Would the Hilux pickup be a appropriate for everyday drive?

[Chase]

Hi everyone, I'm thinking of selling my current car and save up for a Hilux single cab pickup. I do a lot of motorcrossing and welding so a single cab pickup is ideal for me. I'm just wondering if I can afford to have a pickup as my everyday drive? I'll have around £3500 to start with, is there some sort of chip or something you can buy for increased economy that anyone knows of? Any advice is appreciated.

 

[toyotafan]

Depends on what you find for the money. I was raised on the principle that if you build an off-roader, you'd better not make it your daily driver. That being said, I've got a lot of trucks that were in fact my daily driver, in fact for many years I did that before I had kids and needed to start looking at SUVs and crossovers.

I'll have to do a quick conversion, and I'm not sure what the used truck market is like where you're at, but as of TODAY, £3500 is worth about $5900 USD.

For $6k, i'm not sure that I would be able to find something that I would be comfortable with being a daily driver to haul kids around, or if I needed to be on-time to a job (like I was opening) and if not then there would be heck to pay. Around me, for $6k USD you're going to be looking for a truck that's got over 100k at the minimum and for a Toyota you're going to be lucky to find one with that few miles for a lot more than $6k.

Now, if you're not having to carry kids, you can risk maybe being stuck/stranded every once in a while, then I think that you could find a good basic Hilux to get you started on your way.

Anyone agree/disagree with me on this?

 

[Bill Lonergan]

I agree with the Fan....I always believed you get what you pay for...and $6000. (3500.)(don't know how to make that symbol) Is not a lot for a trustworthy "dail;y" vehicle...that being said if your not mechanically inclind..find someone who is and be sure they go along to look it over, BEFORE you drop your bundle of cash on it.

 

[dervdave]

If your in the UK, yeah £3.5k should get you reasonable mk3 or early mk4 Hilux 2.4d, no chips for these babys though, you`ll need a mk5 d4d 2.5 for that.