100k miles for real?!!! That’s pretty wild.

I hope I can too! :)

Just go get one. Doesn't matter how old they are, as they're like the original VW Beetle, you can fix anything on it in a day without any special custom parts or tools. I bought mine for $4700 and replaced the battery, oil, and throttle cable. In an hour, I had a durable machine ready to take on the Centipede in Arizona! You can still find them for sale. I'm not sure what people are saying about speed though, these things will go 55mph and when you're on trails, you've got to be trying to kill yourself to want to offroad that fast. I have jeeps look at me in amazement as it climbs over things they put 80K into their jeep to make it through.

Tomcar Australia did, not the main company. I was just down at their deer Valley shop less than a year ago. And they still post on Facebook.

I can confirm they ARE NOT out of business. They are understaffed a bit at the moment, but they do respond to emails and are open and in business. I just got new seat covers for my TM2 last month.

Tomcar filed for bankruptcy back in February 2023 and let go of all their employees I worked there for almost 6 years. They are no longer building cars. Production was moved to Mexico in 2020. They have left over parts for old models in the warehouse.

That's to bad that you had that experience. I personally spent hours on the phone with them while working through a repair troubles, and one of the higher ups even sat down with me and we had a very enjoyable conversation when i went in for a new trany. Maybe you caught them on a bad day...

Did you just randomly show up to the factory? If so, I doubt many manufactures would react any different.

@@Devin_Stromgren No, I called in advance. They ONLY wanted to sell me a new unit. They acted as if my 15 year old TM4 was worthless. Very rude. Nice on the phone beforehand, that is why I trailered it 9 hrs each way. I was hopeful and willing to spend thousands for a new motor. Went from being a BIG promoter of the TomCar Brand to being stunned by the piss poor attitude.

@@darrinjones3736 I'm not defending them because it sounds like you were mislead, but I still would have been surprised if they'd fixed it for you. After all, factories aren't usually set up to be service shops.

@@Devin_Stromgren This is NOT GM or Ford, it is a small fabrication shop of less than 50 people. They could have sold me an engine or pointed me in the right direction instead of leading me on and after driving, with a trailer 6 or 7 hours, said something like "Oh! it is a 2007 model? We don't build them like that anymore, want a new 2020 model with the Chinese engine? For $40k? - No Thanks. I wasted $10k on an older unit that was fun while it lasted, those engines just were not made to last. But probably better than the Chinese crap anyhow.

I got mine for 4k but it needed 2k of work. If your looking for one cheap to have fun get one that’s been snowmobile engine swapped. Of course if you want a new 4wd one you gotta shell out 35-50k

I totally understand about the 65 inch limit. They sell certain models with no cover so that you can change belts literally in seconds during combat, but they also have covers if you’re gonna be in wet places.

Mine was a rental unit with 100K on it. I bought it for $4700. 5000 miles isn't even a break in for these. They are military vehicles.

Thanks for the offer! Unfortunately I’m stuck going to school and working in Indiana but if I can ever get over to Texas…

Where did I find my Tomcar? Craigslist in Phoenix.

@@redneckphysics I cant believe you got it for 4k. I need to find one.

tucson.craigslist.org/snw/d/amado-2007-tomcar-tm4/7730508933.html

If you’re in Arizona, there’s plenty. Here’s one in Tucson for 5K.

You won’t be able to get the new TX four, but any of the old TM you can find.

No, why?

What state are you in?

Here’s two TMs. www.motorsportsuniverse.com/listing/auction-results/213334969/2013-tomcar-tm57bl-utility-utility-vehicles

I'm thinking of buying a new 4 seater. I'll let you know if I decide to get rid of out TM2. We still drive it almost daily.

Good to know. Thanks for comment. I’ll see if I can maybe trim that part out of the video…

Do you know if they ever made the switch to mechanical lockers? They were talking about last time I was in the. Deer valley shop.?

When I was working there still the engineering team were testing different lockers, but never decided on one. To my knowledge they still use the air locker. With the new turbo gm motor the lockers were constant problems.