u/JoshBoGosh

Looking into buying a Gen 1 tacoma as a new daily driver. It's my dream truck and have been looking for decent deals on FB market for about 4 months and finally found two that I like.

Both have about 200k miles, one is beige for $9500 and the other is green for $8500 (I haven't negotiated prices or seen in person yet) and they seem to be in about the same condition with both having a v6, 4wd and automatic transmission. Both posts claim no issues other than some cosmetic dings/dents and that they run great. The beige one seems to have a better frame rust condition since the green doesn't have any pics of the frame (Idk if I'm allowed to add fb market links on here for the posts).

I know it's very dependent on the specific truck, but I wanted to ask for some input from a car centric community for their thoughts so I can make a more informed decision. Since it's a ~25 year old vehicle, how would it be to daily drive in terms of maintenance, reliability and availability of replacement parts? Thoughts on these prices for a Gen 1 tacoma? Since my car right now is old but works (09 vw rabbit), this kind of becomes a "the devil you know vs the devil you don't" situation, so I'm looking for some input to expose my potential blind spots. Thanks in advance!

Looking into buying a Gen 1 tacoma as a new daily driver. It's my dream truck and have been looking for decent deals on FB market for about 4 months and finally found two that I like.

Both have about 200k miles, one is beige for $9500 and the other is green for $8500 (I haven't negotiated prices or seen in person yet) and they seem to be in about the same condition with both having a v6, 4wd and automatic transmission. Both posts claim no issues other than some cosmetic dings/dents and that they run great. The beige one seems to have a better frame rust condition since the green doesn't have any pics of the frame (Idk if I'm allowed to add fb market links on here for the posts).

I know it's very dependent on the specific truck, but I wanted to ask for some input from a car centric community for their thoughts so I can make a more informed decision. Since it's a ~25 year old vehicle, how would it be to daily drive in terms of maintenance, reliability and availability of replacement parts? Thoughts on these prices for a Gen 1 tacoma? Since my car right now is old but works (09 vw rabbit), this kind of becomes a "the devil you know vs the devil you don't" situation, so I'm looking for some input to expose my potential blind spots. Thanks in advance!

I'm going to be moving to the Austin area for work and I start in July. I'm 30M and my max rent budget is around 1600 for a 1-2 bd/1 ba apartment. I found a nice looking place around Pflugerville, which is about a 20 minute drive to work (located in North Austin area) but reading what people say about Pflugerville makes it sounds kind of boring. I haven't actually gone down to Austin or Pflugerville yet, so all the research I've done has been online. I might fly down next week to take a look at some places in person, but I don't really know where to look.

While I'm not really a huge going out person, I would like to try to go out more often after I move. Since I've never really lived in a walkable city, I would be really open to that. What are some good areas that are safe/walkable to places like a grocery store or to a business area with restaurants, activities, etc? Also, what do people think or know about Pflugerville specifically? Is it a safe area? Thanks.