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Originally Posted by Rancho5
My wife is getting a pretty hefty raise soon and told me I should buy a truck...used, of course. I love my 02 Sport, and so does she so I was a bit surprised. It’s got 160k on the clock. Anyway, it got me thinking. Maybe a 4th gen but every one I see has more miles than mine and costs a crap load more. 5th gen? Again, same problem.
Mine is worth maybe 7k here in NM (?) so if I sold it and added 5 grand, what would you buy? And I’d prefer not to “just mod it”. I love off roading but I’m not a big fan of lift kits and things that just cause more problems down the road. Toyota engineers did it right and I’d like to keep it that way. Just my opinion, so please don’t flame me.
Ideas?
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I would ask what do you need and want, both things are important.
I'm older (just turned 50) and I have 3 trucks.
#1 family road tripper. we do an epic family road trip each year of 3000-5000 miles. I wanted a easy to drive comfy light offload capable truck.
#2 fun medium duty off road truck I could mess with and not have to worry about daily driving.
#3 I live in the salt belt so I wanted a cheap winter beater the salt can eat.
#1 used land rover full sized. very happy with this setup, it works great.
#2 used 3rd gen T4R in good condition with min rust so wrenching is easier.
#3 used 3rd gen T4R that was super cheap but still works well enough to get around in the salt time.
if you can't have multiple trucks/cars then you have to make compromises. For 20 years I was a single 3rd gen T4R driver because it allowed me to save a lot of money and it was cheap reliable transport. being frugal and not going nutters with a lot of expense is a great thing. I'm just having my mid-life crisis and I'm way out of control.
