Do you regret Selling your 1st Gen.

I'm just looking to see if people regret letting their 1st Gen go.

 

I haven't done that but I know I would regret it bad. I love my truck too much to sell it.

 

No I needed more room. It was either sell the 1st gen and get a 2ng gen double cab or buy something other than a toyota Tacoma. I mean I miss my old 72 chebby pickup too but you have to move on you know?

 

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I know I would regret it that's why I ain't sellin', you hear ! ! !

 

Yes I do but I traded for an FJ80. But sold it due to the gas gouge a few years ago. If anyone seen my first gen I traded it in Fortworth Texas. It's a red 2.7 4x4 extended cab with a prerunner bumper welded to it.

 

I regret selling my 93

Sorry, it's a picture of a picture

 

i was sick the day the guy was coming to pick up my 02. i knew it was wrong... I FUKD UP. only if i could turn back time

 

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It was like seeing my hot ex-girlfriend with another dude!!....lol.....i miss my '99

 

I miss my 95.5 taco. It was perfect for me but wanted to get something bigger.
Now that im going to college, i wish i had it instead of my second gen.
I wouldnt mind it that much if my 2nd gen was 4x4 like my 1st gen.

 

My '06 is only half the truck my 99 was, I would gladly trade back.

 

I am struggling hard on this...I am an original owner 1999 black TRD 4x4 with power sunroof. V6 Automatic SR5 package. Has 226,000 miles on original engine and tranny. Only routine maintenance done, and replaced u-joints. All stock, no build-up. Had always planned to build it after it was paid off, but kids kept coming, and money never loose enough to do it.

I am JONESING BAD for 4Runner Trail .... but I dont want to part with the Taco. Insurance costs to hold onto the Taco is about $30 per month, plus annual taxes and tags. Wife doesn't want a "parking lot" for a driveway.

Do I sell my beloved Taco which has taken me from Colorado to Pennsylvania to Texas and all points in between? Is the new 4runner "man enough" to make me forget about my Taco?

I have original window sticker, sales brochure, can name when and where every scratch, ding, or off-raod scrape happened. She's never left me stranded, gets 20mpg right now, and the A/C blows ice cold. She's tired and needs new suspension, timing belt, and all other major routine maintenance right now.

Do I dump about $5,000 into it and make it last me another 2 years before I get the 4Runner? Do I bite the bullet and trade it/sell it, plus the $5,000 for everything I want done and put everything towards getting the 4Runner Trail?

I am really struggling here.......need some input.......help me make the right decision. Basically, should I think with my head or my heart?

 

I loved my first gen. Miss it to death and it was my first vehicle bought it myself for $4300. It only had a 3inch spacer lift but I fit 33 x 10.50 BFG M/T TA KM2's under her. That thing was a tank




Only got 2k for it on trade in.

 

a couple of recent shots (about a year ago). since then, put new crytal clear headlight and front corners.

I want the $Runner Trail but dont want to let the Taco go ... finances make it very hard....UGHHHHHH

 

memario....that's probably the right advice. first year models always have bugs that get worked out in later models. and they aren't gonna stop building the new trails. maybe a white one with the crawler package ala the FJ dealer option will be available then too...

To do everything I want (timing belt, tune-up, etc, ARB Bullbar, OME Sport Suspension with new UCAs, a new steering gear cause its bent, and new set of tires) I am looking at close $5,000 when all said and done. The frame rust thing has me worried too. Gets inspected every time in the shop, and only lots of surface rust right now. Always passes inspect.

$5,000 put into it, plus $5,000(?) if I sold it, makes a nice $10,000 down payment on something new.

But then, I have one badass truck that's paid for and built like I want it. That should get me to 300,000 miles easy. sounds crazy, huh?

 

I don't think I'll sell my 1st gen when it comes time for a new truck A LONG time from now I'll probably turn it into a trail rig and wheel the hell out of it.

 

i regret selling my 93 4runner, but luckily i just sold it to my brother, so i still get to drive it every now and then.