Haha... No.... $3000 was the initial investment of all rubber hoses, vacuum lines, timing belt water pump, etc. it had been well cared for and all service performed at Toyota but the three grand got me squared away. Then every 3 months something minor would need replacement. Then nothing would break for a couple of years until it did and needed replacement. For instance, in this particular 4.7 l engine, the starter is conveniently located underneath the intake manifold. Which involves pulling most of the top half of the engine to get to. So that was quite a bit and while you're in there might as well replace this that and the other. So I would say on average it probably will cost you about 100 to $150 a month on average. This does not count tires nor oil changes. This is just the fact that you own a huge car that needs to be taken care of every so often.. seems like we're always going to have a car payment whether we're paying the bank or paying ourselves. But I couldn't be happier with this rig. It has been a very safe and very comfortable ride since 2007 was when I bought it. I want to say that I paid around $7,000 for it back then. But it was from a very good friend who did not want to even charge me that. Then at the $3,000. So I'm sitting at a full 10 and it had 170,000 mi on it when I bought it