1988 v6 4wd toyota pickup

I just bought the truck I couldn't afford in high school-- A v6 4wd with
202k miles for $1100. Just had to put in a window & complete brakes.

Minus the numerous dents from where it looks like someone took into into the
woods before the tote-the-note bounty hunter came to pick it up due to
missed payments, the interior,motor,and transmission appear to be all
original.

I've drivin this about 3000 miles- and this thing is TOUGH!!!! Is there
anything better than a used toyota truck????? No wonder the Japanese
handed our butt to us in the 80's car market.

Carlton Clay wrote:[color=blue]
> I just bought the truck I couldn't afford in high school-- A v6 4wd
> with 202k miles for $1100. Just had to put in a window & complete
> brakes.
> Minus the numerous dents from where it looks like someone took into
> into the woods before the tote-the-note bounty hunter came to pick it
> up due to missed payments, the interior,motor,and transmission
> appear to be all original.
>
> I've drivin this about 3000 miles- and this thing is TOUGH!!!! Is
> there anything better than a used toyota truck????? No wonder the
> Japanese handed our butt to us in the 80's car market.[/color]

Actually the Japanese started in the early 70's. I bought a new vehicle from
one of the big three in July 1969 and by the time it was hit by a drunk and
totaled the 71's were out. The car had spent over 1/4th of it's life by then
in the dealer's service dept. for warranty work. Several people I knew,
including two of my brothers, had puchased a Japanese import and almost
never had a problem as well as bought for a lower price. Sometime shortly
after this all the big three were facing sales problems due to quality
issues.
It is good to note that the big three have responded to this and all make
vehicles that are as good as or very close to the quality of a Japanese
vehicle, a few are even ranked better.
davidj92