New vs Old

Just a post. I got my dads 1993 Toyota pre Tacoma days with a little over 12700 miles on it. He passed 10 years ago. So I had to take a picture of mine and his together. Now just to figure out which one my 13 year old inherits.

 

Kid gets the new one for sure. Keep that beaut ‘93 under lock and key.

 

Awesome picture.

Let your kid pick the one he wants.
He’ll probably take the newer one, then give your sons kid his Great-Grandfather’s truck.

 

I thought for a sec it really had 12k miles

 

Welcome to the forum, posted before but here’s a picture of my 84 next to my 17. Bought the 84 from my daughter who bought it from my son who bought it from my brother who bought it new.

 

Welcome aboard! Here’s a shot of my ‘93 T100. The T100 is my first car. I still drive it every couple of weeks, although I rarely take it on trips anymore.

 

I had a 93 v6 with 90k miles, and wasn't too sorry to see it go. Bought a new 2001 4.7 tundra that wasn't a whole lot worse on fuel economy with more than twice the power.

 

Your kids first vehicle needs to be a "beater". Ask me how I know.

 

I'd buy that '84 that you bought from your daughter who bought it from your son who bought it from your brother who bought it new

 

Sold it in one day! I guess I should have asked more for it

 

Great memory! Congrats!

 

I'm conflicted about that; I think it depends on the kid to be honest. My T100 was almost new when I got it in High School and while I was hard on it, it survived and last night even served as the 'family car' when I used it clean some junk out of a relatives back yard, although two adults and a teen are a tight fit in that truck!

I've seen others who buy their kid a beater and it gets treated like one. My GF's kid is a year or so away from driving and he's going to be driving something fairly modern with ABS and airbags.

 

I hear you, the 3.0 V6 was not a great engine by any standard. Mine had the bad head gaskets (twice), new heads and finally a rebuild a couple of years ago. Empty around town (city and freeway) I get 18-20 MPG, which is about the same as my Taco.

 

Beautiful 84’! Just took a picture of the three Tacoma’s in our family. My 17, my youngest’s 2000 and my oldest’s 08 which I drove for 100,000 and owned for 11 years.

 

Keeping it all in the family.

Look at the size difference! The 2000 looks considerably smaller.

 

It really does….Never really noticed that

 

I miss the days of smaller trucks.