I recently bought a house and needed a bigger vehicle. I had a GTI at the time and I just outgrew it. My wife and I do a fair bit of camping and we wanted something with more room. This would be my daily driver.

I started looking at 4Runners, Tacoma’s, and Tundras. I didn’t want another payment so it would have to be a used truck. The Taco was the first to get crossed off the list. Back seats are too small. The Tundras are nice but it was hard to find the right configuration (4WD, quad cab, etc...) at a price that I was willing to pay. 4Runner is the right size and seemed to fit the budget the best.

After months of searching, I ended up with 1-owner 2005 V8 Limited 4x4. It had 140k miles and timing belt was done 5k miles prior. It took a while to find one without frame rust or a price that seemed too high.

I plan on keeping this thing for a long time. If 5th gen Trail / TRD Off-road come down under $15k with less than 150k miles in California I’ll look. I don’t see that happening any time soon.


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