Goodby my beloved 3rd Gen

[wc11]

Good bye to an old friend.
Well after 18 years and 531,000 kms (329,000 miles) I sold her. With my previous 1st Gen '88, I've racked up almost a million kms in 4Runners.

Spent all day Saturday cleaning and detailing.

The new owner also is a 4Runner owner although he has a'97 4 cylinder unit that is totally rusted out. His looked like it was shot up with a 50 cal. and was really excited to get mine.

The final straw for me was a rear upper control arm bracket breaking but the new owner has a welder to fix that for him. A few rust spots were appearing under door seals & such but otherwise, mines pretty good. Body is mint as you can see.

So good bye to all. I've picked up a 4th Gen Ltd and am switching over. Let the learning and mods begin ....

 

[Rock_Rat]

Well I guess you can't complain. You've got you money's worth. Anyone who owns a car for 18 years and is able to sell it with a lot of life still left in it today with that many miles on it, has done a good job maintaining it. Hats off to you. Best of luck in the 4th gen and have fun learning and modding!

 

[amalik]

only with a Toyota or a Toyota SUV would you see someone else buy it used @ 329k miles, lol.

 

[LittleCaesar]

No shame there. It is sad when one has to part with a car one has owned for 18 years.

I hope the new one has a 2uz under the bonnet.

 

[Brique]

Sorry to see you leaving 3rd gen land, but glad it's for a 4th gen. See you in general and off-topic.

 

[Scramble]

Good luck with the new one. I guess the only way I could get rid of mine after 16 years would be major problems every week. I have a rebuilt motor, I'm rust proofing the frame & I'm replacing a lot of smaller parts so I think I can get another 16 years out of her. The refreshed 5th gen is tempting though!

 

[wc11]

The refreshed 5th gen is tempting though!

I really considered the 5th gen. They drive really nice but it's just too damn big.

 

[amalik]

I really considered the 5th gen. They drive really nice but it's just too damn big.

I also don't understand how people like them.

4th gen looks way nicer to me.

 

[OldManKamps]

As a fellow Ontario 4Runner driver, can I ask how much you sold yours for?
Definitely not on kijiji as I am on kijiji nearly every day looking at these!
My friend just bought his 4Runner out in Milton a couple weeks ago for $2900!

 

[Scramble]

I really considered the 5th gen. They drive really nice but it's just too damn big.

They're not that big, I look down on them from my 3rd gen. I think the 3rd gen is a little small for my 6' body anyway.

 

[Unner]

Good luck with the new one. I guess the only way I could get rid of mine after 16 years would be major problems every week. I have a rebuilt motor, I'm rust proofing the frame & I'm replacing a lot of smaller parts so I think I can get another 16 years out of her. The refreshed 5th gen is tempting though!

My plan too. Down south we don't really have rust issues and here pretty soon I will have replaced all the little bits that can fail and should be looking forward to another 200k miles.

 

[wc11]

As a fellow Ontario 4Runner driver, can I ask how much you sold yours for?
Definitely not on kijiji as I am on kijiji nearly every day looking at these!
My friend just bought his 4Runner out in Milton a couple weeks ago for $2900!

A bit under that. I wasn't looking to make money on it. It doesn't owe me anything. A friend of mine who knew my truck passed on the info and it was bought sight unseen. I didn't even list it.

 

[bullseye]

Did he say what he is doing with his rotted out 97?

 

[wc11]

Did he say what he is doing with his rotted out 97?

Passing it down to his 17 year old son.