got556
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Hey guys, long time 4Runner fan and a lurker for about a month. Had my fair share of different rides but decided to pick up a 4Runner. 2006 Limited V8.
I was broke in to 4Runner at an early age. Mom had an '88 bought brand new, dad hit a deer, rolled it 5 times and totaled. She then picked up a '90, 5 spd 4banger and at 8 years old I learned how to drive a manual.
She drove that on the same tranny and motor for 303,000 miles until dad was taking mom to the ER and a deer ran into the side of it. So then she got an '02 and drove it for 260K til the rear end went out on it. Last year she ordered a 2010 Limited and had to wait a bit b/c of the Tsunami in Japan, but loves it, as do I.
So I missed having a 4X4 and started looking at 4Runners, 1st gen Taco's, and Wrangler Rubicons. Taco's were out due to not finding any on dealer lots b/c of the buyback (frame rust). Wranglers were out b/c I didn't feel I was getting my money worth for what I would be using it for. So I narrowed it down to 4Runners. Didn't want a 3rd gen b/c I couldn't stand how terrible mom's drove in the crosswind. Couldn't afford a 5th gen, so I narrowed it down to 4th gens. The one generation my mother had yet to own and the one generation I had never ridden in or driven.
Found a mica '06 one owner all records w/ 99K on the odo. Plus I really wanted the V8. Ex gf had the 470 w/ the V8 and I loved that motor and vehicle. Plus the only generation a V8 was offered for the 4Runners, it was my calling.
Not too many big plans for this right now. I live in downtown ****cago (yes it's spelled right), but grew up on a farm in central Illinois. Not too many places to wheel, but if you do, it's mud and Lord knows I hate mud. So I figure I'll go with (eventually) an OME lift, some Duratracs, sliders, and wheel spacers and call it a day.
I work for the Bureau of Prisons and would eventually like to transfer out to Arizona or Colorado....polar opposites I know, but both of those places really appeal to me. If that happened I would probably go ahead and open the wallet for bumpers and the likes, but not needed where I live and how I wheel right now.
Now onto some....wait for it.....STOCK 4runner pics lol, OMG you guys have never seen those before. :lol:
It's been raining non stop here in the city so no good pics as of yet.
I was broke in to 4Runner at an early age. Mom had an '88 bought brand new, dad hit a deer, rolled it 5 times and totaled. She then picked up a '90, 5 spd 4banger and at 8 years old I learned how to drive a manual.
She drove that on the same tranny and motor for 303,000 miles until dad was taking mom to the ER and a deer ran into the side of it. So then she got an '02 and drove it for 260K til the rear end went out on it. Last year she ordered a 2010 Limited and had to wait a bit b/c of the Tsunami in Japan, but loves it, as do I.
So I missed having a 4X4 and started looking at 4Runners, 1st gen Taco's, and Wrangler Rubicons. Taco's were out due to not finding any on dealer lots b/c of the buyback (frame rust). Wranglers were out b/c I didn't feel I was getting my money worth for what I would be using it for. So I narrowed it down to 4Runners. Didn't want a 3rd gen b/c I couldn't stand how terrible mom's drove in the crosswind. Couldn't afford a 5th gen, so I narrowed it down to 4th gens. The one generation my mother had yet to own and the one generation I had never ridden in or driven.
Found a mica '06 one owner all records w/ 99K on the odo. Plus I really wanted the V8. Ex gf had the 470 w/ the V8 and I loved that motor and vehicle. Plus the only generation a V8 was offered for the 4Runners, it was my calling.
Not too many big plans for this right now. I live in downtown ****cago (yes it's spelled right), but grew up on a farm in central Illinois. Not too many places to wheel, but if you do, it's mud and Lord knows I hate mud. So I figure I'll go with (eventually) an OME lift, some Duratracs, sliders, and wheel spacers and call it a day.
I work for the Bureau of Prisons and would eventually like to transfer out to Arizona or Colorado....polar opposites I know, but both of those places really appeal to me. If that happened I would probably go ahead and open the wallet for bumpers and the likes, but not needed where I live and how I wheel right now.
Now onto some....wait for it.....STOCK 4runner pics lol, OMG you guys have never seen those before. :lol:
It's been raining non stop here in the city so no good pics as of yet.
