Recent content by mbrogz3000

You should research the three trim lines enough to the point where you know the differences between major systems such as the 4WD (each trim line has considerable differences between the 4WD), and what options are available to the point where you know what comes in the vehicle just by looking at...

Just thought I'd share yet another poorly written, garbage review I came across in my AAA magazine, which is negative, and has no other purpose than manipulating and dissuading potential would-be buyers. Without even being an owner yet, I could write a huge block of text on all the fallacies of...

What are the real rates at right now anyway if you have excellent credit? 2.9%? 3.9%? more?

There is a really good link I'll post when I get home (a different webforum I found it on is indirectly blocked here at work) which serves as an extremely great training applet for Toyota salespeople as it explains everything you need to know about all-time 4WD, part time 4WD, center...

No reason at all if you plan on keeping the vehicle for a long time. Only thing I can think of is if the exterior of the vehicle is worn or abused from being parked too close to other 4runners or customer's accidentally making scratches/scuffs on the sides as they walk past. I believe the...

If I remember correctly, the sport seats have the same side-bolsters and physical construction as the Trail water resistent seats and Leather seats. So in all there are 4 different seat options. I'm not sure about the varying degrees of cloth quality-feel, if any. Having 4 different seats...

If you plan on keeping the truck for well beyond the term of a 5 year loan and never trading it in, you don't really to worry about its depreciation. Its very hard to say without knowing your in your cash flow. A conservative affordability rule for a vehicle purchase is that if you can't pay...

The $250 - $400 'Doc fee' is what a lot of Toyota dealers claim pays for all the admins and overhead-support people that work at the dealership. I'm not sure why they can't allocate this pot of money from the profits of regular sales like any other business, but lots of factors in car sales in...

The Mobil1 'upgrade' from your dealer should be around the $30-$40 price range. The $per/quart price should be about $4.25 or what you would pay at Walmart for a 5 quart jug, which I use as my baseline for Mobil1 oil prices. Also, I did the something similar with the Rav4 for the first free...

Most Toyotas have it. Wifeys 04 Blue Corolla S has it as well as the 2010 Rav 4 sport underneith the doors. Fine with me, just means it doesn't need to be perfectly dried to streak-free after being washed.

This plastidip stuff seems amazing to work with! Looks really good! I'd tried searching here, as well as on google and youtube, but cannot get a clear answer. Does anyone know if this stuff can be applied to painted surfaces (like the front bumper cover) or wheel flares? I figured you can...

For my information, should the protection film get applied over a fully washed and waxed paint surface or should it be applied over a fully stripped (ie. Dawn wash) paint surface?

I was talking about the leather in my Mazda6, which is low quality crap. I'm not in any rush to buy a 4runner, but leather is one of the option I'm considering. If the 1 year term quality here is the same as that in my Mazda (from what I've been reading across this forum), then I'll opt for...

You guys are making the leather in the 4runner sound like the leather thats in my 1st gen Mazda6. Basically the lower back and ass parts of the front seats are this cheapo perforated 'real' leather, and the rest of the seat and backs and doors are color matched vinyl. My seat looks worn, the...

You could just do what Toyota did in their 2010 and 2011 4R brochure (and website photos) and just unscrew and remove the antenna!!