the win!!! Good price too

 

I paid 24.5k on my 2015 AC SR5 ('yota certified) in lieu of a new 2017. Mileage on your '14 might be a bargaining chip to reduce price. Too many uncertainties in the 3rd gens for me to buy new at this time...

 

I prefer to buy used (certified from a the way to go) as it means someone else dealt with the initial problems, the "shake down cruise" as my uncle always called it.

I have put 4500 100% trouble-free miles on my '09 DCSB SR5 TRD-S (1 owner, a Florida car, I bought it from the same dealer that sold it new) since purchasing it last October with 135k on it, and see no reason why it does not have at least another 135k in it.

At my 6000 miles per year (I mostly ride my Silver Wing) 135k will be another 22½ years--as I'm 72½ now I suspect I will stop being able to drive long before the Taco becomes undrivable...

 

Until it has issues out of warranty. Then you're stuck holding your dick and sucking your thumb while crying over the repair bill.

OP:
I bought new because (in 2015) I couldn't find a truck with less than 60k miles and was a 2012+ that wasn't more than $4k under new price. If I were in your position I would save that $10K and buy the 2014 with a tested mechanical/electrical platform and sleep easy at night knowing that it will last you those 20 years.

 

2nd Gen. They're still working out some kinks on the 3rds.

 

I would want the least amount of tech possible to ensure longevity.

 

Even though I am a 3rd gen fanboy and not the typical the 2nd gen is better than the turd gen generalization, I would go for the 2014 model. 55k miles is nothing on a Tacoma. That truck is practically brand new and it costs $9,000 less than the the new one.
Resale value is hard to judge in the future but from my research the 3rd gens are holding their value just fine on the used market.
https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/inven....selectedEntity2=&zip=26505#listing=177634148

Here is a 2015 TRD sport double cab model listing for $29k with 29k miles.

https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/inven....selectedEntity2=&zip=26505#listing=181710315

Here is a 2016 TRD sport model double cab without premium and tech package listing for $32k with 27k miles.

Both have similar miles and the same options and the 3rd gen is worth $3k more. That 2016 model costed $36k new so that is $4k in deprecation in 2 years since the 3rd gens been out since September 2015. 3rd gens seem to be holding their value well compared to second gens.

In your case, I heard you are a recent graduate I would start out with less debt and buy the 2014 even though both are a good buy and deprecation on both of them over the years is negligible.

I graduated from college 3 years ago and I have a car payment of $492 a month on $26k financed ($10k down payment) for my 2017 I bought last November. I also pay $88 a month for insurance. $600 transportation expense excluding gas isn't a joke. Trust me you going to enjoy having a cheaper car payment on that 2014 over the new one.

 

Thanks guys, I think the consensus is to go with the used Tacoma. I really like all the tech features in the 3rd gen, but am more so worried about the reliability in the long run.

The only real reason I was even interested in a 2018 or 2017 was to finally have a "new" car. It probably isn't all that special, and a college senior probably shouldn't have a new car anyhow.

But I have been searching for a Blue Ribbon Metallic TRD Sport Access in the 2.5 gen for sometime now and this one popped up. (It is 800 miles away, but still )

 

Road trip! I've went 600+ miles for a vehicle 3 times. If it's a good deal and what you want then it's worth it.
Go get it and enjoy it

 

That's what I'm thinking! Talk my dad and brother into a road trip out west... I'm sure they'd be down

 

I purchased the 15 instead of the 16 because I really disliked the lines of the 16 and was skeptical of the new power train. I personally I would not buy a 3rd Gen till it get 3 or 4 years under its belt. I want to see what happens with when the 3rd gens hits 150k.

 

I could not agree more with what you have said.

Please all keep in mind I'm old, however both the exterior and interior of the 3rd gen are too trendy for my taste. Trendy always looks dated 7 to 10 years down-the-road. That's why they dropped the 2009 "fast and furious, Altezza" looking taillight style in 2016...

 

Sorry I didn't see this earlier.

This should literally be pinned.

 

Preference. If you can afford either, it comes down to which one you like better. I didn't want the first model year, so when I was shopping a couple of years ago, I wanted to get in a '15 before they were gone. I don't doubt the third gen will be a solid truck, too. If I would've waited a couple of years, I'd be buying a third gen now, simply because I wouldn't be shopping used.

 

Do you really want be known as a Turd gen owner?

 

You guys have to take today's technology into account when talking about future resale value. In 5 - 10 years, all new cars and pickup trucks will likely be battery powered (or use some sort of alternative power). Ten years from now, the gas-powered pickup will be a dinosaur. Plus, fewer people will own a car because lots of innovative forms of transportation are currently being developed at a rapid pace.

 

But NO Flying Cars Marty

 

Maybe--but I remember when the gas turbine (60s; Chrysler), and then the Wankel (70s; DKW, Suzuki, Mazda), and Stirling Cycle (late 70s; Ford and AMC) were all the "wave of the future". And now the "combination" Otto and faux "Atkinson Cycle" (the current bandwagon, but really nothing but a VVT modified plain ol' ICE).

There is no doubt that will change eventually, however I do not see it in the next 20 years unless some astoundingly remarkable technology breakthrough--i.e. some energy storage technology that equals or betters the recoverable energy stored in a lousy gallon of gasoline in a plastic tank at ambient pressure--happens (please, please, please do not mention hydrogen*).

But you know what, the lowly gasoline ICE has lived on through it all. Right now and for the foreseeable future in the US, "electric" cars are nothing but remarkably inefficient fossil fuel powered cars with total "well to wheels" emissions far exceeding most all, and especially the more efficient, gasoline and diesel ICEs--and absurdly long "refueling" times (it takes 3 to 4, maybe 5, minutes to put 20 gallons of gas [360 miles give or take] into my '09 DCSB) ...

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* -Hydrogen which is quite abundant on Earth, is extremely rare as elemental hydrogen--the only form (other than as a component of fossil fuels) that has any practical application. It can be extracted from a number of sources, but as of now all operate as net energy losses.