I consistently get about 20 mpg around town and driving 70 mph. I suspect if I drove 55-60 on the highway it could get 22 mpg or better, but with 75 mph speed limits people don't do that around here.
1998 Toyota T100 4WD 231,000! North America treated this truck worst, found everything wrong with it! 24 years later shaming brand new trucks for sure.
I got my 97 t100 for 2500 with 200k miles on it, I also had to rebuild the rear, because someone before me put the wrong gears in it and it chewed itself up. It runs great and I love it
I love mine. I knew the fan pulley was going out on it and every mechanic said it was normal up until it seized and ripped off the front of the engine. Still ran up until it broke the left cam with all the water in the head
Here's an update on the truck. I put a new engine in it however it only lasted a couple weeks. Lower end decided to grande and didn't give any warning. $5k down the drain. However, looking to buy another engine but I might v8 swap it instead.
My 97 4x4 an get 20mpg under perfect conditions. Around town 16 is normal. Mixed use is normally 17-18mpg. 2000lb payload and a 6.5’ bed beats the utility of many modern full size pickups… their little 5’ beds can only hold 1500-1800lbs.
hey homie, i went with a Magnaflow muffler on mine. it has a bit of a lone tone. there are a few other great choices. peep videos on YT. i had more work done and my truck sounds quite different.
I have a 96 sr5 4x4 auto wanted a manual but I got it for 2k but the tv cable on the transmission snapped burned the transmission up before I made it home lol but that was after 3 years of hard offrpad abuse
And everybody talks shit about these because they are “underpowered” while that is true, that doesn’t make it any less capable because you know for a fact that it doesn’t make enough power to hurt itself in the first place and on top of that as top gear proved they can shrug off being flooded, dropped from buildings, and general everyday wear and tear. These trucks hold a special place in my heart as I learned to drive standard in one of these, out of all the manuals I’ve driven the T100 had silky smooth shifting, beautiful clutch action, and all around rugged well built drivetrain. The fact that they stopped making them just shows how under appreciated they were and now in a world of complex over engineered “trucks” the T100 and it’s smaller cousins have more than proved their longevity as people are putting monstrous mileage on them because they just won’t die and then they sell them for prices as high as $7000!
I have a 97 T100 with a manual and 4WD that I use when I need a truck and we get deep snow. When I got the truck the shocks were toast and the ride was very rough so I got some Bilsteins and it became nice. I have a Recaro sport seat that was laying in storage so I got a custom bracket, removed the driver side bench seat, and installed the Recaro. While the original seat was never that comfortable, what I didn't realize is over 24 years it had sagged a lot. The Recaro is at the correct height and has phenomenal back support. Now it drives so pleasant that every time I take it for a ride I repeatedly say to myself I could just drive this all the time. But then I remember my 2015 VW Sportwagen TDI (diesel) with manual gets 47 city, 55 highway, and goes over 600 miles (700 when traveling) on its 13.2 gallon tank.
Mines been a money sink since I bought it. The parts are expensive, rust and time claims all eventually. Can’t find affordable seat belts or seats to save my life. 200 bucks just for a new belt assembly.
Watch the pull a part junk yards in your town. When a T100 shows up you can get parts for next to nothing. I got a really nice original T100 topper with Thule racks for $100. I got spare door windows, side windows, and power window regulators for around $25 each. At my local junk yard the price of any seat belt is $16. And you could source a seat belt from a non-T100 Toyota from the same period. I have found my T100 to be the cheapest vehicle I have ever owned in 50 years. Six Toyota spark plugs are $12 while with my other car four spark plugs are $64. Registration is $65/year. I only use it when I need a truck or we get a lot of snow, so it seems almost free.
@@drwisdom1 that’s my biggest issue, my state has strict junk yard laws so very little and few handle cars. My closest pick a part is 3 hours away in another state.
My 1996 T100 get 20 miles to the gallon 😂that’s good gas mileage
🙌
I hauled 2,800 lb in 2 trips yesterday in mine, gas level barely budged
I love my 96 T100.
20 to 22 with my 95
I consistently get about 20 mpg around town and driving 70 mph. I suspect if I drove 55-60 on the highway it could get 22 mpg or better, but with 75 mph speed limits people don't do that around here.
1998 Toyota T100 4WD 231,000! North America treated this truck worst, found everything wrong with it! 24 years later shaming brand new trucks for sure.
