2016 4Runner SR5
Senior Member
Careful with hot exhaust in that tall dry grass.
Careful with hot exhaust in that tall dry grass.
No fire issues around here thankfully.You're right, those catalytic converters get plenty hot enough to start a fire. Years ago at an outdoor concert in AZ, an overflow crowd caused the venue to park the extra cars on an unprepared field. A hot converter started a fire that burned up around 250 cars and the only thing that saved 3000 more was a small dirt road that ran between the two and a calm wind...Mark
https://www.dcourier.com/news/2011/oct/20/arcosanti-78-music-under-fire/
Sorry, that link is a pay site, here are some fickr pics:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/schlepper/sets/72157625547890646/
Banff Canada. Crazy blue water here.
No offense but I think buying the 5th gen. immediately is a bad move. Doing that you are buying it most expensive. You are also buying the 1st kind, so bugs/upgrades haven't been worked out which would be in a year or two.
Buying a new 4Runner is not a bad idea at all. 4Runners have a GREAT re-sale value! That means to buy one that is 1 or two years old will cost close to full price.
You quoted a post from 9 years ago...…………...
that's a long time to be wrong.