Used 1998 Toyota T100 Consumer Reviews
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This is the best truck ever made. Period.
Ben, 01/04/2017
1998 Toyota T100 SR5 2dr Extended Cab 4WD SB (3.4L 6cyl naturally aspired 5M)
14 of 14 people found this review helpful
The T100 isn't fast nor flashy. It won't tow heavy loads. It doesn't have heated seats, climate control, navigation, or blind spot monitoring. Compared to todays trucks it's really quite a dinosaur. So how can I say it's the best truck ever made? Because it is. My 1998 3.4L SR5 4x4 is going on 20 years old. It's logged more than 205,000 miles, and many of those miles were off pavement in the mountains of Montana or on rocky trails in the Mojave Desert. Death Valley too. It's spent most of it's life stored outside in the blazing sun, neglected I'm ashamed to say. Despite all of this, every single bit of the truck still works. It still looks great too, and most importantly it starts every single time you turn the key. Once started, it goes places where most modern trucks wouldn't dare thanks to it's narrow width and ample ground clearance. You can even still chain up the front end should the going get tough. Try that on a new Tundra. They simply don't make trucks like this anymore. I've been asked many times if it's for sale. My answer is always the same, "no it isn't, and it never will be."
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200,000 hard miles
truckintahoe, 07/03/2009
1997 Toyota T100 SR5 2dr Extended Cab 4WD SB (3.4L 6cyl naturally aspired 5M)
8 of 8 people found this review helpful
My 97 T100 is used as it should be, a no nonsense truck in the Sierra, NV mtns. I can't say enough about the quality (nothing squeaks when I hit bumps), comfort and overall driveability of the truck. Toyota had a winner with this one. Everything works excellent and my A/C still blows coldddd.
They don't bulid them like this anymore
jfl1963, 12/15/2013
1998 Toyota T100 SR5 2dr Extended Cab 4WD SB (3.4L 6cyl naturally aspired 5M)
13 of 14 people found this review helpful
I've owned my truck for 11 years. I will take this truck to the grave with me. Over the 11 years, the truck has taken great care of me, and I have taken great care of it. Yes, I've replaced a few items that have failed, but the truck is 15 years old. Biggest expense was replacing full exhuast system last month. This truck has a perfect balance of everything: looks, size, reliability, and performance. I haul heavy materials and motorcycles in the bed and the truck never misses a beat. I'd have to spend $40K on a new truck to get what I get from my truck, and I could never justify that. I paid $15K with 50,000 miles on it. 11 years later, I have 127,000. Still going strong.
My supercharged truck
Masloff, 09/03/2006
1998 Toyota T100 SR5 2dr Extended Cab SB (3.4L 6cyl naturally aspired 5M)
7 of 7 people found this review helpful
The driving on this vehicle is awesome. Quiet, comfortable, reliable, rides like a car.
Year is 2020, I just bought a 1997 Toyota T100 SR5
23 Year Old Gem of a Truck, 10/24/2020
1997 Toyota T100 SR5 2dr Extended Cab 4WD SB (3.4L 6cyl naturally aspired 5M)
6 of 6 people found this review helpful
I have quietly and with no expectations searched for a decent T100 for about 10 years now, never expecting to find one in decent condition. But it happened, the Unicorn appeared. I recently found a 1997 Toyota T100 on the lot of a used car dealer in Chicago. It looked amazing in the photos, too good to be true in fact and just under $10,000 Canadian. My wife and I decided to take a chance and buy it, unseen, un-driven, over the phone and import it to our home in Northern Ontario. Best...vehicle...purchase I ever made. The truck is 23 years old and even the tape deck and cigarette lighter still work, I'm considering taking up smoking just to use it. The frame is in amazing shape. The truck drives better than about any brand new vehicle I've ever test driven off a lot. I love Toyota trucks for many reasons and have owned an '02 Tacoma auto, an '05 Tacoma 6 Speed TRD Off Road, currently own and love a 2000 4Runner SR5 5 Speed and my wife used to own an '05 Tundra, and the only truck of any brand that I've driven that was better than this '97 T100 was a Land Cruiser 70 Series Pick Up out in the Sahara Desert. I am flabbergasted at how tight the T100 is, how smooth the 5 speed transmission shifts, how easily it shifts in and out of 4wd high and low. Bottom line: if anyone reading this should come across a T100 in good condition, especially with the 3.4 litre engine and 5 speed manual transmission, buy it. Buy it now. And if the CEOs of Toyota should read this, mark my words, Toyota would be wise to start building them again. I'd buy a brand new one AND keep the '97. It took about 3 weeks for us to get the truck picked up from the Chicago lot and when the shippers finally picked it up, the dealer called us and told us that he had people walk onto the lot almost every day it sat there, request to buy 'that truck', and then simply walk away when told it was sold. The dealer could not interest any of the buyers in any of the other trucks on the lot. Not to mention, the shipper and customs officers at the Canada/U.S. border all went nuts when they saw it. Each and every one of them wished it was on the way to their home. If I could I would rate this 23 year old gem as a 15/5. Solid...friggin'...truck.
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