Helped my Papaw sell his Tacoma today.

by "mazda616" (mazda616)
Published 10/22/2017 at 19:50

Tags: Tacoma
STARS: 1

We were asking $3,500 and we got $3,000 out of it. Papaw was willing to come down on the price because the brake, ABS, and check engine lights are on. All minor fixes (sensors need replacing) but his mechanic quoted $400.00 to fix them all. The A/C compressor squeaks occasionally, too.

Papaw has owned it since 2004 (it’s a 2003). It’ll be strange seeing it putter around town and not be driven by him.

I hope the new owners get as much trouble-free usage out of it as Papaw has. He’s had it since 14,000 miles or so (has 185,800-ish now) and the only issues it has had are the aforementioned sensors he never bothered to fix, and a rusted out muffler, which he did fix.

Farewell, Taco.

(Still slightly regretting not dumping my S10 for the Taco.)

Replies (11)

"vicali" (vicali)
10/22/2017 at 20:10, STARS: 0

What’s his replacement?

"Steve in Manhattan" (blogenfreude01)
10/22/2017 at 20:11, STARS: 1

Was the buyer Zoidberg in disguise?

"mazda616" (mazda616)
10/22/2017 at 20:42, STARS: 0

http://oppositelock.kinja.com/grandpa-s-new-tacoma-1819234058

This new Tacoma is his fourth Toyota truck.

"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
10/22/2017 at 20:46, STARS: 0

So, why didn’t you want the Taco?

"mazda616" (mazda616)
10/22/2017 at 20:50, STARS: 0

He wanted 3k out of it and I couldn’t get that out of my S10. :(

"Birddog" (maintmgt)
10/22/2017 at 21:18, STARS: 1

2wd? 

$3000 seems cheap for a clean Taco.

"Nothing" (nothingatalluseful)
10/22/2017 at 21:31, STARS: 0

NP, good buy for a good little truck. The new owner should be able to enjoy that for a while.

"mazda616" (mazda616)
10/22/2017 at 21:33, STARS: 1

Yeah it’s 2WD. Blue Book is right at like 5k for it so they got a good deal.

"Birddog" (maintmgt)
10/22/2017 at 21:39, STARS: 0

Yeah they did! Damn.

"E92M3" (E46M3)
10/22/2017 at 22:58, STARS: 0

You know KBB is way off on Tacoma’s? If it said $5k, market value is probably $7-8k with no lights on.

"mazda616" (mazda616)
10/23/2017 at 09:51, STARS: 0

Yeah. But he was anxious to get rid of it and it does need about $500.00 worth of work (various sensors).

Either way, he gave me a little bit of money for helping with the sale. So that was exciting.