Recent content by 3dogs

Yea I'm going to walk away - just not worth the what ifs, even if it's tempting. LOL

We would be saving a good $10,000 at least by going with this T4R so saving money for repairs wouldn't be a big issue. Of course one of my friends pointed out that since none of the "big" things have been replaced yet they could all be pretty close to it at 200,000 miles. :\ I do wonder how...

There's a 2004 SR5 (V6, 4WD) for sale near me for a great price but it has waaaay more miles than I'd usually consider: 203,000. The CarFax shows routine maintenance and no major repairs, dealer of course says all the miles are highway miles due to commuting. My question is this - if a car is...

Ok so this brings up two more questions: 1. Anyone know whether the frame for a 4Runner *with* 3rd row seats is different than one without? It would seem that if one put the crates where a 3rd row would sit that that would likely mean that the crates would at least not be in an active crumple...

So I'm looking into a 4runner as a primary dog vehicle and have been trying to find info on rear crumple zones in 4th and 5th gen 4runners with no luck (I plan to kennel dogs in the rear); a search here just revealed discussions about accidents but no solid info on where exactly these zones are...

I'm starting to get more serious in my search for my next vehicle and a used 4th gen Toyota 4Runner is at the top of my list, so I figured I'd hop on the forum to learn more and get some first hand info from current owners before I make such a big purchase. As you can tell from the screenname...