Posted: Sep 22 2011 at 9:00pm | IP Logged

The bumperstickers are from http://ilovemountains.org/ Im an active member and a WV native... We stand for the end of mountain top removal coal mining...

As far as my new to me 04, it has 42,600 miles on it... One owner, clean carfax with service history etc... It looks new inside and out.. That said, Ive not seen it in person! I pick it up Saturday, I bought it sight unseen, well they sent me over 50 high res. pictures but Ive not actually driven it!  I hope it looks as good in person as it does in the pics, Ill know Saturday by noon!!!! Being a Nissan tech for 25+ years, what do I need to do first?  I know the timing belt is on my top priority list, even with under 50k its still 6 years old... Any help with what to expect coming from a Toyota family would be great!

Posted: Oct 08 2011 at 7:14am | IP Logged

Unfortunately the immaculate 04 that I thought I was buying was pretty rusty underneath and all of the hardware was corroded, after a 3 hour drive to pick it up I walked away with my $14,500 cash in hand!!!  The truck drove great and I did like how the steering felt over the Tacoma but, I  did end up with a Tacoma Double Cab 4x4 TRD edition, it has 70,000 1 owner miles, all maintenance history and a clean car fax for the same price as the rusty Nissan…. Im honestly glad that it was rusty, after buying the 4 door, I realize that the 2 door king cab wouldn’t have been nearly as practical for us….