I am trying to use this thread as a gauge to see if modding up my 2002 would be a worthwhile investment. I will probably need to sell her in the next year or so but I need to replace some worn-out suspension bits now to keep her running safe. Will there be return on adding $1000 in souped-up parts or just fix it enough to keep it going?
BTW I bought her in 2018 in CA for $4000 with 212,000 miles and hope to sell her here in NJ next year for $5,000+ with ~260,000.
Bought mine 99 SR5 in 2019 for $6100 with 240k miles, detailed maintenece records from the 2 owners over the last 20 years. And the best part. IT'S RUST FREE!!
Got an 01 limited with 220k from the original owner and a binder of every maintenance item for 6k in Colorado. Runs well and it’s clean! Doing LBJ and suspension refresh soon
I bought my 1999 4x4 (no elocker) in 2016. At the time it had 47k miles on it. I paid $14k for it then. Body was a 9/10 with zero rust (CA) and interior was 9/10. As of Oct 2021 it has 78k on it!
My detail guy gets mad at me and always says, “why are you turning this cream puff into an overland vehicle?” LOL
Has anyone seen prices for a gen 3 (99-00’) in decent shape with a manual transmission. It’s almost laughable what people are asking for. I told one guy that he simply won’t swell the rig for his asking price. Offered him $3k less and he wouldn’t even consider it. Then that got me to thinking…are people just really that greedy in wanting to make a profit and have no real intention of selling unless they get a ridiculous amount for their vehicle
Has anyone seen prices for a gen 3 (99-00’) in decent shape with a manual transmission. It’s almost laughable what people are asking for. I told one guy that he simply won’t swell the rig for his asking price. Offered him $3k less and he wouldn’t even consider it. Then that got me to thinking…are people just really that greedy in wanting to make a profit and have no real intention of selling unless they get a ridiculous amount for their vehicle
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Hard to say without knowing specifics on what he was asking and the condition of the vehicle, but it's possible that he is aware of what the market is like right now, and knows that what he is asking is an amount that he can get. If that's the case, he's probably posting somewhere about some guy who came in and tried to low ball him by 3k.
If he can get $17k for his 4runner he probably would’ve gotten it 2 months ago when he posted it. Just sayin
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Gonna need some more details on what he was selling besides just the price if you want any of us to side with you or sympathize. Go check out bringatrailer results on manual 3rd gens.