New Toyota

Since my old one had 257K miles on it, my wife wanted something newer that was more reliable, as she goes off picture taking a lot in the back country by herself. 

After a lot of searching I found a 2004 with only 2400 miles on it. She didn't like the 2005 because they increased the body size about 8 inches all around, and the earlier models were smaller.

After getting it home , I remarked that the sprayed on bed liner would be easier to get blood off when I went antelope hunting. That went over about as good as the comercial you see on TV where the wife comes in and ask the husband if a certain dress made her look fat and he is busy reading, so just grunts "Sure"

Guess I will be using the big Dodge this year.

Rob1 It's a 2004 Toyota Tacoma, TRD package ( has the off road tires and suspension) V-6, 5 speed, about 19-20mpg. The new 2005 are bigger and have a bigger V-6 and a 6 speed with a hair better milage.

Too bad your'e not closer. This 89 of mine would make a dandy hunting vehicle. It has high mileage, but has a good 4 cyl engine, power train and body, basically in good shape, 22 mpg, I'm only asking $2600 for it.

I've got a winch on my T100, and she's up to 143k now being a 1996.

   the thing just won't quit when I take care of it, I'd like a newer one but the truth is this one works fine. 

Spot

Rob1. I bought an 85 Ford dually, new, 460 engine 4:10 gears. It got 3mpg pulling a big trailer, 8mpg on it's best day, empty. Almost drove me poor with repairs. The end was when I had to get it towed of the top of Loveland Pass , inside the tunnel, when the clutch hydraulic line blew. That thing couldn't pull a sick whore off a piss pot.Most of the timeit vapor locked half way up the mountain.

If it wasn't for the wife going off by herslef on her trips, I would have just kept running this old one.

I've got a Ford F150, that just hit 84,000 miles this week, and it's a good vehicle.  After buying a Toyota Camry last year though, I think my next truck will be a 4 door Tundra.  The only draw back, is they have one of the smallest and least horse powered engines of any full size on the market.  We have a friend in AR that is a Toyota mechanic, and he tells me to get the new Tacoma, over the Tundra, as it's a V-6 with only 10 less horses than the Tundra.

Hudge