Car shopping for son

[jrallan26]

A deal is a deal. My son presented me with his report card. All straight A's! I tried to get off easy and told him I he can have the GTI. He wasn't interested. He wants a Toyota truck. Found this on autotrader. The two of us are driving over to check it out. It's going to be an expensive month.

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[Seanz0rz]

Congrats to your son! I can't remember the last time I got all A's! middle school maybe? that was a LONG time ago.

Looks like a pretty nice truck! he is a lucky boy!

[jrallan26]

Only 50K miles.

[YotaFun]

Just check the frame right by the gas tank and spring hangers, but looks really clean so you should have a good truck there!

Congrats to your son on the good grades and new truck!

[Good Times]

awesome! congrats on your son! what a great dad :)

hope you haggle on the pricing... good luck!

[Bob98SR5]

holy crap. i know tacomas keep their value, but damn that's ridiculous! but good on your son and good on you for keeping your end of the bargain :)

[jrallan26]

@Bob I know it's crazy.

[jrallan26]

Got the truck for 14K. Spent the day with him servicing the truck and detailing. He's pretty stoked. I'm officially broke....

[4x4mike]

Sounds like a lucky kid. Should be something fun for the both of you to enjoy though. Are there any rules about bad grades and the truck going away?

[jrallan26]

There are stipulations of course. He needs to maintain his grades and get his Eagle Scout. After his Eagle Scout, he needs to get a job. Since we close to school, he can't drive it to school.

[Crinale]

for that price I'm assuming (truly hope) its a 4x4?

[jrallan26]

TRD edition. 4x4. Auto

[Crinale]

TRD edition. 4x4. Auto


Sweet! That is one lucky boy you've got there.. My first car was a 14 year old Civic with 235,000 miles on it :P

[jrallan26]

His truck has a tailgate lock. Very cool.

[4x4mike]

There are stipulations of course. He needs to maintain his grades and get his Eagle Scout. After his Eagle Scout, he needs to get a job. Since we close to school, he can't drive it to school.


It sounds like you have a good plan. And a future Eagle Scout, good on ya.

[jrallan26]

The only dent on the truck is in the tailgate. That's my next project. Fix dent and repaint. He's keeping me busy..

[Good Times]

nice set of goals there. definitely reachable and reasonable to boot!

as a son I would hate every one of those "goals" but in the end, having a truck of my dreams I think I would muster something up.

didn't know those Tacoma's kept its value.. crazy!

[jrallan26]

At the dealership they offered me 19K for my D-cab. I was floored!

[Crinale]

the double cab TRD 01-04 are the most sought after truck in the market. Not surprised they offered you that much.