I am looking at buying a toyota hilux 107 1994 model and was wondering if anyone owns one. Whats your views on this truck? A lot of people told me its a good reliable truck and parts are very easy to find.
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I am looking at buying a toyota hilux 107 1994 model and was wondering if anyone owns one. Whats your views on this truck? A lot of people told me its a good reliable truck and parts are very easy to find.
There's an episode of top gear where they try to destroy a hilux, no matter what they do the thing just keeps running. Never had one myself, but I would probably get one if I could.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaFXsMvvBz0)
Out here (Wyoming), the old Toyotas are regarded as a very good truck, if not the best.
The farmers out here have a small truck for all of their irrigators. A lot of the trucks are in a similar condition to this:
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These trucks will receive basically no maintenance, will frequently run different sized tires, and some have even braved a few collisions.
The Toyota's last the longest. I know of a blue 1988 Toyota that had over 300,000 miles on it- six years ago. It's still in use. It sounds awful, and looks like it's done for, but it just keeps going.
I can't comment to the parts availability, but I can tell you that most farmers don't seem to need parts to keep them going. The Rangers, S10/Sonomas, Dakotas, Mazdas, Nissans,... They never last as long as the Toyotas do.
That being said, we've never owned a Toyota. Out here, there is a HUGE price premium for them. I can easily buy two or even three F150s/Chevy 1500s for the price of one Toyota. But, if you can find one of them at a good price, they are usually a very, very good truck.
Watch out for rust, though. A lot of the Toyota trucks used a boxed frame that rusts from the inside-out. I don't know if the Hilux did or not, but it's something you'll want to check.
Ha 1500 im looking at 4000 Euros minimum here around 5000$ :(
Hilux, they call them Tacoma's here. The bodies rot out like crazy in the northeast. The big deal is the frames rotting on Tacoma's and tundra's. A few years back the we're buying them back and taking out of service. Then they started to repair them. A friend had a whole new frame done by Toyota at no charge he was without the truck for a month. Always thought they were good vehicles just check the frame. My neighbor just took a 2003 off the road for the frame issue to look at the you would think it is in great condition.