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144 K and change on my 05 when I filled up with gas today

310,000 on my '87 $200 wonder. Ran it as a DD until a few months back. My wife actually drove it home. The '96 F150 that hit her had to be taken away on a rollback.

Nope just a 1994 Ford Explorer with 326,000 miles on it.

I have a 2002 extended cab 4x4 with 4 cyl/manual tranny. Bought it two years ago with 83K and change on the odometer. Now has 111K. Run synthetic oil, change every 5K miles, routine maintenance, etc. Runs like it's brand new and gets around 25mph on the highway at 70mph. Love that truck.

Before the Tacoma...1988 Model, 2200 RE, 5 Speed...



510,000....original motor... overhauled for getting a little tired at 430K..

I had a Tacoma (95 I think) and a pre-Tacoma that I ran hard for 150k or so each. Lots of offroad, lots of pulling stuff too heavy for a small truck and loading them up with more than I should have. The only problems I remember were putting a couple of starters on each and a harmonic balancer that went bad on the Tacoma.

I have a 2003 Tacoma, 2wd, 4 cyl, 5 speed. I have 195,000+ as it sits in the drive. I've replaced the battery once and its on its forth set of tires. Nothing but normal wear and tear and its still going strong.

My BIL has an 05/06 Tacoma 4WD with just over 250,000. No problems - ever.

Yept...got a '98 with 196K on it...bought it with 113K on it

in '06.....3.4 V6 & purrs like a kitten...recently had the timing

belt & water pump changed so have no plans on getting rid of it

anytime soon....I use Mobile One 5w30 syn oil and it is

changed every 10K miles...adding maybe 1/2 qt between changes...

21-22 mpg is the average...also have an '05 pushing 90K miles

Dependable trucks

My '09 Tacoma 4cyl. 5 spd. manual Xtra cab 4x4 just turned 92,000. today. No issues at all. Just routine maintenance & TLC. Got it at the end of August in '08. Front brake pads are getting close to replacement time but not down that far yet. Back in '08 they bought my '97 Tacoma 4 cyl. 4x4 with 192 thousand miles from me for 11400 bucks so they could crush it. Some of the 1995-2000 trucks had a frame rust problem above the rear axle. My '97 qualified for the buy-back even though it had 192k in the rust belt where there's a lot of snow and road salt. Even with 192k on the odometer (bought it new so I know it's true) it still had the original starter,water pump, alternator, wheel bearings and lots more. IIRC the biggest repair that thing ever had was replacing the mass air flow sensor around 160k and the catalytic converter at about 165-170k.

My son tested the airbag by running into a guardrail on my '97 Taco last year -- 330,000 miles, and never added oil between oil changes. Normal wear and tear, two new cat converters.

If it wasn't for the frame rust issues on the '95-2000's, I might still be driving my '97 Tacoma. Mine never used any oil between changes either. I was really shocked that they offered me so much for a truck almost 12 yrs. old with 192K on it. It wasn't a trade-in deal but an outright purchase. I cashed the check and could have used the $$ on any other make of truck but they also gave me a certificate good for $2500. off my dealers best deal on a new Tacoma. How many companies other than Toyota stand behind their trucks like that? I was gonna get another Tacoma anyway cause I loved my '97 a lot. Especially in a foot or so of blowing, drifting snow when the plows haven't been through yet. You don't see hardly any Tacomas that old around here anymore cause most of them had the frame rust and Toyota was paying so much to get 'em off the road that guys like me were saying; "they made me an offer I couldn't refuse".

I have got a 1995 ext. cab, 4X4, 3.4L auto Taco with 224,000 miles on her. Not a drop of oil under her, shifts great, enginge run like a swiss watch.

I put my 88 4Runner in the shop last week. Serviced the automatic trans, repacked the hubs, front disc brake job, new idler arm and pittman arm, wheel alignment. New rotor/cap/plugs/wires, and fixed two nagging little electrical switch problems. I put on a set of Goodyear Wrangler 235/75/R15 tires, and new shocks.
Good for another 300K now.
I get 19 mpg around town, 25 on the highway at 65 mph.

I've got 174K on my '97 Tacoma. I'm guessing I've used up about the first third of its life, although I'll never get rid of it.

My first Toyota was a pre Tacoma 1989 reg cab 4x4 5spd 4 cyl
I bought it spank new and drove it harder than any 4x4 I had ever
had it had 5 miles on it when I bought it.YEARS later it had 262,000 miles when I sold it. It still ran great no issues at all.I also had the old body style 4 cyl 4runner no problems ether.
Now I have a 2002 Tacoma reg cab 4x4 4cyl Auto
It ain`t going no where.
AMRA

2005 Tacoma double cab 4X4, 130,000
Replaced both front wheel bearings around 80,000
repaired overhead compass-thermometer module twice.
Other than that, normal maintenance.
Still tight, running great.

Jeff

187k on it. 97 Taco. Just sold it this week.

update on that as of 9/26/12:

just returned from a trip to the East Coast, New Hampshire, Down to Virginia and home... towed 6,000 lb trailer back to NH..

517,500 miles on it now...it was a 7000 mile trip...

oil changed before leaving and used Mobil 0 w 40....didn't use a drop of oil, even tho the motor got worked HARD heading east...

also upgraded the brakes to the larger ones used on the V 6 models before leaving...and put those Iridium spark plugs in it also...

BF Goodrich 245 x 75 x 16 Commercial T/A tires on it, now have 100,000 miles on them and still running strong...hanging in there...

after the trip tho, I need to repack the front right wheel bearings and replace the clutch slave cylinder... the original one that came with the truck...the replacement part cost $12 at Autozone....

Damn those trucks aren't made like they used to be