Highly optimistic Craigslist ad for 2000 Tacoma

[Elkins45]

2000 Toyota Tacoma for sale by owner - Campbellsville, KY - craigslist

I have been the owner of this truck for the last 5 years. I bought the truck when it had 14,000 miles and while it pains me I have decided to sale it. This truck has always been garage kept since I...

lexington.craigslist.org

$19k for a regular cab manual with hand crank windows and “some rust.” 39k miles. It probably didn’t cost that much new. As a point of reference my brother paid around $20k for his 2000 Tacoma but it was an extra cab with an auto.

I would love to know how much he eventually gets for it.

 

[Rand]

Everyone here should send him about 20 messages then offer 5000. (/joking)

 

[Chris142]

Ya I don't do rust at all but I'd pay extra for a manual.

 

[proveitwithdata]

They dont make them tacos like they use to.....tax

 

[RhondaHonda]

I’m not a Tacoma expert but that looks like more than 39k miles to me. The floor mat is pretty gross and it is rusty underneath. Maybe parked on gravel or grass for a long time but it seems rough for the alleged mileage.

 

[walterjay]

Maybe 14K

 

[mrsilv04]

The frame on my 2004 Silverado with 143,000 miles on it looks better than that. And mine has 19 Illinois winters to show for it.
Apparently, he bought it with 14,000 miles out of Buffalo, NY.
And for that kind of money, he needs to replace the busted taillight and have the scratches professionally touched up.

 

[Dave9]

Amusing that for that lofty asking price, couldn't even be bothered to clean the engine bay.

 

[Elkins45]

It’s already dropped to 16k after only being up for two hours. He must be getting roasted by callers.

 

[cptbarkey]

It aint worth 19k, let alone 16k. It will still sell to someone who think its valuable, but nothing will stop it from being small, cramped, under-powered, noisy, and yesterdays technology.

 

[Rand]

Back then a 2006 ranger 4.0 4x4 with MT and XLT (power windows locks etc) was 20k

If it doesnt have major rust damage its prob worth 10k with toyota tax.
real price 6500.

Also looks bad for 39k miles maybe 139k?

 

[fantastic]

I commend the seller for putting the frame pics up though. High price or not at least there showing the condition.

 

[Rand]

if the rust isnt more than superficial it would benefit highly from an oil spray.

 

[Elkins45]

if the rust isnt more than superficial it would benefit highly from an oil spray.

Those were the years with the frame failure problems IIRC. My brother’s 2000 is no longer drivable because it’s starting to fold in the middle, but at least he put 200k+ on it before that happened.

 

[Rand]

Yeah I'm wondering what this would look like after hammering it with a chipping hammer

Chipping hammer (for those unfamiliar)

 

[supton]

Yeah I'm wondering what this would look like after hammering it with a chipping hammer

I'm not sure that spot is that bad... it's the spots you can't see. I think that's passenger side, which usually isn't as bad?

Won't say pass, but at any price that has 5 digits... hard pass.

 

[PF52]

Take $5000 off the price because the seller didn't use an ELPH 360HS camera....

 

[Dave9]

There is someone out there that would get good use out of it, once it drops $15K in price.

The rust does not look bad for the region. Scaling superficial unless the seller chose not to show the worst of it... which is highly possible if it's a meth addict that thinks it is worth the bother to start out asking $19K.

All we can know for certain is that the seller lives on another planet and no normal rules apply to vehicles on that planet, so sort of the worst of the worst gambles, thinking someone with so little common sense, would maintain a vehicle appropriate to any, let alone that, higher than market value.

 

[dogememe]

LOL that rusty thing is worth like half that, if that.

 

[Dino01]

You’re definitely not from Seattle

That truck would have 203k miles on it and be a 2wd prerunner and the seller would still be asking that much