It's a 1995 Toyota Tacoma LX, 2 Wheel Drive, Auto, 136,000 miles. It belonged to my brother-in-law's brother who passed away about 2 years ago. My brother-in-law inherited it from the estate, had it for a year and decided he really had no use for it. He asked me if I wanted it and I said yes. Liz and I flew down to Virginia last weekend and drove it home. Now I'm the proud owner of an old Toyota pickup truck.

There is absolutely nothing modern about it. It has manual window winders, manual door locks, an am/fm cassette radio and a split 60/40 bench seat. It does have power assist steering and power assist front disk, rear drum brakes. It's an extended cab so it does have rear jump seats, but I doubt that anyone over 4 years old could fit there.

My brother-in-law is a retired auto mechanic so he went over it with a fine tooth comb to make sure it was running well. I drives like an old American car and rides like a pickup truck with 136,000 miles on it, but considering what I paid for it, it was worth the money and I think it'll be fun and handy to have a pickup around. If you factor in my TD, my S2000, my pickup and the other cars in our fleet, the average age of our cars is 21.66 years.

My Taco


It still has the Virginia plates on it. I'm going to register it next week in New Jersey.

 

I love these smaller pickups! I wish they still made them, instead of the humongous new ones. I used to have a 1990s model Mitsubishi Mini Max pickup. That think lasted forever, through all kinds of moves and dashes through the desert and mountains.

 

That will run forever Rob. I had a 94 toyota pickup with the 2.4 and it was bulletproof. 1995 was the first year of the Tacoma before that the model was refereed to as just truck.

 

I had a 1988 Toyota truck I bought new off the lot for about 9K. Had fun 4 wheeling with buddies in the Sierras and hauled all kinds of stuff in it, from German Shepherds to my Honda Motosport dirt bike to a ton of pathway rock. Sold it about 5 years ago, 65K miles for about $6k. You can't go wrong with a Toyota truck!

 

^^^ If it has the legendary Toyota 22-RE motor in it, it should last (if you take care of it) into seven digit mileage. The good news / bad news /good news is that we had a 1988 Toyota 4X4 Pick up with the 22-RE engine in it with over 188,000 miles when the Plant Pixie rear ended a Toyota Sequoia less than a quarter mile from our house on 14 April 03 when a dog ran out in front of the Sequoia and it stopped in front of her. The good news is that because she got on the brakes, the weight transfer caused her to hit the receiver hitch on the Sequoia with the front bumper of our Toyota. No damage or injuries to the Sequoia or it's two occupants but the bumper came back on took out the radiator and into the engine of our truck and it was totaled. But, when we went shopping the next day for a vehicle I wound up with my AP-1 S2000.

 

^^That was my truck. 5 speed stick, 4 WD. Had a big dent in the passenger door where I slid off a snow covered back road and up against a tree. Told people a bear ran into it.
In the 27 years I had it, I replaced the radiator and the muffler. That was it.

 

Looks like it is in great shape!

 

Nice pick up Rob.Sure doesn't look 25 years old.
Levi

 

Nice. I love Tacoma's. I have detailed several with high mileage,100K plus and they run and look great if they are cared for. Good luck.

 

Welcome to the truck world. First Legal Bill and now you. It looks rust-free in the picture. You will soon wonder how you ever got by without one. If they make them in your size I would recommend you get a bed tonneau cover ASAP. I bought a Extang Trifecta 2.0 cover and I really like it. Keeps out all the snow and rain and easily opens up in three quick folds. Little over $400.

My F-150 is 2-wheel drive also. For better traction in the snow I add 300 pounds in the back (five 60 pound bags of sand). I lay three boards on their sides in front and one board in the slots on the side of bed in the back. This keeps all the weight directly over the drive wheels and keeps the sand from shifting.