goatshell
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My 1997 Ford Exploder died about 2 weeks ago with a bad trasmission at 115 k miles. My mechanic said it would be $2600 to fix so I said goodbye to the old beast selling it for $1000.
I've been looking at 4runners for years and finally decided to bite the bullet. After 2 weeks of looking I found a 99 4runner Sport but wanted to talk to my lady about it. We agreed and went back to the dealer but it had been sold. He showed me a 4runner Limited he had that was lower mileage but also a higher pricetag. After showing me a carfax that had pages of maintenance on it, I asked him his lowest price. Knowing I had wanted that Sport pretty bad he offered the limited the asking price of the Sport, over $2500 off of blue book with 30,000 less miles then the Sport.
I was(and am) estactic!
Leather, Wood Grain trim, power everything, 4wd with a center differential lock. I would like to add a rear diff lock in the future.
Stock at the dealer
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/goatshell/5906868060/" title="my new 4runner by Goat in a Turtle Shell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6031/5906868060_ddfe46f91a_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="my new 4runner"></a>
1st thing I did when I got it home was remove the running Boards, remove the cracked pen striping, full detail interior and exterior. and installed my Thule roof rack. I added front soft mud flaps after our a weekend 4x4ing day when I found the tires were kicking up some small rocks onto the lower front door.
The next day I took my little girls up to the Jones Pass area near Empire, Colorado for some light 4x4ing and fishing.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/goatshell/5900016302/" title="P1020735 by Goat in a Turtle Shell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6032/5900016302_04b56dd742_z.jpg" width="480" height="640" alt="P1020735"></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/goatshell/5900007892/" title="P1020725 by Goat in a Turtle Shell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5314/5900007892_779d4444d6_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="P1020725"></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/goatshell/5899449069/" title="P1020726 by Goat in a Turtle Shell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6033/5899449069_9d7f79fbb5_z.jpg" width="480" height="640" alt="P1020726"></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/goatshell/5900014712/" title="P1020730 by Goat in a Turtle Shell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5318/5900014712_97c854d1d4_z.jpg" width="480" height="640" alt="P1020730"></a>
Lake Urad
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/goatshell/5900015512/" title="P1020733 by Goat in a Turtle Shell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5080/5900015512_5ef5cec5a8_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="P1020733"></a>
Plans for the future include an Old Man Emu 2.5 inch lift, differential drop, two size bigger tires. Possibly a deckplate Mod and removing the silencer.
I've been looking at 4runners for years and finally decided to bite the bullet. After 2 weeks of looking I found a 99 4runner Sport but wanted to talk to my lady about it. We agreed and went back to the dealer but it had been sold. He showed me a 4runner Limited he had that was lower mileage but also a higher pricetag. After showing me a carfax that had pages of maintenance on it, I asked him his lowest price. Knowing I had wanted that Sport pretty bad he offered the limited the asking price of the Sport, over $2500 off of blue book with 30,000 less miles then the Sport.
I was(and am) estactic!
Leather, Wood Grain trim, power everything, 4wd with a center differential lock. I would like to add a rear diff lock in the future.
Stock at the dealer
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/goatshell/5906868060/" title="my new 4runner by Goat in a Turtle Shell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6031/5906868060_ddfe46f91a_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="my new 4runner"></a>
1st thing I did when I got it home was remove the running Boards, remove the cracked pen striping, full detail interior and exterior. and installed my Thule roof rack. I added front soft mud flaps after our a weekend 4x4ing day when I found the tires were kicking up some small rocks onto the lower front door.
The next day I took my little girls up to the Jones Pass area near Empire, Colorado for some light 4x4ing and fishing.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/goatshell/5900016302/" title="P1020735 by Goat in a Turtle Shell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6032/5900016302_04b56dd742_z.jpg" width="480" height="640" alt="P1020735"></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/goatshell/5900007892/" title="P1020725 by Goat in a Turtle Shell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5314/5900007892_779d4444d6_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="P1020725"></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/goatshell/5899449069/" title="P1020726 by Goat in a Turtle Shell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6033/5899449069_9d7f79fbb5_z.jpg" width="480" height="640" alt="P1020726"></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/goatshell/5900014712/" title="P1020730 by Goat in a Turtle Shell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5318/5900014712_97c854d1d4_z.jpg" width="480" height="640" alt="P1020730"></a>
Lake Urad
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/goatshell/5900015512/" title="P1020733 by Goat in a Turtle Shell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5080/5900015512_5ef5cec5a8_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="P1020733"></a>
Plans for the future include an Old Man Emu 2.5 inch lift, differential drop, two size bigger tires. Possibly a deckplate Mod and removing the silencer.
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