You are all a tremendous help to me and I really appreciate it. Used Tacomas are very hard to come by around here, especially from a private party. It seems everyone trades in at the dealers or just keeps their trucks to 300k miles. To buy used from a dealer is added expense and out of my price range. This 99 I've been after is the only private sale I've seen in a long time and it has the ex.cab, SR5, and 4X4 with 79000 miles. (I gotta have 4x4 for surf fishing and snow and easy trails) I've even done Internet searches out to 100 miles! I did an on-line pricing for this 99 and it priced out at 6,900. So 8,600 is too high. I'm also concerned about the semi-flat rear leaf springs and the brownish trans fluid. I'm going to test drive it next week. It's going to be 6 degree wind chill, a good day for a 4 cyl. BBrrrrrrrr!