2015 tundra 225k miles

First time posting on here. Looking at a a 2015 tundra that has 225k miles for 11,000. Truck is at a dealership and has been for a while so might be able to get it a little cheaper. I have never had a Toyota but am in need of a truck for work and daily driver. Would this be a too big of a chance to take with the higher mileage? I know Toyotas are known for being great even with the high miles but don't want a project truck. My 94 150 plow truck is already one of those! Anyways any suggestions would be rad

 

I wouldn't expect to buy one of these trucks for $10-11k and think you're going to use it as a work truck/daily driver without sinking several thousand dollars into some deferred maintenance and upkeep items, pretty early into your ownership of the truck.

As an example, I bought a 1st Gen V6 Tacoma, 4 years ago with 271k miles on it for $9k, and planned for it to be my daily driver. I quickly sunk about $5k in parts replacing the timing belt, water pump, battery, tires, ball joints, brakes, leaf springs, clutch, front shocks, valve cover gaskets, all fluids, rear wheel bearings and axle seals, motor mounts and transmission mount (and probably more things I'm forgetting). The truck was my daily driver for the next 3 years and never gave me any real problems. I still have the truck but just use it as a camping/hunting truck now.

Point being the drive trains on these older Toyota's are bullet proof, but once they get up there in mileage you need to have a realistic budget set aside for wear and tear items. And as a general rule of thumb you want to err on the side of using genuine Toyota parts (as they'll last far longer than cheaper, aftermarket alternatives), and parts cost alone will set you back a pretty penny. If you can wrench on trucks yourself, higher mileage Toyotas can be a good idea. If you're planning to pay a shop to do most repairs, maybe spend more for a newer truck.

 

Solid advise.

 

Also, that’s a smoking deal on a 2015. There’s probably a reason. Further investigation is needed. Salvage title? Rusty crusty frame? Weirdest configuration available in purple? Something is up.

 

Red&03Taco is giving solid advice! These are great trucks, but wear and tear items and aging of the vehicle can get very expensive! The drivetrains age well, other items wear out and if you don't do your own work labor is not cheap either in these days..

 

Yeah thinking I will need to put a good bit into it for the price its at. Thanks dudes

 

The only way you'll get a good idea is to do, or have someone else do a pre-purchase inspection for you

 

Yea, I would crawl under it to look for rust and frame damage. Also get a PPI before purchasing it, money well spent so you don't get a $5,000 repair bill as soon as you buy it. I wanted a Lexus SC430 and negated the price to 18,000 which was fair. Then got a PPI from the local Lexus dealer and it needed $7,500 worth of work; I told the seller to knock that off the price and he said no so I walked away. I would get a PPI from the local Toyota dealer before purchasing and if the seller says no PPI I would walk as they know it has problems.