Your First Toyota Truck and your current Truck

1988 4Runner/2007 Tacoma

 

My 2001 OR DCSB andmy 2016 DCLB sport

 

My RBP mods and rockstar wheels back in 2010

 

…and my actual taco
( unfinished )

 

… and now the better model of those two trucks are selling for at least 7 times more than what we paid for them!

If we only kept them!

 

My 2008 was a great truck that treated me well.
Bought for 28K new, sold for 16k last year. Cost me $1200 a year to own.
Love my new 2022 Sport

 

85 Toyota 4x4 new for $7995.

2020 Toyota 4x4 for $31,600.

85 Three times the truck, 2020 three times more comfortable.

 

Grandpa left me a bare bones '93 truck that he bought with zero options... unfortunately the Salty roads of the NE rusted that truck into 2 pieces around 2006...
My current ride is a '89 XtraCab 4x4 that I found with 98k on it in SE WA (zero rust)!

 

great pic of you with the 83, one to hang on the garage wall for sure!

 

First: 2003 Tundra SR5 w/ TRD Offroad pkg. Nicknamed "Trudy" because of the "TRD" decal on the bedside. Gifted in 2016 (for my 16th bday) and driven until 2020. Beat the absolute heck out of it throughout high school and college and it still ran like new when I sold it.

Current: 2020 Tacoma TRD Offroad... yet to be nicknamed. Bought in October and already put 11k miles on it

 

First one think it’s a 84 can’t remember many moons ago
Second 94 sr 5 still regret selling this one
And current 17 trd sport

 

1998 T-100 Ext Cab SR5 and 2022 Tacoma TRD Offroad 4x4 ( I still have the T-100 ).

 

1st 1981 bought new. Can’t remember price.

Current 2013. Bought December 2020. Had 63,000 miles. Now has 84,000.

 

First: '87 4x4 w/7ish" Trailmaster lift w/387k miles when I sold it. Refused to die.



Current: '17 Pavement princess w/52k miles.

 

1st: '04 SR5, MT. Finally died after 300k+ miles. Here she's on the tow truck, when I donated her.
Current: '03 OR, AT. Wish there were MT available when I was in the market.

 

Similar to mine, same color. 1977 HiLux




Current Toy

 

Great shots

 

1) 1980 4X4 bought new in Georgia. I think this was the 2nd year Toyota sold the 4WD in the states.
2) 1985 4x4 bought used in 1990 in the Yukon Territory, Canada while I was mining up there.
3) 1996 4x4 extended cab bought used in 1999 in Georgia. I put 260,000 miles on this one as a work truck for 20 years.
4) 2008 2WD crew cab bought used in 2012. Still have this one. My current work truck. I've put about 160,000 miles on it.
5) 2018 4x4 crew cab bought new. Personal use and camping ect. Pull a 3500# travel trailer with it. Put 50,000 on it.
I've had two Fords in this mix. A 1995 and a 2005 F150s. The Toyotas out lasted the Fords by a long shot.

 

First, this picture is 1995 but I bought it in '93 . 1989 2wd Pickup


Current 2023. Bought last week. There was a '96 Regular Cab 4x4 and then a 2000 SR5 4x4 XtraCab in between but I took a 20 year hiatus until now. Ironically more or less the same trim as the last one.

 

My first Toyota Truck was a 1993 DLX 4x4, 2.4 5MT with no A/C that I bought in 1995 with 105,000 miles for $5000.00 used. Still have the truck today, with an odometer that quit working in 2016 at 269,000 miles- runs like a champ and my daughter still drives it. Clear coat is gone from the hood, fenders, and roof, but I painted with black rustoleum and clear coat.


Current Truck is a 2017 SR Utility 4x4 with the 2.7L, 5 MT and a bunch of mods with 49,000 miles. No issues yet and hope to run it until it quits running or EVs take over. Also have a project Gen 2, 2014 SR5 4x4 MGM, 4 cyl with 6MT and a flat bed build project that runs great and has 45,000 miles that I have $13,000 into it.