For me... Putting 150k on this beast over 9years made me a Toyota fan for life.


I took her hunting the day I traded her in for a 2018 4Runner TRD Off-Road Premium.

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Im an SUV person, Im a big guy and don't like cars for daily driving. Had a Grand Cherokee and was sick of fixing it, always hunting down a problem. At 100k miles numerous repairs came up. My fiancee had a scion (toyota) thats 12 years old and only "repairs" were replace an alternator and the rear trunk handle that broke off (cheap plastic)

I knew I wanted something a bit larger and didnt want to get stuck in a black hole of getting a truck that fit my budget, finish paying it off and be time to start over again. So I went with the 4runner. It has been a year and I have been quite happy. Only gripes are the crap suspension and lack of projectors

Toyota reliability, resale value (not that I plan on selling) great looks, super capable, the mods that can be done to them and cheap insurance heh.

I definitely wanted a car that would take me to all my mountain adventures, and granted almost any SUV could do that, but I wanted something a little more rough. Jeeps didn't really do it for me and once I saw the 4runner, I knew it was the one.

I wanted more room than my 08 FJ could offer.

After doing lots of research on a car that would fit my budget after my old car died, the 4runner won. I have a 1999 LTD in black. Its pragmatic and pretty. I am looking forward to learning a bit about how to work on these cars myself, as a lot of it seems pretty straightforward from what I've read thus far.

I wanted something I could trail ride in that help 4 people but was compact enough to get through tight places. The search lead me to a 4 runner.

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I got tired of trying to squeeze my 3/4 ton Ram down tight trails and rattling all the teeth outta my head! Love my T4R!

You can look at it this way, too. My first was a new 1988, and I kept it for 18 years and put 305k miles on it. At some point, resale value became meaningless because I was keeping it until I couldn't drive it any longer (I'm happy with simple things). Next was a 2001 SR5, which now has 260k miles and is my wife's daily driver. So two 4Runners across more than a half-million miles, with VERY few repairs, makes the economics work out wonderfully. It's so nice to pay off a vehicle and continue driving it for 10 years. And those mileages are normal for a T4R. I also have a Scion xA with 200k+ as my drive-to-work car.

Getting ready to hopefully buy a 2018-19 TRD Off-Road soon. And when I do, I won't fret door dings and such. After all, there's 300k fun miles awaiting!

got tired of daily driving my 3/4 ton

My 2nd gen is my first car. Got it at 17 yrs old in 2004. Was good price and mileage ($5000 @ 180K) in really good condition.

Fast forward 12 years and after marriage, a house paying off the 2011 Corolla and a new baby, my wife wanted a new car. She knew how to get me on board: "I think I want a new 4Runner" ....

Couple calls to buddies in the industry and boom. Brought home the 2016 Trail Premium.

She finally started down the Mod rabbit hole by saying "I think I want bigger tire's and black rims" to which I replied "well we're going to need a lift and some other things..."

I married the right lady.

Loved my Highlander. Used it for my DD and to tow a small camping trailer. Wanted something with the Toyota reliability, that could tow and the more I looked into all the mods I could do to make it great for camping the more I was sold.

The last six or seven cars we have bought have been Mercedes or BMW. Most recently, I had a six month old BMW that spent almost two of those months in the shop. As the clock was ticking toward lemon territory, I test drove a few other luxury SUVs, all fine cars, but none of them excited me. Then I came across one of those articles on the web "Cars Most Likely to make it to 400,000 miles" or something like that. The 4R was top of the list. I'd always liked them, but thought it would be a "downgrade". Had a free afternoon and test drove one on a whim. Felt an immediate emotional connection to the thing for some reason. In the weeks that followed, lurked here on the forums and you guys convinced me it would be a good decision. BMW opted to give me a replacement vehicle for the lemon instead of just buying back the old one. I drove it for a couple of weeks while I waited on the registration, etc. and then traded it in with 400 miles on it for my 4R.
Haven't regretted it a bit!

2 things. The fact that they stopped making 4.0 Cherokee's which are getting harder and harder to find decent ones ...and the fact that Toyotas generally are the most durable and long lasting cars one can buy.

Mine was from owning a fully built 99 Cherokee and 00 7.3 excursion. Figured the 4runner was best or both worlds.