914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
3/5/17 3:36 p.m.

Or am I just out of touch?

1999 Tacoma looks extremely clean for $1500.

Toyman01
Toyman01 MegaDork
3/5/17 3:39 p.m.

I call scam. They pop up locally on a regular basis. They are usually truck priced well under market.

oldtin
oldtin PowerDork
3/5/17 4:37 p.m.

Scam. That's closer to a 7-10k taco

old_
old_ HalfDork
3/5/17 4:38 p.m.

Scam. Usually the pics are taken on a bright sunny summer's day with green grass and palm trees in the background. In reality it's January with 4" of snow on the ground.

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
3/5/17 4:51 p.m.

Rats.

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
3/5/17 4:54 p.m.

In the mean time the owner of this Ranchero contacted me, I'm debating on shipping or a road trip.

SVreX
SVreX MegaDork
3/5/17 5:00 p.m.

Scam.

Pic was lifted off a 2013 posting on CarDomain.com

CarDomain listing

Stampie
Stampie Dork
3/5/17 5:11 p.m.
914Driver wrote: In the mean time the owner of this Ranchero contacted me, I'm debating on shipping or a road trip.

Fly and drive

spitfirebill
spitfirebill UltimaDork
3/5/17 6:13 p.m.

If you have to ask.....

Cooter
Cooter HalfDork
3/5/17 7:27 p.m.

The scams are almost always a single photo, and priced $1500-2200. Once you see a couple, they are really easy to spot.

TiggerWelder
TiggerWelder Reader
3/6/17 7:24 a.m.

And when you contact them, they are either selling for their Aunt, here is her email address, or their husband was just killed and it was his truck and she just can't see it without crying, so I will tell ebay you are the buyer and they will ship it to you from the secure storage facility in Nebraska at no cost to you.

I wish Craigslist had a way to ban people!

Cooter
Cooter HalfDork
3/6/17 8:31 a.m.

Flag 'em. Flag the heck out of them.

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
3/6/17 9:50 a.m.
Stampie wrote: Fly and drive

Too many unknowns for a 1200 mile trip.

Cooter
Cooter HalfDork
3/6/17 10:05 a.m.

Do EET!

My Eagle wagon was nothing but unknowns, and 2500 miles from home. She is now my DD...

Stampie
Stampie Dork
3/6/17 1:03 p.m.
914Driver wrote:
Stampie wrote: Fly and drive
Too many unknowns for a 1200 mile trip.

That's exactly why you do it.

Cooter
Cooter HalfDork
3/6/17 1:28 p.m.

I bring:

Extra fluids.

A small toolkit.

Fix-A-Flat

An incredibly tiny jump pack

AAA card

5 gallons of fuel

Some matches

Good walking shoes

There is always a combination of the above that will cure whatever problem you have on a Road Trip with a beater.

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