Hi everybody. Just traded in my 2003 Xterra SE S/C for a 2004 4Runner Sport, and although I lost my A$$ on it I don't regret it one bit! This is my first Toyota and I'm more than sure I'll keep it for a LONG time. Looking forward to learning more about my truck.

LunchBox

Welcome to this forum!

How was the Xterra S/C?? I heard that the supercharger was not all that impressive...and it eats gas like anything. Reliable??

Anyway, i am sure your 4runner will serve you well in all your needs. Did you get 2wd or 4wd?? V6 or V8??

Again, welcome.

Oh yeah, post some pics of your new ride in the GALLERY section!

The Xterra is whole other animal. It's a great little truck and loads of fun to drive, but it's true that the S/C devours gas (premium at that) and although it's powerful enough to get out of it's own way it won't be winning any races anytime soon. It's got a mug that only a mother could love but in my opinion it screams personality. Some pics in case you're interested.

My jaw dropped when the salesman showed me all the doo-hickies and gadgets on the 4Runner. The Xterra is VERY back to basics and doesn't have half the gizmos and creature comforts the 4Runner has. In retrospect what really sold me on the 4Runner (besides Toyota reliability) was the whole layout of the truck. Toyota put some major overtime into overall design. It's the little details that impressed me. Plus, everything just seems so solid and well put together, I fell hard for the 4Runner.

My 4Runner was the only Sport on the lot. It's a dark gray color (don't really know what Toyota calls it) and it's a 2wd V6. I don't do any offroading or pulling so the 4wd or V8 were uncalled for. Overall I'm extremely happy with it and I have yet to figure out how to set my radio stations and so forth. Mmmmmm...new car smell.

Lunchbox, I saw your pictures of your Xterra. Nice pictures. Now a question, is Yahoo Photos a free service and how did you come up with the name "atomicorangex"? :rolling:

Yeah, Yahoo is free, but they try really hard to get you to sign up for their "Premium" services which of course charge you per month. If you're gonna use Yahoo Photos just make sure you make the album "public" so everybody else can view your pics, if not you'll be the only one able to view them.

Atomic Orange came from Nissan. It's a "Limited Production" color and is supposed to be quite rare. The X I'm sure you can figure out.