What’s your pick?

Hard to believe that when shopping for a 1/2 ton truck in 2025, a 5 year old truck for $40k plus is about the most value you can get, right? Especially since a new TRD Pro is $70k+.

Case in point I’m in the market and have narrowed my next truck down to either a 2020 or 2021 TRD Pro or Platinum, trying to get something low miles and clean history. It’s like a treasure hunt that you can either a.) overpay tremendously b.) take a chance on high mileage unit or a minor/accident on the Carfax or c.) travel halfway across the country when you see a deal pop up and put a deposit down the same day it’s listed.

I’m having such a hard time I’m starting to kick around the idea of just biting the bullet and going to get a new 2025 Tundra iforce max and being done with it. Lord knows there’s no way I’m buying a GM or Stellantis product, and even as a Z plan guy I can’t really stomach buying an F150 either.

Do I just stay on the hunt for a prior gen Tundra at this point and be patient to save some coin? New trucks in 2025 are just the worst it seems!