When is enough maintenance to warrant keeping your Taco

Woah. Wait a minute. People do it all the time without removing the AC bracket. It just takes a wobble joint and some concentration.

 

I will tell that to him

 

All the OEM parts, the painstaking care in tracking it, this was a labor of love dude. And yeah, as someone said before it's too late to make that call. Just enjoy the truck and all its fresh parts for as many miles as you can.

 

OP, honestly, if i had it to do over and could've found one for a reasonable price that wasn't beat on by a 16 yr old for $4500 or owned by the same family since new for $12.5 i would've bought a used older one and done all the same and probably more just like you..i say enjoy it man, it'll bring you more happiness knowing what is fixed, and what you would like to be done versus going on a date and have something go wrong and then have to play catch up on all of it which would then seem never ending.. having an '18 is cool and all but in reality what does mine do that yours couldn't? don't get me wrong i love my truck and (to me) its worth every penny everyone around my area thinks they have a lump of gold hidden somewhere in their POS or they have the next Barrett-Jackson record holder only because they've had it in the same family for 25 yrs doesn't mean it runs and drive worth a shit..don't worry about the dollars and cents man, its all relative in the big picture...enjoy the truck and post up some pics

 

All the dollars. Any amount of maintenance still beats a $500 a month car payment. I'm sure someone else already said this.

 

Proof. Just changed my bed:

 

@vettehigh what are your thoughts, how do you feel about seat maintenance
this is the issue (one of a few) I am now currently facing and dealing with, already put some good cash into it a couple weeks ago attempting to fix inner problem(s),
and its not TOTALLY fixed for me to feel safe to drive it anymore
maybe this warrants me not to keep it, i dunno

 

What do you mean by "seat maintenance" Older I get, more I forget

 

say if your seat becomes a 'chore' and just get so fed up with it, what to do?
I think you have AT? so you might not have similar situation as I have going on currently with MT

 

AT I have

 

It’s a good question OP and good opinions out there, the way I see things is how much cost to keep it for month while you own it, obviously the best car or truck is the one that is paid off, but for sure maintenance is require for everything... I feel like sharing my list of $25,000 investment on this truck; if I keep it 10 yrs then at this point I'm looking at 208 monthly / 7 dollars a day ... anyway ... It's just a thing that I like to see co$t, but like someone already said it... "I have to stop counting...

1 owner corporation, Clean Carfax 55K miles 2016 now 82,300 miles.
New Battery. New belts
4Runner wheels with 245/75/R16
Keller Safari off road E load GoodYear tires
2 recalls done at Toyota of Plano:
2 LBJ's replaced and
Spare tire holder bolts and rust inspected
A\C was served, new 2 me on 08-08-2016
Then we started replacing and maintaining:
1. Replace the damaged Chrome plate Rear Bumper OEM
2. Repair driver side tail corner metal & install body filler driver's headlight
3. DYI clean\convert\Paint Frame Surface Rust w\ Eastwood & ChassisSaver.
4. Replace wheel bearing left rear with lock shim kit 1 wiring retainer and 1 new drum hardware kit , replace brake shoes rear includes clean, lube and\or replace hardware as necessary. Axle shaft seal remove and replace Driver rear side.
5. Replace worn out broken weather strip driver side.
6. Clean MAF , fuel injection cleaning, flushed all OEM fluids and replaced them with new BG full synthetic additives
7. New battery 2019
8. Remove and replace axle and seals, all OEM at Toyota Dealer, had to disassemble axle that was on vehicle to remove backing plate and transfer to the new axle assembly, then clean prep and install new rear brake shoes, adjust and install drums, then bleed the brakes , fill rear end, test emergency brake operation, then test drive is good.
Shoe kit , Brake,RR
90W Gear Oil
Seal type K oil
Case, RR axle bearing
Ring, O
Bearing , radial ball
Ring, Shaft Snap
Seal, Type S oil
Rotor, Skid control
Retainer, RR axle bearing
Ring, Shaft snap
Shaft, RR axle
Nut, Hub w\washer
Six new studs
9. Replace front struts, rear shocks, both lower control arms and bushings; replace steering rack and sway bar bushings, wheel alignment, all OEM exceptfor shocks Gas-A- Just KYB.
COMFORT AND UPGRADES
1. Ceramic Window tint driver and passenger front doors and the windshield.
2. LINE-X bedliner over rail.
3. Security system upgrade with 2 way remote control starter.
4. 4Runner wheel caps, bedplug \key Gas cap\ wipers & AVS bug deflector
5. New OEM Tacoma Floor Mats.
6. Install new OEM towing hitch and wires.
7. OEM running boards.

 

It's never enough so long as you plan to keep it. Don't tally up what you spend cause you aren't going to get that money back.

 

what do you suggest doing when a replacement part is needed that is (sorry) no longer available

 

Live with out, modify a similar part or make your own.

 

Get the closest thing to it...never had that issue. Think I might have with an interior part

 

OP, you have way too much invested in it now to give up. Like others have said you have what amounts to a nearly new truck you should enjoy it. You’re still about 1/3 of what a new replacement would run you. And what’s he alternative? Park it? Then you just wasted a boatload of money. Sell it? Not likely recoup what you’ve spent. Drive it. Enjoy it.

 

Yup just drive it and take care of it.

 

this is gonna be one heckuva tall task with my interior

 

Just did some quick figuring on the odo on John’s post. 595,000 miles. Rough equivalent of driving around the world 5 times and then driving to the moon and back. Wow. NASA should start launching Tacomas

 

@1997tacomav6
has your truck ever left Colorado?
where all has it been?