angliagt Posted April 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2018 4 cylinder - manual transmission in both. Quote Link to comment
danfiveten Posted April 1, 2018 Report Share Posted April 1, 2018 Nevermind, fuck the frontier. My sister just got in a wreck thursday with hers. 35mph, whole truck is totaled. Quote Link to comment
Dolomite Posted April 1, 2018 Report Share Posted April 1, 2018 My brother has a ‘98 Tacoma, recently hit a deer dead center of the front grill doing about 50, it cracked up the grill and dented the bumper. Truck is completely functional. Last year he got rear ended by a teen that was texting, she never hit the brakes and hit him doing over 30, it’s literally hard to tell where she hit him. Quote Link to comment
flatcat19 Posted April 1, 2018 Report Share Posted April 1, 2018 Question though... Was she making payments on it? Total isn't all about the amount of damage. Damage vs. amount owed play a huge factor. Frontier...KA-DE. Good motor. Manual trans is strong. Tacoma...still a good motor. Trans is decent. I'd pick the Tacoma because I think it is a way better overall value. And I don't like the frontier. Hardbody vs Tacoma? I'd probably swing for the hardbody. Make all 3 a 4x4, I'd take the Tacoma. Quote Link to comment
Dolomite Posted April 1, 2018 Report Share Posted April 1, 2018 ^this. Also forgot to mention, my brothers ‘98 is a v6 5speed 4x4, not that it has much to do with crash damage. Another also, the tacoma has “strut” front suspension and handles like a car. I mean in and out of bay area traffic doing over 100 for until we were in Sacramento, and most cars couldn’t keep the pace with me. Frontiers handle quite poorly, no fucking around at freeway speeds advised. Quote Link to comment
flatcat19 Posted April 1, 2018 Report Share Posted April 1, 2018 Frontier is torsion bar suspension. Tacoma will be double wishbone suspension with coil on shocks. I used to work at Nissan as a tech and now work at Toyota. I will tell you that i made more money because of frontiers than I do Tacoma. Think about that. Quote Link to comment
thisismatt Posted April 1, 2018 Report Share Posted April 1, 2018 ^this. Also forgot to mention, my brothers ‘98 is a v6 5speed 4x4, not that it has much to do with crash damage. Another also, the tacoma has “strut” front suspension and handles like a car. I mean in and out of bay area traffic doing over 100 for until we were in Sacramento, and most cars couldn’t keep the pace with me. Frontiers handle quite poorly, no fucking around at freeway speeds advised. They do not have struts. Quote Link to comment
thisismatt Posted April 1, 2018 Report Share Posted April 1, 2018 Frontier is torsion bar suspension. Tacoma will be double wishbone suspension with coil on shocks. I used to work at Nissan as a tech and now work at Toyota. I will tell you that i made more money because of frontiers than I do Tacoma. Think about that. That is ambiguous/misleading. Frontier is not torsion bar in the sense that the VW bug/bus is. Frontier is multi-link control arm, with a torsion bar spring. Quote Link to comment
Dolomite Posted April 1, 2018 Report Share Posted April 1, 2018 They do not have struts. Notice the quotes, in all their literature they were referred to as struts, just like newer crown vic. It was used mockingly. The fact remains that a Tacoma has far superior suspension, that part is crystal clear. Quote Link to comment
noramost Posted April 1, 2018 Report Share Posted April 1, 2018 OK what broke on the Tacoma? Other than the usual consumables, belts, blades, batteries, brakes and fluids this what we did a lot of at my shop in Phoenix, maybe this was only true in a 2 season town like Phoenix but we did a lot of; Head gaskets Front crank seals and pulleys Resealed P/S pumps AC compressors 5 Spd trans bearings AT trans failure due to undersized converters towing boats and dirt bikes on weekends Maybe some of you want to pay much more for a used pickup and have twice the budget to keep it on the road after all their credo is there is an ass for every seat, as for me I would'nt own a pickup that writes TRD on the side, ha, ha. Beware while you are driving the Tacoma the “Oh What a Feeling” smile on your face is not only because of their perfect gearing, it’s because it feels better because you’re a setting on a much thinner wallet. My advice is stay away from vehicles the write, ick, Ram or TRD on it. I like the Toyota it’s just coast less to drive a Nissan. If gas mileage is what you want get a duel-fuel Chevy pickup that gets 23MPG and propane is $1.70 a gallon in our town, Quote Link to comment
flatcat19 Posted April 1, 2018 Report Share Posted April 1, 2018 Head gaskets? Did you have the 3.0? And none of the Toyotas, short of the Tundra, have any towing capacity. I will say that those do happen, but not very frequent. Quote Link to comment
noramost Posted April 2, 2018 Report Share Posted April 2, 2018 Forgot to mention Toyota starter contacts all go bad but worth it on their reduction gear starter but easy to replace for only $3 - click click Quote Link to comment
angliagt Posted April 2, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2018 I'm also thinking about this one - what do you think of it? http://greensboro.craigslist.org/cto/d/nissan-d21-hardbody-truck-4x4/6545653870.html Quote Link to comment
racerx Posted April 2, 2018 Report Share Posted April 2, 2018 Looks clean and low miles. You do kbb? Quote Link to comment
racerx Posted April 2, 2018 Report Share Posted April 2, 2018 Looks clean and low miles. You do kbb? Quote Link to comment
angliagt Posted April 2, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2018 KBB? You mean checking values,or looking for a truck? Blue book values don't always mean anything on older vehicles. Old trucks are hot right now,& the selling prices reflect that. Quote Link to comment
flatcat19 Posted April 3, 2018 Report Share Posted April 3, 2018 5k sounds like a lot for a Z24 truck. Quote Link to comment
captain720 Posted April 3, 2018 Report Share Posted April 3, 2018 5k sounds like a lot for a Z24 truck. True that Quote Link to comment
angliagt Posted April 3, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2018 What would you offer - if it's as good as it looks/sounds? Quote Link to comment
flatcat19 Posted April 3, 2018 Report Share Posted April 3, 2018 If it's cancer free and doesn't leak/runs as described...I'd throw 3k at him and see what happens. I'd walk anywhere near 4,000. Quote Link to comment
flatcat19 Posted April 3, 2018 Report Share Posted April 3, 2018 Who am I kidding. I'd walk at anything above 3. Quote Link to comment
captain720 Posted April 3, 2018 Report Share Posted April 3, 2018 Who am I kidding. I'd walk at anything above 3. Yeah but we are weird like that over here........ Quote Link to comment
noramost Posted April 3, 2018 Report Share Posted April 3, 2018 The best buy rite now is the Xterra, everybody reports they last over 300k and you can get a nice one for $2,000, they also get 19mpg but why do you need a truck, drive a Stanza and get 38mpg, if you plan on walking I recommend Rockport shoes. 1 Quote Link to comment
petercscherer Posted April 3, 2018 Report Share Posted April 3, 2018 I'd say 3k is a comfortable offer on that 4x4. Cracked dash and used-car dealer slime all over the plastics and tires can be hiding a lot. ~Peter Quote Link to comment
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