The End of a Chapter

LBeard87

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Well Ladies and Gents, the time with my beloved 4runner has come to an end. Its been a great ride and Ill love that truck forever but it was time to move on.

With the wife and I starting a family and a lot of costs coming up on the 4runner we decided after many great and painful discussions that it was time to part ways with the 4runner. The story isn't totally bad. We bought a new Honda Pilot EX-L. A responsible and sensible car it is but it sure aint a 4runner. It rides nice and gets great mpg and honda really does engineer the crap out of their cars.

So the point of this post is to say thanks. Thanks for the advice, the pictures and ideas of mods to do to my 4runner. The pictures and mods that made me uber jealous and wish i could afford to do to my 4runner and the general sense that everyone on this forum genuinely cares about their vehicle. Its been a great time. Ill always remember the 4runner. I did a lot with it and went a lot of places and I'm pretty sure Ill never own a vehicle as great as my 2005 4runner. I can't say for certain if Ill stay active on the forum but I might try...have you seen the forums for honda pilots? eek. I guess I'm at a different point in my life than I thought I would be when I bought the truck but I'm sure glad I did.

It was a hell of a truck. Thanks again to everyone for the advice and general sense of community. It sure made owner the 4runner that much cooler. Ill still look at the T4R.ORG sticker on my toolbox with pride.
 
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Funny coincidence, I just sold a 2009 Pilot Touring to get a 2005 4Runner Limited. The Pilot was very nice but we wanted to save some money and still have a capable SUV. So far I'm loving the 4Runner. Enjoy the Pilot!
 
With my 4WD Pilot I got 16 / 21 (up to 22 sometimes) so while not a huge different it was better. Much bigger inside though which would be nice for a family.
 
Everything have an ending,even its hard it much better to move on,Hope you will enjoy your new Honda.
 
my wife drives an 2011 Pilot EX - L with navi and all the do dads.... we love it! that 3.5 is a great motor. We had the same 3.5 in our 08 Accord and it used lots of oil but the Pilot doesn't use any...

Anyway, good luck with it, I am sure that you will love. Great family vehicle!

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my wife drives an 2011 Pilot EX - L with navi and all the do dads.... we love it! that 3.5 is a great motor. We had the same 3.5 in our 08 Accord and it used lots of oil but the Pilot doesn't use any...

Anyway, good luck with it, I am sure that you will love. Great family vehicle!

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Why do Honda's seem to always burn oil??? I had three Accords in my day and they all shot through oil...


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Why do Honda's seem to always burn oil??? I had three Accords in my day and they all shot through oil...


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The funniest part was that Honda said that 1 qt per 1000 miles was acceptable!!! With that 3.5 Accord, they would only look further into the issue if the car was burning MORE than 1 qt per 1000 miles...! At that rate you might as well just screw on a new filter every now and again and just keep adding fresh oil as needed.

However, that little 6 cyl made some serious power, it was a fun car to drive!!
 
Is the mileage that different??

well I have the V-8 and I mainly drove it all back roads to work and got about 14mpg. After trading in the 4runner my wife's daily driver is the Pilot and I drive our 2005 Accord. Her commute is all highway and she gets about 21 in the pilot and I get about 23-25 in the Accord. It made financial sense for us but a month later I really miss the 4runner. I think once we pay off the pilot I'm going to search for a 4th Gen Sport Edition with the V-6 since I rarely needed the V-8. It was just really fun to have.
 
With my 4WD Pilot I got 16 / 21 (up to 22 sometimes) so while not a huge different it was better. Much bigger inside though which would be nice for a family.

It is definately much bigger! We liked that it offered the 3rd row that was somewhat usable compared to the new 4runners. Not that we ever plan on having enough kids to fill up those seats! I also really liked the leather seats for ease of cleaning and the DVD player so I can play Xbox while my wife drives me around. lol
 

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