How many of you are still driving your 2005 taco?

Add me to the list. Mine's an early '05 made towards the end of 2004 (I can't remember exactly which month).

 

Had mine for almost two years now and put 25k miles on it. Sitting at 193k right now. Bought it to use as a play toy, and it’s sure done well.

 

Bought my 05 summer of 2010 with 13k miles on it (garage kept for sure). Totally love driving this truck, I’ve got 64k miles now and everywhere it goes I get immediate offers! Got some upgrades on it, new BFG K02’s, new black TRD alloys, updated original radio with Pioneer double din car-play which sounds absolutely incredible with stock speakers and JBL amp system!

 

Wife’s mother bought it new, we sold her 1st gen and took ownership of this one, love it, we will drive this till the wheels fall off then swap a Hilux motor into it! Just clicked over to 111k

 

Had my 05' for about 10 years and have never had to do anything but routine maintenance. Got almost 300k miles now and still runs like new and looks just as good.

 

14 years with this one. 145,000 and still going

 

this one....bought with 7K miles on it Oct '05

wife's daily driver now with 172K on it...biggest disappointment

was a wheel bearing at 90K miles...otherwise routine oil/filter

tranny fluid twice...coolant & thermostat..tires/wheels

Bilstein 5100's....good solid truck still

pic on I-70 on way home from purchase

 

Bought new in July 2005. Just under 65k on it. Hasn't been to the dealer. Should probably get the tsb's looked at? Added a few mods...

 

@Black Taco good looking truck

 

Yep, just bought this 2005 a few weeks ago after selling my 2008 PreRunner. She is a young pup at only 185k miles.

 

June '05
159,982K still going fine

 

I'd like to see a close up of those wheels. I'm assuming you painted the bare aluminum sections? Looks pretty sick.

 

I've had mine for 10 years now! Bought it back in Jan. of 2009 to replace my 2002 that got totaled by my daughter's mom while I was deployed all through 2008. Bought a 1 way ticket home when I got back and drove it back to SoCal. When I bought it there was a little over 24k miles and now I'm a couple hundred miles away from 150k miles.

 

Put me on the list. Still in my 2005 with 202,564 miles. She is part of the family now.

 

That rear bumper though!

 

I love my 05. The frame was replaced in March 2018 along with springs and rear shocks. Going strong at 204000.

 

Good thread!

 

Yeah pretty shitty for the previous owner. He said getting the truck out of the woods from where he parked it was a nightmare. It was waaayyyyy back in the back country down a rough 4wd road. Cost him an arm and a leg. Then he spent almost half a year fighting with his insurance to make it right.

Those guys are lucky he didn't show up while they were in the middle of doing that shit. The previous owner was a backwoods Colorado redneck. Fucking with his truck seemed like a real quick way to get shot.

 

Mine was built in October of 05 but it's technically an 06 it has 97k

 

bought it new August 2005. 206,000 km. upgraded from steel rims to these rims/rubber this summer. still lovin it