Being my fleet of 4 runners are mostly work beaters and hobby rebuilds. I dont mind spending money on them. I can buy a heck of alot of parts and full vehicles complete and still not even be half the cost of a new one.

I look at it this way. Older vehicles cost at lot less on insurance. As I can probably run 3 or 4 3rd gens for the cost of 1 new one. Being a hobby mechanic, I dont mind working on them at all. Actually I find it very relaxing and therapeutic from my day job.

If these vehicles are maintained and or brought back to being well maintained they will run a very long time before failure. Now if they are neglected and abused. One would have to repair the damage of previous owners.

It really depends on how ones perspectives are. Mostly folks that are new to Toyotas are amazed at their lifespans. While some of our users have had them for a very long time.


Sent from my SM-J337V using Tapatalk