I Found The Cure For T4RSS (Toyota 4Runner Snob Syndrom) lol!

Dark Runner · 2010-02-05T01:22:00+00:00

About a month ago my I picked up a 1990 GMC Van for my band to tour with instead of my 4runner. We got sick of all 6 of us touring the country for months at a time in my 4runner so I bought a full-size van with a queen size bed in the back and a 22" lcd flat screen with xbox 360. Now all the luxuries are nice but, OMFG this van is the biggest piece of :toilet: I have ever driven in my life. I've had my 4runner parked at my guitarist's house for the last month because I've been working on the van and I don't have enough parking spaces at my house for both of them. I've also been driving the van everywhere for the last month so I can find out everything that's wrong with it. Now I'm not complaining about how much of a piece of junk that van is considering we only paid $900 for it but it has made me realize how amazing my 4runner is. For the last year I've complained about how my steering isn't pefect, my throttle response could be better and how my suspension needs a little work but after driving nothing but that p.o.s. Chevy for the past 4 weeks, driving my 4Runner last night was like a breath of fresh air. Now even though the van is 10 years older than my 4runner, they do both have nearly the same amount of miles (145,XXX on my 4runner and 153,XXX on the van) but the van has been flooded with problems and all I can say is that back in the 90's Americans had absolutely no clue on how to build a vehicle. My first car was a 1985 Camry with 200,000+ miles on it and it ran beautifully. So I have come to the conclusion that for all of you who think your 4runner needs a lot of work and are losing some apprecition for it, go drive an early 90's Chevy for a month. Then the next time you drive your 4runner you'll fall in love with it all over again.

Thread starter Dark Runner
Start date Feb 5, 2010

CajunRunner

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Feb 19, 2010

Just yesterday, I picked up a UPS package from my neighbor. New leather seat covers to replace my 13 year old cracking ones. She said I'll have those problems when I own a vehicle that is meant to outlast time! :dancin: