Today I was at the dealer getting my 2000 Tundra steering checked out,
coming back from long trip noticed it felt tight and hard to turn. Found
out the ball joints were bad (476) and just spent 700 on the front
brakes last week. When I get a vehicle that starts the big bucks crap
every few days it becomes history real fast. I decided to see if I could
trade out of it and dealer had 2 V6 access cabs, one for 18,900 and one
for 19,600 (salsa red I liked). I drove the red one first and it shook
badly from 30 on up. Salesperson tried to tell me the tires had flat
spots on them but it felt more in the driveline to me and was wimpy in
power. I then drove the silver one, had no vibration but was had much
more rode noise than mine and was totally gutless! My 2000 would leave
this thing sitting in the dust. I then drove a 06 DC V8 (out of my price
range) and it had  also had a bad vibration over 40 and no where near
the punch that my 2000 has. That cured my fever real fast!! I was
undecided whether to fix mine or buy a newer one but now I don't know
what to get. Mine has 103k miles and has been good except the *&*&^&*
brakes! I was affraid that with my luck if I spend another 500 on this
that next week the tranny will fail or to many other no warranty big
buck items could go wrong or it may go another 100k miles. In the past
when I get a vechicle that starts tearing up often it has been a warning
sign! I have heard to many horror stories on the 2000's brakes (which I
have had) and the tranny issues I have not had yet even though mine has
had a "clunk" in it for over 20k miles when downshifting from 2nd to 1st
that concerned me. Any other folks with the V6 AC that are happy or
comments on other 2000 owners that have gone way past 100k miles? I tow
3000 pounds also on a regular bases.