2nd Gen Tacoma.

Hello everyone. Im looking to buy a 2008 with 250 thousand miles… am I crazy?
Owner states that it has zero issues. Burns zero oil. Everything works. He is asking 7500.
Is that too many miles, am I looking to probably have to rebuild the engine soon? Thank you everyone. Hope y’all have a great week.

 

Check for frame rust

 

Thanks man, will do.

 

I honestly don't feel like 7500 is a bad price. There are 20 year old rusted out Chevys with 250,000 miles selling for 5-6k right now.

 

7500 isn't bad for a 4x4 TRD Off Road, but with that many miles and being a 2008, plan to put money into some maintenance - steering rack bushings, body mounts, maybe even new suspension.

 

I see the clearcoat peeling on top of the rear fender flare, so I'll also assume that the roof and hood are probably peeling as well. Not a big deal. Either vinyl wrap it or have it sprayed down at a cheap paint shop... Or just leave it alone. For $7500, I'd focus on the mechanical condition.

 

Got 227,000 on mine
No oil burn, no oil leaks. Runs like new

 

Bought mine with 235,000 and it’s been trouble free and runs perfect. Check for good maintenance records.

 

Nice color! My '08 only has about 125K and a few years back one of the upper ball joints completely disengaged! Also, in the last couple years I lost AC due to a yet to be identified leak. My truck is babied and garage kept for last 3 years.

 

Log into Toyota Owners . com & make an account. Run the vin & add the truck to your "Garage". Then look up the vehicle history. That will help lower the price & or affirm its a good buy. With that mileage - lots of potential maintenance needed. Ask if you can take it to a Toyota Dealer for a "New Buy" inspection. Most of the time the seller's reaction will tell you a lot. Its good to find out what needs replacing before you buy it

 

Totally will do that
Thanks to all of you very appreciated.

 

My neighbors son just bought same year and an offroad with 268k. Check head gasket and frame. I believe he paid $5000.00 but it had some light damage to rear end and no tailgate. Gas mileage was terrible at first but after new plugs, MAF , pvc, and cleaning the throttle body he is rocking and rolling. This weekend we are doing all fluids and greasing the zerks. Then as soon as he can find some cheap take off shocks and coils springs we will install them and he should be good to go for another 150k. Overall great truck and it was well maintained.