Miles at delivery of Brand New Tacoma

Good evening!

I’m looking to take delivery on a new ‘21 MT OR Tacoma and the vehicle currently has over 150 miles (might well be close to 200 by the time it’s relocated to my dealer) on it and the concern is that it was used as a dealer take home or demo. The vehicle was a dealership transfer and the dealerships are roughly 50 apart. Also, looking at the Toyota app, the vehicle was in for service at 114 miles. The information on the Toyota app simply says “no trouble found with customers concern”. I’ve waited several months for this vehicle to go through allocation, etc, and finally the day of supposed delivery is near.

Realizing that I’ve made no deposit, the dealership could sell this to someone else in a flash, and I could simply wait for a new one or take delivery of this one, I am simply looking to read what interested folks have to say (options, validity of concerns, reality, advice, etc) about this. I plan to look at the Carfax report before heading to the dealership.

Thanks for your input.

CJ

 

I may have a concern about the clutch usage. An item they don’t typically cover via warranty as it’s a wear item. I’ve read of some 3rd gens having clutches go fast.

 

I've heard this mostly depends on the driver. It's a forgiving truck and so it's a good one for many to have as their first manual.

 

When it gets there, drive it. If it feels, sounds and looks good then buy it. Simple.

 

Or a loaner to a customer for a vehicle waiting for a part for service. It's one of the 3.

If it's never been titled, there should be no 'customer'. Unless a borrower turned it in with a complaint. The more interesting thing is that the complaint isn't specified.

Don't count on that too much. They only know what they scrape off records. Lots of work gets done on vehicles that never gets documented in a computer system that their bots crawl.

 

My two cents: If you're not sure, wait for the next one. There WILL be a next one.

Some things sound iffy, and if I'm dropping 30-40k on a new truck, "iffy" is not how I'd like to describe any part of the transaction.

 

200 miles is nothing. If you like the truck buy it.

 

If it was back in 2020, 200 miles on the odometer I'd haggle additional $1k off the on-going market price. In today's market, probably not.
The norm for a new truck like Tacoma built in the USA is to have less than 7 miles on the odometer. Any higher than that someone took it for a spin, test drive.

 

I think if you’re worried about potential issues or damage, then you’re overthinking it. If this is the one you want, then get it.

As others have said, 200 miles could be test drives, dealer demo, porter transit from one dealer to another for inventory swaps, whatever...

There won’t be anything to see on the CarFax, unless it has been previously owned, so save your money - or get the dealer to give you a free report if you think it has been owned/titled. If someone got cold feet after purchase and wanted to unwind the deal as the prior poster said, then there would a title event since the manufacturer does require punching the warranty card...but then it woudn’t be brand new.

What’s your main concern?

 

12 miles odo off the lot

 

When I bought my Tacoma new it had 135 miles on it. Was used as a demo I think.

 

If it was me, since it has MT and there was prior service although it did not specify what’s wrong even though it said no issue found, I would just run away from it. 200 miles might not be enough to slip a clutch but I wouldn’t take a chance. Besides you’ll be paying new or near new cost. I’d get another .btw, it’s common for dealerships to shrug off a concern as characteristic of the vehicle or can’t replicate it even though there’s a real concern. If it has AT, then I might chance it .

 

This is common. Customers take home vehicles for test drives. Some times a vehicle is test drove multiple times before it’s sold. Sometimes if the dealer has other dealerships close by they will use the vehicle to run and pick up people at other dealerships running cars around. Go pick a customer up in it or a sales person may take it to lunch or whatever. Could of been dealer traded between 2 or 3 dealers. There are plenty of reasons for mileage. As already stated when it comes in test drive it. If all is well buy it. If not then wait for another.

 

As long as it's never been titled, I wouldn't worry about it if it looks and drives okay.

 

Seems a little suspect. I could see some miles but not that many. Look it over and make your decision when you see what condition it's in.

Fwiw mine only had 8 miles on it.

 

How many of them folks you think drive manual on the regular?

 

First, welcome to Tacoma World

"Toyota app simply says “no trouble found with customers concern”"

The word "customer" in this case may have been a dealership employee who noticed something rather than a vehicle owner.
Inspect and test drive it well. Probably fine. Keep us posted and we like pictures!

 

I had it flat-bedded to my house almost 300 miles away, which was negotiated when purchased over the phone. I had 18 miles on it when I drove it off the trailer.

 

My 2018 had 3 miles on it when I got it, then got 1200 miles to drive it halfway across the country to get it home.

But, mileage can be a few different things. Could be test drives, could be that the sales guys would take that truck to go get lunch, a manager or sales persons car broke down, so they drove that while theirs was being fixed. Regardless of why it has that many miles already, I would check over the whole truck before you sign anything on it. Check the underside, check the tires, check the body for any dings or dents.