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yup...FNG here... not new to forums by any measure... but new to Toyota ownership..
Heres how it happened...
I sell the built mustang GT I had and got a 96 Taco 2.7 4wd 5sp... standard cab...bench seat...no a/c...170k miles..(not that high for a toyota I hear) and I drive it for a day... next day I rolled onto my lift after hours at work to change the diffs and engine oil and put some new 02 sensors in. This is after I have just installed plugs, wires, cap and rotor... so I am looking over my "new" truck, and near the gas tank, the frame rail had a rust hole through it. Well crap, the guy I bought it from claimed to have already had the dealer inspect the frame. Turns out he did...over a year ago. The dealership I went to failed the trucks frame and now a buyback is being arranged... Toyota rocks for standing behind their product like this!!
So, why the hell is this FNG in the T100 section talking about a damn Taco?
Tonight, I brought home a 96 T100 3.4 ext cab 4wd 3.4L 5spd SR5 on some 32x11.5s with all the options available in 96 from what I can tell. 186k miles, and runs like a top. still on its original clutch and not a slip to be had....amazing. It idles so smoothly that its hard to tell its running at a stop light. I'm impressed. It pulls nicely for a v6...and the xtra cab is nicely sized.... This is a NICE truck. Why the hell couldnt Toyota sell these things??? I dont get it..
Heres how it happened...
I sell the built mustang GT I had and got a 96 Taco 2.7 4wd 5sp... standard cab...bench seat...no a/c...170k miles..(not that high for a toyota I hear) and I drive it for a day... next day I rolled onto my lift after hours at work to change the diffs and engine oil and put some new 02 sensors in. This is after I have just installed plugs, wires, cap and rotor... so I am looking over my "new" truck, and near the gas tank, the frame rail had a rust hole through it. Well crap, the guy I bought it from claimed to have already had the dealer inspect the frame. Turns out he did...over a year ago. The dealership I went to failed the trucks frame and now a buyback is being arranged... Toyota rocks for standing behind their product like this!!
So, why the hell is this FNG in the T100 section talking about a damn Taco?
Tonight, I brought home a 96 T100 3.4 ext cab 4wd 3.4L 5spd SR5 on some 32x11.5s with all the options available in 96 from what I can tell. 186k miles, and runs like a top. still on its original clutch and not a slip to be had....amazing. It idles so smoothly that its hard to tell its running at a stop light. I'm impressed. It pulls nicely for a v6...and the xtra cab is nicely sized.... This is a NICE truck. Why the hell couldnt Toyota sell these things??? I dont get it..