Quote Originally Posted by Sudonim View Post
A 10 year old Toyota truck is still new in my book. It has (relatively) low mileage, but has that old Toyota truck curse, rust. In my experience, if you can keep that under control, the truck will run forever. The one engine related thing is to change the timing belt EVERY 60,000 miles. That breaks and you buy a new engine.
As a former Toyota truck owner, I would have to agree with Sudonim on all counts. The only thing I would ad is after breaking a timing belt 2X, the mechanic (different one than replaced the first one) told me to always use OEM oil filters in the truck and that if I did, it would never happen again. It didn't. Truck was sold when it was very OLD with over 200K on it and the bed rusted out. If you get the Ford, which seems to be high millage to start out, you will have payments and any repairs that are coming down the pike. Just my 2 cents worth.