I got my 97 t100 for 2500 with 200k miles on it, I also had to rebuild the rear, because someone before me put the wrong gears in it and it chewed itself up. It runs great and I love it
Im confused… you’re saying it’s a good truck & it’ll last forever, but then your caption says it’s the worst truck to buy?… 🤔
It’s called clickbait. When I see it it’s thumbs down time.
A little tuneup, a new paint job, and tires, you have a sweet rig that will go and go forever!
1997 t100 for 1500 from a hood guy who is my coworker 247k miles and drives like a champ!
I love mine. I knew the fan pulley was going out on it and every mechanic said it was normal up until it seized and ripped off the front of the engine. Still ran up until it broke the left cam with all the water in the head
Here's an update on the truck. I put a new engine in it however it only lasted a couple weeks. Lower end decided to grande and didn't give any warning. $5k down the drain. However, looking to buy another engine but I might v8 swap it instead.
That guy got one hell of a bargain getting a 90s tank of a truck for 3k
that looks like a good 1
So it’s not a good truck to buy?
My 97 4x4 an get 20mpg under perfect conditions. Around town 16 is normal. Mixed use is normally 17-18mpg. 2000lb payload and a 6.5’ bed beats the utility of many modern full size pickups… their little 5’ beds can only hold 1500-1800lbs.
I just got A 2wd for 3000, 140 k miles. Does yours have the v6
I mean 3k is pretty cheap.. I did get my 93 single cab long bed with 145k miles for $1200 but the guy needed money.
I have a 95 that needs muffler and battery just looking around to see what everybody doing to there’s
hey homie, i went with a Magnaflow muffler on mine. it has a bit of a lone tone. there are a few other great choices. peep videos on YT.
i had more work done and my truck sounds quite different.
I have a 96 sr5 4x4 auto wanted a manual but I got it for 2k but the tv cable on the transmission snapped burned the transmission up before I made it home lol but that was after 3 years of hard offrpad abuse
has anyone looked into an engine swap from a tundra into a sr5 t100?
And everybody talks shit about these because they are “underpowered” while that is true, that doesn’t make it any less capable because you know for a fact that it doesn’t make enough power to hurt itself in the first place and on top of that as top gear proved they can shrug off being flooded, dropped from buildings, and general everyday wear and tear. These trucks hold a special place in my heart as I learned to drive standard in one of these, out of all the manuals I’ve driven the T100 had silky smooth shifting, beautiful clutch action, and all around rugged well built drivetrain. The fact that they stopped making them just shows how under appreciated they were and now in a world of complex over engineered “trucks” the T100 and it’s smaller cousins have more than proved their longevity as people are putting monstrous mileage on them because they just won’t die and then they sell them for prices as high as $7000!
I have a 97 T100 with a manual and 4WD that I use when I need a truck and we get deep snow. When I got the truck the shocks were toast and the ride was very rough so I got some Bilsteins and it became nice. I have a Recaro sport seat that was laying in storage so I got a custom bracket, removed the driver side bench seat, and installed the Recaro. While the original seat was never that comfortable, what I didn't realize is over 24 years it had sagged a lot. The Recaro is at the correct height and has phenomenal back support.
Now it drives so pleasant that every time I take it for a ride I repeatedly say to myself I could just drive this all the time. But then I remember my 2015 VW Sportwagen TDI (diesel) with manual gets 47 city, 55 highway, and goes over 600 miles (700 when traveling) on its 13.2 gallon tank.
The worst.
Worst worst
@@JakeTiesler why
3k?! 😳😳 I just paid 1700 for mine
Mines been a money sink since I bought it. The parts are expensive, rust and time claims all eventually. Can’t find affordable seat belts or seats to save my life. 200 bucks just for a new belt assembly.
Watch the pull a part junk yards in your town. When a T100 shows up you can get parts for next to nothing. I got a really nice original T100 topper with Thule racks for $100. I got spare door windows, side windows, and power window regulators for around $25 each. At my local junk yard the price of any seat belt is $16. And you could source a seat belt from a non-T100 Toyota from the same period.
I have found my T100 to be the cheapest vehicle I have ever owned in 50 years. Six Toyota spark plugs are $12 while with my other car four spark plugs are $64. Registration is $65/year. I only use it when I need a truck or we get a lot of snow, so it seems almost free.
@@drwisdom1 that’s my biggest issue, my state has strict junk yard laws so very little and few handle cars. My closest pick a part is 3 hours away in another state.
That things a pile compared to my 93 t100 fully rebuilt not a speck of rust 300k