I have been looking for an early 90's SUV- preferably a Toyota of some kind, because I want something before the computer controls were inserted.
Well!
I must not be the only one thinking like this because these vehicles in average shape are incredibly expensive! I can't touch them. If fact there are private businesses buying them up, restoring them and charging astronomical prices for them.
(The kill switches are already in the cars for over 20 years. All they have to do is activate it.)
2010s Tundras and Tacomas are pretty great actually, and with the price in used cars jumping buy now. I'm not convinced prices are ever coming down again.
Get a Tacoma first gen, if it is 99-04 make sure to check for rust and knock on the frame in a lot of places. If the owner will let you stab the frame with a screwdriver. If it punctures walk away. If not buy. Also check the suspension, leaf springs etc... People love to overload Tacos.
If you want a second gen Tacoma don't bother with a year below 2010. Go 2010-2014. These are fantastic and don't have the rust problems 2000s Tacos and Tundras have.
If you want a Tundra go 2013+ unless you go 2006+ with the 4.6L engine. The 5.7 has a fatal flaw in the cam tower where the factory doesn't seal it perfectly up until ~2013. It's fully fixed in the third gen (2014+) which are spendy but fantastic. Worth noting that the first gen have better payloads than the later ones but you are trading that for a frame that rusts more easily.
Between these options you should be able to get a decent vehicle for under 30 (lol prices these days) that will make it to 500k miles at least.
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