How did you get your 4runner
 

Im 18 so i had to bust my balls to pay up the 4500 for my 4runner, so im just wondering How did people get their 4runner?

Parents got it for me.

It would take me a really long time to pay for it.

I bought a 97 t4r sr5 about 8 years ago on a loan. I hit a dear on the oregon coast 2 mos. ago so with the insurance money and some of my own i bought a 2004 t4r sr5. put a 2.5 inch level kit and new tires. shes ready to go.

was my moms then my sister got it had it for a few years was gonna trade it in for a car i decided to take over payments which was still about 8,000 dollars this was like 4yrs ago its payed off now though

I bought mine to pull my boat. But the boat is since gone, but god i love the runner.

parents gave it to me when i turned 16 as my first car... they didnt want me doing anyhting to it but after about two years or more running stock i couldnt take it and ive paid for everything done including maintenance since then though.

I bought a GX470 for my wife to replace the Jeep GC (grand crap) and loved it so much that wanted one for myself. But I could not justify have two $50000+ trucks, so I bought the 4Runner!!! I actually like the T4R better than GX :)

LOL grand crap i like that, i know if i have a GX470 i wouldnt be doing half of the stuff im doing now with my 4runner

Its funny how i paid for the car but my mom was still trying to convince me keep it stock lol cant wait till i take my mom off roading

Boats are money pit i heard.

do you like the 4th gen better?

I paid cash for it with money my wife saved when I worked in Korea. I think of repairs and maintenance as my car payments.

that was two years of ramen noodle for me but its so worth it

Boat stand for: Break Out Another Thousand... :)

lol i would just put some Icelandic 50 inch tire and float my runner

When I got my 2001 taco DC prerunner a few years back, my dad and I split 50/50 ($6.5k each). Then I sold that dang 2wd and got my 4runner for almost exactly what I sold the Tacoma for.

I have since payed back the $6.5k in full.

My first t4r an 87 was given to me by my parents as my first car. It was a piece, but I wouldn't want anything different. My current 95 I just bought after driving a corolla all through college. I'm looking to sell mine soon and by a 3rd gen though. I won't buy a different SUV unless it's a Sequoia.

"Kids", now remember... someday you will (hopefully) grow up. You may be in a position where mommy and daddy aren't the source anymore....

Now... "Get a Job!" (In my best R. Lee Ermey impersonation.)

Bought it myself.

Bought it myself in '01 after my old 3.slow 4runner threw a rod on the freeway. I made a nice smokescreen for the cars behind me and almost made one of them crash! You guys are lucky that your parents bought you a car, I worked at an amusement park from 14-16 to save up for my 1st truck - an '86 ext. cab Yota pickup.

yeah but it makes you appreciate it so much more, like its a part of you.

I don't like the GX's rear door (side opener). I much prefer the 4runner's rear hatch. It is way more useful. I have no idea why they designed the GX hatch as a side opening door. It makes no sense.

I was tail gaiting at a football game last week and parked near a GX. The owner was commenting how much better he thought my configuration was as well.

Sold my 900cc bike for $6000, my modded 92 integra for $5000 and funded the remaining $500..I just had to have her I said!

My parents never bought me a car...too busy spending their money on the 4 cars they bought for themselves and my 2 brothers, I suppose. :violin: My husband bought mine for me after I paid for his flight training, and I am eternally grateful. :bravo:

man that is a good wife:banana:

I paid cash for mine new. Moved out of state and needed a practical ride after years of company trucks/vans.

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2007 SE V6 4x4

i wish i have a company van/truck i can beat to death with

I've bought all my cars first 4runner was a 94 got it in 05. Flew from GA to VA to buy my current 96. I feel fortunate looking back on everything I've done to get to this point. Certainly appreciate the vehicle more.

Parents bought me my first car when I was 15 - 1996 Hellrot 328i. Love that car.

Then yesterday my dad bought me my 4runner since my sister needs the bimmer and I wanted a 4x4 for our new Colorado house. Win.

Spoiled rotten but I appreciate the hell out of everything I get.

Didn't have to pay for it directly, but I got it after many years of hard work on our family vegetable farm. All the mods/add-ons were bought with my money though. lol they think modding it is a waste of money :moping:

Man, I grew up with no car in the family--my parents didn't have one and neither did I, obviously. I didn't get my license and my first car until last year when I moved back from Korea after 8 years. Learned to drive in a CR-V and then bought my 4Runner. I have to take care of my baby because I'm not getting another car until I have the cash to pay for a new one. Don't get gifts and won't take out loans.

Went 50/50 because I still had my z28 to sell and that wasn't working out with CT winters.

Dad paid for it up front for 5k for us to share but I'm selfish and wanted it all to myself so a week later I bought it from him :biggrin2:

So he went and bought an '05. His is faster, but mine is sexier(IMHO), more capable, and cost me less than half as much. I'm working my way up to the cost of his with Mods though.. so worth it!

Damn, my parents never bought me a vehicle.

I own two T4Rs, both I purchased

my dad got it to replace the 87 land cruiser wrencked then got a tundra so i got the runner and love it most of the 3 :D

Sold my 95' celica gt to get the 4runner then shortly after sold the 69' chevelle

Dad gave me his old 87 Mercedes when I turned 16. I crashed it, fixed it, sold it for $4000. Saved up the rest from Christmas money and working at In-N-Out, bought my destroyed 4Runner for $5500 5 days after I turned 17.

It's been a love affair ever since. I still remember when I bought a window motor on Valentines Day instead of a gift for my ex, car deserved it more lol

yes we broke up, wasn't ready to take on more than my precious 4Runner :P

I sold my lifted Ford Ranger sitting on 35's and bought a corolla because I needed something with great gas mileage(74 mile a day commute at the time). When my wife and I finally moved closer to our jobs in town I was longing for a truck to go wheeling again. My wife suggested I just drive the corolla and enjoy having to fill up only twice a month. Crazy turn of events...I was rear-ended one day on my way to work and they ended up writing the car off. Insurance cut me a check and I immediately went shopping for a Tacoma(always secretly loved the Toyota's more than my Ford). I came across a scREAming deal on a 4runner and the rest is history. I've been starting all over with modding this new 4x4 and can't seem to stop!

I got mine as my first car in 2005 it was my aunt's ...... :-) for a year or 2 and she harldy used it.. today it has over 117k and runs .... Almost like new. :-)

Recently my car was apparently "stolen" and I needed a new car immediately. So my stepdad and I looked around and I politely (as politely as i could...) Said I only wanted a 4runner. Well, we went to jeep, Honda, Nissan, infiniti, and of course Toyota. We drove the 4runner, fj, Honda pilot, jeep liberty, grand Cherokee, and no nissans because the mileage was AWFUL. Long story short, he didn't end up getting a 4runner :-( BUT 2 weeks later my car was found! It was the happiest day of my life and now I have my baby back and he actually kept the new car and traded his in for a motorcycle. I bet he's mad now that he didn't choose the 4runner!