New Member: Buying Advice on a 2003

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AU4RunnerGirl said:
Hello everyone! Just joined the forum today so I'm sorry if I didn't post this in the correct section or if I should even be posting at all.

I'm looking to rejoin the 4runner family and I'm interested in a 2003 for sale (link below).

Does this sound like a reasonable price? What should I be looking for when I test drive?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

2003 Toyota 4runner SR5 Sport Utility ...leather seats..6-cylinder..
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So it's a 2WD V6? Looks like the wheels are like my spare, not the wheels i have on my 04. $8900 doesn't seem like a bad price, but I drive a 4WD V8 2004 and got mine for $10k with about 20k more miles on the clock a month ago. Maybe some other V6/2WD owners can chime in...
 
I also just bought my 03 limited V8 4x4 and 138k for 9500 about a month ago. I would keep looking or get them down in price a bit more. Just my opinion.
 
Thanks guys! I was hoping to get a little more responses, but I guess alot of people are busy with the holidays :)

I'm going to go check it out in a couple of days.
 
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I don't like craigslist for cars, just my opinion. I'm NOT saying that it isn't possible to make out on top. I used it and found a 1999 Honda Prelude that was the most reliable car I've ever owned and hit 179k(100k were by me) miles when I spun it out and totaled it.

See too many dealers posing as private owners(but it COULD be my area, Hampton Roads FTL). Like the "car is at a friend's lot, so you will have to make an apt with me and go see it, they can also do all of the titling and streamline the process." DO look up the phone number on the ad of any car you are eyeballing; i/e "xxx-xxx-xxxx used/used car/auto" and see if any of them pop for a dealership....I've found plenty that do this and if you get a hit on a dealer....hit the back button.
 
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If all the maintaince has been done on time like the ad says I would want to go through every piece of it. Maintaince is probably the selling point for me...I'm not gonna put 10k in cash on the table if you didn't take care of it.
 
I bought my 03 t4r sport v8 about two months ago for little over 10k and I posted same question before I bought it. IDE say just check car fax see what work has been done to it. Check under car for any noticeable leaks. I didn't notice till after I bought mine, but I have an annoying exhaust leak. Which I hear is somewhat common. But kinda expensive to fix, depending where it is.
 
Not to thread jack but instead of opening a new thread i found this that i was thinking about looking at

$13,500
2003 v8
101,959 miles

t-belt done at 90,000

2003 Toyota 4Runner 4WD Sport Edition


too much? seem there $10k stories for these older 03/04 100k+miles trucks





BTW OP- the one your looking at looks very clean
 
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