How far did you go to buy a third gen? Stay local or hop on a plane

I found a couple online in Nashville I was interested in but ended up finding one in Rome that was exactly what I wanted.

 

Flew to Phoenix, 45 min flight, drove back to SD, CA. No good deals in SoCal.

 

How far has anyone gone to pick up parts or get work done on the truck?? 210 miles each way to get sliders and armor for my truck.

 

Drove 3 hours from Charlotte to VA for a MT Cement Sport 4x4, definitely worth the trouble!

Loaded it up for a family fishing trip on day 2.

 

Oh man, you don't even want to know...it all started back in 1981 when I talked my Dad into buying a 1971 Land Cruiser.

 

I live in Denver and flew to OKC with a buddy to pick up mine.

 

65 miles. That was the closest dealer!!!

 

Flew to Gander, NL to drive back to Ontario for my 17 cement manual Pro. I'd do it again tomorrow.

 

Based on my very scientific poll of, well, basically just this site I've concluded that:
1. Manual transmissions are in relatively high demand for tacomas
2. MTs are impossible to find for sale in highly populated metropolitan areas.
3. We're all willing to travel quite a distance to get the truck we want.
4. Toyota probably has a millennial in a cubicle somewhere working the dealer inventory.

 

About seven miles. It was getting unloaded when I arrived. Only manual transmission in the area at the time. I had to wait for them to complete a PDI and put an inspection sticker on it before I could drive her home. Two other people were trying to buy her at the same time.

 

Local dealers tried to convince me that a new at the time 17' dcsb MT was going to be impossible to find. Went a few hours out of town and bought what I wanted lol.

 

I bought my 17 in August of 2016 when they were first hitting lots, dorschel did a dealer trade to get my SR MT all the way from Harrisburg PA. Easy for me, got lucky too!

 

I live in Annapolis and the dealer here did not budge on price so i went to Westminster and save $3500

 

Horrible selection locally. Almost bought from a dealer in VA but couldn't get it done. Then found the exact truck I wanted to build (in AZ) and it was already built. A few days later flew from NJ to AZ, did the deal, and drove it home.

 

Flew from Los Angeles to NorCal and drove it home.

 

I walked a half mile to the dealer and took the only OR access cab they had in stock. I'd far rather spend another couple bucks on a truck I'll drive for a decade to avoid hours of research, haggling, and travel time.

 

Around 11 hours including stops (Ohio). I flew there, picked up the truck and did a road trip back to NY.
Including the cost of the flight I still saved several hundred dollars, and it's great seeing an unfamiliar part of the country.

 

Couldn't find what I was looking for locally/online so I setup a deal at a dealer 250 miles away then found a better deal 550 miles away, both for cement OR 6MT's. Stopped by a local dealer on the way home from work one day hoping they had enough in stock to confirm my choice of color. Low & behold, they had just received a new shipment of fresh tacos that included MGM & Cavalry Blue manuals. I decided to forgo the out of state (cement) options & drove the MGM home the next day.

 

Local Dealer ordered what I wanted, had to wait several months but it was well worth it.

 

Roughly a 90-minute drive for me. There is a dealership about 40 minutes from my house, but they are absolute scumbags.