1) Buy a horrible beater.Well…brace…
Read the link. You cannot buy a new car outside CA and register it unless you meet certain conditions, like military service or your vehicle was damaged while out of state, or there was a divorce, or other property settlement.
Once it hits 7,500 miles, then it’s a used car and can be registered if it meets Federal emissions standards. But until it gets to 7,500, it cannot be registered in California.
Simply: you cannot buy a new car outside California and register it in California.
Don’t forget to register and insure it first, so that you can prove that it “broke down” while out of state…1) Buy a horrible beater.
2) Drive (or tow) to the city of the desired dealership
3) Drive (or shove) beater into a ditch, or park it in the slums and leave the keys
4) Buy a replacement and drive it home.
If you don’t file an insurance claim on the beater you haven’t committed insurance fraud, but I don’t know what the rules are for circumventing emissions regs
Nicer, maybe. Not better.The new Colorado/Canyon is so much nicer than a Tacoma, have you considered that?
A loose drain plug is a terrible thing…Don’t forget to register and insure it first, so that you can prove that it “broke down” while out of state…
They are so underpowered that my friend regeared manual Tacoma once he installed BFG KO2’s. So, yeah, as long as you are running tires like Michelin Defender, it will be fine.This is the extent of my offroading...
So yea, no need for gears.
I don't keep a truck long anyways. Gonna see what the 4th gen does and might get a 2026.
They are so underpowered that my friend regeared manual Tacoma once he installed BFG KO2’s. So, yeah, as long as you are running tires like Michelin Defender, it will be fine.
Most people don’t utilize their full potential but they put hard core A/T tires. And that is where problems start.Yea, it could use more power, I'll definitely say that. Buy, it's a decently reliable powertrain that does what I need it to. I don't plan on a lift or bigger tires.
Most people don’t utilize their full potential but they put hard core A/T tires. And that is where problems start.
Other than that, it does its thing good, same like 4Runner. One just has to know what exactly is buying.
Mild AT like Yokohama G015, Falken Wildpeak AT etc is ok. Problem is step up.Stock tire size in a good mild A/T tire is great in the snow. Thing would go up and over the snow covered mountain like nothing.
Try the Costco car buying program. Probably worth buying a membership if you don't have one.Yam unfortunately my state does not normally allow citizens to buy new a car out of state
Mild AT like Yokohama G015, Falken Wildpeak AT etc is ok. Problem is step up.
Snow? They are ok. Not the best thing, but it is truck, it is not dynamic tour de force. They do OK IMO. If snow is priority, there are much better vehicles.
In summer they are popular here. In winter, not very common in local ski places.
In 2019 I tried that and I was extremely dissapointed. Maybe it was just here, but there was one dealer, 100 miles away, and he said I had to show up and show him my Costco card for him to give me a price. How is that any better.Try the Costco car buying program. Probably worth buying a membership if you don't have one.
Chris keeps his cars too long.The new Colorado/Canyon is so much nicer than a Tacoma, have you considered that?
Chris keeps his cars too long.
Most likely the Tacoma will be ready to do another 150k without a bunch of work needing to be done, and is probably a good candidate for increasing in value being a manual trans 4wd truck. At some point those will be gone, and a more disposable midsize GM auto truck will be near worthless. Has any GM midsize truck had half the residual value of a tacoma at 10+ years?Both will make it at least to 150K miles and one will do it while delivering nice handling and a comfortable interior and it's not the Tacoma.
Most likely the Tacoma will be ready to do another 150k without a bunch of work needing to be done, and is probably a good candidate for increasing in value being a manual trans 4wd truck. At some point those will be gone, and a more disposable midsize GM auto truck will be near worthless. Has any GM midsize truck had half the residual value of a tacoma at 10+ years?
I agree if he was leasing it for 5 years, then sure get the comfy one, but for long term ownership?
I was going to say - doesn’t Costco have a car buying service? I’d have to guess that there’s some dealer in CA or AZ that would take let in the program and be looking to move a vehicle.Sometimes you can find a buyers agent whose job it is to find the car and do the professional negotiation. My insurance has it as a free service - maybe they have some leverage that the regular buyer doesn’t?
AZ is no good. The dictatorship of CA requires you to buy cars only from CA stealerships if you want to register them.I was going to say - doesn’t Costco have a car buying service? I’d have to guess that there’s some dealer in CA or AZ that would take let in the program and be looking to move a vehicle.