I just sank $2K+ into my 2004 Toyota Tundra with 170K miles. Took it to the local Toyota dealership.
New water pump, timing belt, plus minor BS.
Given what they charged me I thought I'd been ripped off. Had to push back pretty forcefully on the intake guy's insistence on their selling me a new $et of tire$.
But based on what I'm reading here I'm farther ahead preserving the Old Gal. So there's that.
Old photo. Dashboard kittehs say "hi!".
Yep. Replacing my 04 Ford F-150 for one just like it is north of $75k. I have all of the tools and the know how to fix whatever it needs. Fortunately, it’s a basic truck that doesn’t have a lot of computer crap. I’m getting ready to spend about $2k to have it re- upholstered. Based on the price of the new truck, I have a lot of wiggle room to buy new parts for it. The body is in excellent shape.
I’m guessing that those are Viking kitties on the dashboard of your Toyota.