Same model, two ways · September 28, 2026

A Tacoma with 10k miles costs less per remaining mile than one with 114k

2019 Toyota Tacoma: $0.30 a mile. 2023 Toyota Tacoma: $0.15 a mile.

$0.15per mile, against $0.30

High miles: 2019 Toyota Tacoma with 114,417 miles, $25,700 ÷ 85,583 miles left = $0.30 a mile.

Low miles: 2023 Toyota Tacoma with 9,839 miles, $27,668 ÷ 190,161 miles left = $0.15 a mile.

Here the newer one is the cheaper way to buy miles: the high-mileage example is priced as if the odometer did not matter.

2019 Toyota Tacoma400KMile rating
Top 10 Longest-LastingGreat Deal
2019 Toyota Tacoma
SR5 V6 Double Cab 4WD · Magnetic Gray Metallic
Low-pressure fuel pump: known issue on this model year
114k mi · Summerville, SC 8.0 / 10
25% reach 250k miles · 86k miles left to 200k
$0.30 per mile of runway
$25,700
$1,395 below market
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2023 Toyota Tacoma400KMile rating
Top 10 Longest-LastingGreat Deal
2023 Toyota Tacoma
SR I4 Access Cab RWD · Red
10k mi · Perris, CA 8.9 / 10
25% reach 250k miles · 190k miles left to 200k
$0.15 per mile of runway
$27,668
$1,550 below market
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Cost per remaining mile is the asking price divided by the miles left before 200,000. It leaves out fuel, insurance and repairs. More on the method. Listings via CarGurus; longevity figures from the iSeeCars Longest Lasting Cars Study.

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