My 03 Sport with 273,000 miles had an ac issue that was going to cost $2300 to fix, so I traded her in on a 2010 Limited with 138,000 miles for $19,875. I'm plowing through the manual now trying to figure out how everything works but my one day's experience is feeling pretty good. No way I would buy a car with 138,000 miles if I hadn't had such good luck with my previous 4Runner. I'm hoping the v6 will hold up as well as the v8.
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Ray Dunakin
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Congrats!
gm350reratliff
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Congrats! As long as regular maintenance was done, these 4.0's can go the distance. Although slightly different, there are plenty of examples in the 4th gen section (and a bunch on other sites such as Tacoma an FJ forums) of really high mileage v6's. FWIW, I have 156k on my 4th gen v6 and it's still going strong.
Bossman
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Glad to know that I'm not the only one who isn't afraid to buy a high mileage 4Runner.
I ended up trading in my 03 Limited V8 (with 167,000 km) for a new-to-me 2011 Limited (with 144,000 km).
The 03 was likely coming up on some expensive repairs, and it was more for piece-of-mind to get into the one-owner (with full service records) 2011 that was originally bought and traded in at my local dealership.
Having a pre-purchase inspection done by my independent mechanic also helped me make an informed decision about buying it.
I ended up trading in my 03 Limited V8 (with 167,000 km) for a new-to-me 2011 Limited (with 144,000 km).
The 03 was likely coming up on some expensive repairs, and it was more for piece-of-mind to get into the one-owner (with full service records) 2011 that was originally bought and traded in at my local dealership.
Having a pre-purchase inspection done by my independent mechanic also helped me make an informed decision about buying it.
