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I have actually heard the same thing about the 4Runner and cafe law. BOF, 5 speed transmissions and naturally aspirated engines are disappearing for a reason. 4Runner sales have been going up for the last few years bucking the trend of normal outdated designs but I can see how Toyota might have...

Yea, body on frame trucks designed to be abused by contractors then driven by soccer moms. Articles like this were part of the reason I ordered a new 4Runner. I can’t wait for it to come in!

Using autotrader was a convenient and entertaining tool at my disposal. While the data doesn’t come from a perfect control group, the extremely low percentages are telling. However, to further support my opinion that 300K as an average life span is too high, here is an article that gives more...

There are 25,940 4runners on Autotrader right now, 376 with over 200k miles (1.4%), 11 over 300k miles (0.04%). I would say 210k as an average is reasonable.

Out of curiosity, I tested your theory. Assuming 21 years and 10k miles per year to be an average 4runner lifespan. 1/3 of that would be 7 years old with about 70k miles. On auto trader, the average price for a 2011 is in the lower mid 20’s with highs at about 30 and lows about 20. In...