So I asked the salesman what was wrong with it. He said nothing. It was during the time when Toyota was in the news about an accelerator sticking problem but he said the biggest problem he'd had in selling it was just one thing. It was a standard transmission. Just what I was looking for. He told me that no one who looked at it could drive a stick shift. Back in my day when I learned to drive, everyone had a stick shift. But today not so much. So I haggled them down another $1,000 and bought it for $9,500. Super deal. But that truck would have been gone in a short while if it had been an automatic.
Hopefully, it will be my last vehicle. I'm retired and live on a farm and don't put many miles on it.
Don’t know if you remember way back... mid 80’s... when Audi almost went belly up because of the sudden acceleration problem. The dealers couldn’t give the cars away. And Audi was offering $5000 rebates to existing owners who bought a new one. I had a client who was an Audi dealer. I think the car then listed for about $22,000. He had marked his inventory down to $15,000, and he got me one of the factory rebates for an additional $5K. And he had one 5 speed in stock, so I grabbed it..which totally negated the possible problem of sudden acceleration.just hit the clutch pedal..The car was fantastic..big, roomy , fast, 4 wheel discs..FWD..best $10k I ever spent...I drove it for 10 years..never had a problem other than regular maintenance..sold it to a neighbor for $5 K..who used it for almost 15 years as a station car...