200,000+ mile club!

[Jivewalker]

Black Betty joined the 200,000 mile club with a nice trip to the mountains of NC this past week. First pic is my 2012 TE KDSS fully loaded with 4 people, an Orca 40 full, 5 large crammed suitcases, 2 plano sportmans trunks full, 4 backpacks, 5 fishing rods, 4 mountain bikes on a 1up, and misc. gear. I can't believe how much I crammed in there! Front wheels were a little floaty and it's the only time I ever felt the need for some heavier springs in the rear.

2nd pic is unloaded at Queens Creek Lake which we found by accident driving up a mountain looking for a place to mountain bike.

Closest I've ever been to 200k was in my '96 Bronco at 189k which would have made it if it had 4 doors when I had kids!

Here's to another 200,000!

 

[REVBILLYG]

NICE! I will be joining your club in 7k miles.

 

[mcat707]

Good to hear! Any issues, problems or failures with your T4R during the time of ownership?

 

[4FL]

Yea, same question; what problems, if any, during that time?

 

[Argyle Edison]

Nice

I'll be there in 1500.

 

[SpeedyKevin]

Congrats! Glad to hear the 4runner is still going strong. Hears to another 200k for your 4runner!

 

[CutthroatSlam]

Hit 225K on our September 2014 SR5. Aside from the initial Toyota oil changes, nothing but non-OEM synthetic fluids used throughout. I do ALL the maintenance.

No major issues other than normal wear items like brake pads, rotors, shocks, spark plugs and that damn tire balance steering wheel shake.

With the Covid shutdown, I’ve been doing the work from home thing at our ranch home in Stevensville, Montana where they’ve been social distancing since 1889. This has cut down on the miles, as the wife is not going back and forth between SoCal home and Montana every month. Truck handles towing and launching the Clackacraft Eddy drift boat with ease. I’m driving my Suburban up there this weekend, but considering buying another 4Runner for my wife and my taking her 2014. Will be pricing them out in Missoula vs CA. No sales tax in Montana. We need two cars up there and she needs a newer one. I can deal with potential problems on an older truck better than she can.

 

[Jernik]

Gimme another 18-20 years and I might finally get there!

Awesome to hear, though. You plan to go for another 200K with her?

 

[Jivewalker]

Good to hear! Any issues, problems or failures with your T4R during the time of ownership?

No failures knock on wood. Replaced shocks and sway bar bushings around 140k and liftgate struts! On my 3rd set of pads and on my 3rd set of tires. Getting 60-70k out of tires and 100k out of pads. Oh, I did do front wheel bearings around 160k, but I drive through a good bit of salt water here.

Yea, same question; what problems, if any, during that time?

None really. Had some sludge built up on the oil pipe screens and PCV valve, cleaned them and all is well.

Gimme another 18-20 years and I might finally get there!

Awesome to hear, though. You plan to go for another 200K with her?

Yep, till the wheels fall off!

 

[4FL]

Thank you for the response, great to hear basically zero issues.

I am at 62k now, most of that is highway, hoping for a nice, easy 200K.

Maybe a sticky one day on here, people who hit milestones like 200k, ten years old, etc, and people just post what problems, if any, they had.

 

[RichinRidgewood]

Congratulations

 

[thennen]

Hit 225K on our September 2014 SR5. Aside from the initial Toyota oil changes, nothing but non-OEM synthetic fluids used throughout. I do ALL the maintenance.

No major issues other than normal wear items like brake pads, rotors, shocks, spark plugs and that damn tire balance steering wheel shake.

With the Covid shutdown, I’ve been doing the work from home thing at our ranch home in Stevensville, Montana where they’ve been social distancing since 1889. This has cut down on the miles, as the wife is not going back and forth between SoCal home and Montana every month. Truck handles towing and launching the Clackacraft Eddy drift boat with ease. I’m driving my Suburban up there this weekend, but considering buying another 4Runner for my wife and my taking her 2014. Will be pricing them out in Missoula vs CA. No sales tax in Montana. We need two cars up there and she needs a newer one. I can deal with potential problems on an older truck better than she can.

Every time I hear Montana I want to move there.

 

[4FL]

Every time I hear Montana I want to move there.

My mom just retired and moved up there (from Florida), so far she is loving it.

But I told her to see how her opinion is after winter, lol.

 

[TRD PANTHER]

Every time I hear Montana I want to move there.

You beat me to it.

 

[Jivewalker]

Hit 225K on our September 2014 SR5. Aside from the initial Toyota oil changes, nothing but non-OEM synthetic fluids used throughout. I do ALL the maintenance.

No major issues other than normal wear items like brake pads, rotors, shocks, spark plugs and that damn tire balance steering wheel shake.

With the Covid shutdown, I’ve been doing the work from home thing at our ranch home in Stevensville, Montana where they’ve been social distancing since 1889. This has cut down on the miles, as the wife is not going back and forth between SoCal home and Montana every month. Truck handles towing and launching the Clackacraft Eddy drift boat with ease. I’m driving my Suburban up there this weekend, but considering buying another 4Runner for my wife and my taking her 2014. Will be pricing them out in Missoula vs CA. No sales tax in Montana. We need two cars up there and she needs a newer one. I can deal with potential problems on an older truck better than she can.

Spent 2 weeks out there in august, was awesome. Flew into Jackson Hole, rented a Sequoia and drove all the way up to glacier. did a lot of hiking and put a ton of dust on that Sequoia out around Pole Bridge. Loved Wyoming and Montana, at least in the summer.

 

[4RFiend]

Awesome man

 

[CutthroatSlam]

Every time I hear Montana I want to move there.

Where we are at in the Bitterroot Valley the winters are not bad. If we get snow, it’s typically a trace to an inch and does not last long. Season changes are pronounced and happen fast. By comparison, SoCal has very little season change. They call it Big Sky country for a reason: the vistas are spectacular.

 

[thennen]

Where we are at in the Bitterroot Valley the winters are not bad. If we get snow, it’s typically a trace to an inch and does not last long. Season changes are pronounced and happen fast. By comparison, SoCal has very little season change. They call it Big Sky country for a reason: the vistas are spectacular.

Thanks for that info. My wife and I have visited Montana maybe 10 times beginning in 1985. It's our favorite state, and we've wanted to move there ever since. Came close once. There's another dude on here who has been encouraging me to just go for it. I may end up doing that one day.

 

[mcat707]

Every time I hear Montana I want to move there.

Yeah same here, especially after watching every episode of Yellowstone.

 

[Jivewalker]

Where we are at in the Bitterroot Valley the winters are not bad. If we get snow, it’s typically a trace to an inch and does not last long. Season changes are pronounced and happen fast. By comparison, SoCal has very little season change. They call it Big Sky country for a reason: the vistas are spectacular.

Spent last week catching small mountain trout (rainbows and browns) in the Smoky's. When we were in Glacier, I rented some fly rods and hit the rivers. I saw some BIG fish (assuming they were cutthroat), but they wouldn't even look at my fly.

Now that you showed that awesome boat pic, let's see some big montana cutthroat to go with your username!