Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire tried to buy a Toyota pickup tonight

have a craigslist search setup to where any Toyota 4X4 between 1992 and 2002 for less than $3000 shoots me an email when they are posted

maybe once every 2 or 3 weeks I'll get a hit of something thats worth looking at. Mostly 4runners,. Tonight I had an email waiting for me when I got home. Read the ad, sounded like the guy knew what he was talking about

1995 4x4 extended cab pickup. 160K miles, $1700. right off the bat he talks about no rust on the frame and has two pictures of the frame, then he has 22re engine in his meta-tags, so I call him up, he says its his daily driver, doesn't need anything, Its about an hour away, I tell I'm on my way, swing by the bank and grab some cash and head out

when I get there as soon as I pull in I notice the V6 badge on the front (which looking at the pictures again now that I'm back home, I notice) , then I get out. By the time I get to the truck the owner is already out there to meet me, starts selling me on it.

I crawl underneath it and the main frame beam - whatever its called - I reach up to it and it literally crumbles in my hand. Thing has rust eaten thru it everywhere.

I wanted to give him a blast of schit but you know - buyer beware, its craigslist and tearing into him wasn't going to change anything and just make my night longer.

So this night is shot. Took the cash, put it in an envelope and tucked it in the gun safe for the next waste of my time ad. I guess I just needed to vent a bit for wasting my whole night.