Car buying...learn me

posted by justincredible

Bumping this one up.

We are considering trading my wife's car (2016 Crosstrek) in and getting a 2020ish Tacoma for my driver and her taking my Outback. Anyone have experience with the newer Tacoma's? Auto, you still liking the 4runner? 

No risk in buying a Taca

posted by Ironman92

No risk in buying a Taco

New wheels/tires coming soon! Took months to get these due to production/shipping delays.

Hoping they fit with minimal modification.

And yeah, my nephew is obsessed with Spider Man. lol

I test drove a Tacoma this afternoon. They had very limited used stock and zero new stock, but I wanted to drive one to make sure I liked it. I want the 6ft bed and they only had the shorter beds.  

I liked it so hopefully I’ll find one I like soon. 

posted by justincredible

I test drove a Tacoma this afternoon. They had very limited used stock and zero new stock, but I wanted to drive one to make sure I liked it. I want the 6ft bed and they only had the shorter beds.  

I liked it so hopefully I’ll find one I like soon. 

My dad has a 2002 Tacoma with 126,000 miles and it’s used as a truck for every job he does….that bed has had everything in it and the truck has been best to death. Frame had a huge crack, near break in it. Found a guy to put a new frame on it and he’ll have that thing til he dies. An awesome truck.

My test drive was a 2017 with a V6. Replacing my wife's Crosstrek with a Tacoma makes a lot of sense for us. I'm hoping to find something in the $25-35k range that fits my needs. Local dealerships don't have much, Carvana has a few that might work. I haven't checked Carmax or private sellers yet.

4door with full bed is crazy long imo. 

My friend is in the market for a 21-22, 4dr, TRD Off Road. They are out there. You just have to be willing to wait and/or search your ass off. He’s In FL, so calling dealers all over the state. I believe the quickest he could find was one arriving in August, but he’s still waffling over the color. 

I don’t think they make whole lot with the 6 foot bed. No offense but I don’t  think I paid more than $35k for my V6 TRD off road dual cab with the 5 foot bed new in 2017. Are the prices really that crazy now? 

posted by iclfan2

I don’t think they make whole lot with the 6 foot bed. No offense but I don’t  think I paid more than $35k for my V6 TRD off road dual cab with the 5 foot bed new in 2017. Are the prices really that crazy now? 

Prices are insane….which I honestly don’t get.

We have adjusted our plan and will be buying a truck as a third vehicle instead of replacing her car. This drops our budget down to about $15k but I can be a lot less picky since it won't be my daily vehicle. 

posted by justincredible

We have adjusted our plan and will be buying a truck as a third vehicle instead of replacing her car. This drops our budget down to about $15k but I can be a lot less picky since it won't be my daily vehicle. 

Yeah…we were going to trade in a 6 year old Accord with 70,000 miles and on the way to get our “new” car we decided let’s just buy the car and keep the Accord (dealership wanted it bad but nah, we knew to keep it)

Gas shot up double and my son now has a great used car and we have the old truck to lug around mowers, mulch, whatever. Everyone is happy…as long as my old old Accord holds up

Still haven't found a truck...

I looked at a couple F150's but they had a ton of rust.

Wheels and tires installed yesterday. This truck is pretty much done and ready for offroading. Moab end of the month! 

My buddy who lives like a Dr but is a car salesman….he says used cars will be outrageously priced for 2-3 more years and he recommended only buying new ( and his business is 50/50 new/used)

I will have my car paid off in Sept. 

Plan is to save the payment until about March then use the saved payment, my current car trade in/sell price, and part of my bonus next year as a down payment on a new Ford Raptor.

Wanted one since they first came out and can finally afford one, depending on options they are between $70k and $90k.

Just love the way they look and drive, and plan on driving it to Utah for our vacation next year, take it off road for real since that’s what it’s designed for  

I'm researching Moab as I type this. Fuck...I have a lot of work to do. Sooooo many options for offroading. I'll stick to the easy stuff for this trip, I'm a total newb.

posted by justincredible

Still haven't found a truck...

I looked at a couple F150's but they had a ton of rust.

Still looking...

Where are you looking?

Also, are you willing to:

1. Overpay?

2. Travel to pickup or get delivered?

The car I drive everyday was paid off before this website was created 😁

posted by Automatik

Where are you looking?

Also, are you willing to:

1. Overpay?

2. Travel to pickup or get delivered?

I've been looking online in the Cincinnati and Newark markets. I've looked at a couple in person in Cincinnati but haven't test drove anything (other than the initial Tacoma).

I'm not willing to overpay much, which is making it very tough.

My mom's bf has a barebones Ram 1500 for sale that we didn't love the idea of at first but that might be the route we end up going for now.