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2nd owner. Original except for stereo which was excellent when installed 10 years. It has spent it's recent half of it's life in FL (6 months) and AZ (11 years). Previously it was in Boston. This means it is not 100% a rust-free AZ truck, nor a clapped out rust bucket from the east. Nothing important has rust. Running boards, wiper arm, tail latch (pictures included), etc have some rust. I took pictures of the rockers and underneath -- there is no rust in the body, frame, or engine. The paint is very nice except the top has fading, some almost to white. It has a small oil leak that only leaks when driven and requires a quart every 6+ tanks of gas. The interior is as pristine as a 21 year old car is -- no rips in upholstery, cracked dash, 3rd seat rarely used -- the inside looks very good. There is a list of little things that is not exhaustive: Driver's mirror motor broken in mirror, gas tank door wobbly, only opens manually, rear latch missing handle but opens fine with the levers the handle is supposed to attach to, fender flares screwed on when replaced due to damage, small dent front bumper, some small chips in windshield, paint, and especially fender flares, running boards icky (rust, not flat, etc). Over hard bumps dash light can blink. Antennae does not go all the way up. Lost the remote for the key (can easily get a new one from Toyota).

I want to repeat that everything important works properly and safely. The brakes are perfect. The steering is. The transmission works correctly. It runs strong and does not smoke. The tires are good. It has been well kept.

In fact -- the very worst thing on the truck is the running boards.

This was the car of women and they never used it as a 4x4 -- no off roading, (husband tried it once, never again :-) ) no dents in the bottom, nothing ever filled with mud, well maintained and garaged most of the time (including now).

This would be excellent just as-is and has many years left in it with proper maintenance. Or you can take it off road and not worry about trashing an 85k rig (like the new ones). Or you can modify it -- soup the engine with a rebuild. This is no show queen, but it is a very nice 93 Cruiser. Me ... I'd chuck the running boards anyway and lift it and enjoy.

I am selling the car for the owner so it can take more time to get answers. Or you can send me a phone number and I'll have her call you.

http colon//www dot drivehq dot com/file/df.aspx/publish/vicsmba/restofthem.zipPublish

Several people noticed I had no interior pictures -- that is because I hit the maximum of 24 pictures and they did not even give me an error message. The balance of the pictures are at the URL above. Interior, wheels, dash, stereo, door panels and more! Also took some redundancy out when re-listing and now have some interior pictures. Note that what looks like a hole in the carpet under driver is NOT -- it is a hole in a floor mat. The carpets are great and the mats OK except the one.

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Of course, one of the more popular reasons being bandied about includes the $40 million Texas was set to give the company for the move, as well as the state's generous tax rates. According to Lentz, though, the reason Toyota chose Plano over a group of finalists made up of Atlanta, Charlotte and Denver, was far simpler than that - it was about consolidating its marketing, sales, engineering and production teams in a region that's closer to the company's seat of manufacturing in the south.
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