Should I Buy It?

Hey everyone. My buddy just wrecked his truck. It's a 2005 tacoma 4x4 5 speed with a 4 cylinder. It has 110,000 miles on the clock. He hit a tree and ruined the hood and pretty much everything on the front. Looks like everything was pushed up and is almost touching the motor. Still runs and drives fine. He wants to sell it to me for $3000. Should I buy it?

 

Probably build a wheeler. Can never have too many toys! Was just wondering if this is a reasonable price..

 

Try to get it to like $2500 and I probably would if the motor was untouched shouldn't be to crazy to rebuild the front end components yourself

 

Already talked him down from 4000.. Doubt he'll go any lower. So you guys don't think this is a very good deal? I'm on the fence about it so your input is definitely gonna influence my decision

 

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or you could buy 3 grand wortha parts towards your taco...

 

Actually.. Traded it in for a Cummins.. And I miss my old yota. So this truck is sort of an opportunity for another one.

 

lol okay,


BUY IT

 

I'd mainly be looking for a headlight and a hood.. Probably won't need crash bar and bumper. Plan on building a steel bumper for it

 

He will when you, or nobody else buys it.

 

A real friend would sell it to you for $500.

How's the frame (in terms of rust)?

 

For what you're looking to do with it ... I think I would buy it.

 

So it is totaled and he wants 3K. I would offer him no more than 1K and probably start with half that much and work up.

 

Where did the Op say it was totaled? I read "Still runs and drives fine." I still say it sounds like a good candidate for what the Op wants to do. Hell, my 2007 has 114K miles on the clock, and I hope to get many more years out of it.

 

grab some pics of it and post it on here

 

good call

 

Totaled does not mean it cannot be driven or fixed or used. it means it would cost more to repair it than its book value. He said the front end was pushed back the he motor. That means it is totaled. If it was not totaled the insurance would fix it.

 

I think that would depend on what kind of coverage the current owner carried on it. If he only had liabilty, then the truck may not have been turned in for an insurance claim.

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