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Old 09-19-2012, 11:13 PM #1
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It has been almost 9 months exactly since i made the worst mistake of my life...I sold my 4runner. Now tomorrow morning i am driving 4 hours to hopefully purchase another one. I returned from deployment in december of last year and since then I have had 5 different trucks and suvs and none of them came close to my yoda. lord forgive me, i knoweth not what i had done. in the words of rocco from boondock saints....worst day of my life man. BUT, i have seen the light and i have been given another chance. in the words of the jews, NEVER AGAIN!!!
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You don't know what you've got till its gone!

That said, if selling a truck is the worst mistake of your life either you're doing great so far or you're not trying hard enough!
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Obviously, you had a temporary case of insanity!
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^ RS Dude, that might be the best avatar thingy I've ever seen.

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op you sig is interesting lol
"in order to get what you dont have, you must go where you have never been"
i just imagine you on your knees to some dude at a dealer, "i will do anything for my runner back....................................anything"
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OP, I've been there too. I loved my first 3rd Gen but sold it. I've had a number of them since, some trying to find the right one, some just to flip. I'm pretty happy with my current DD but I still do miss my original one. Glad you found your way back to one.
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The separation of Wilson and Tom Hanks in Castaway was how I felt when I had to sell my 2000 Surf. Hahahahha, but seriously, I still miss that truck to this day. I was returning to the USA from Peru permanently. Importing it was impossible.

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It has been almost 9 months exactly ....
and since then I have had 5 different trucks and suvs ....
wow! thats a lot of cash in fees and stuff! What are the 5 vehicles that you don't like?
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Look and look some more until you find what you want, don't settle for a sixth time. I would even try and find your old runner and make a cash offer + some.

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If it helps ,just think of the poor souls that have NEVER owned/driven/experienced a 3rd gen and thinking that what they are driving around in is great.Poor, poor misguided souls.
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