Fixing to drive my 2000 Tundra 4 X 4 SR5 (Access cab) down to the ranch again this morning. I've had it since Oct. 1999.
I don't usually keep a vehicle longer than about 10 years. But, this one has just never given me any real trouble, its easy to work on, its paid for, and its always done everything I've asked of it.
Fuel mileage on the little 4.7L V8 has always been poor. I get about 15 mpg on the highway. I get maybe 6-7 mpg pulling my boat (empty weight with trailer just under 5000 lbs).
The maximum payload is rated at 2000 lbs, but, in my experience, even that is a bit too much (Many many times over the years, I've loaded it down with 40 bags [@50 lbs/bag] of deer corn, and that pretty much bottoms the bed out; the truck handles much better with a couple of hundred pounds less).
No plastic bumpers on mine. No rust either (but, living in south Texas, we [almost] never get snow or ice, so no need to salt the roads).
All in all, this Tundra has been the best vehicle I've ever owned. YMMV.
