Thinking about selling my 4Runner.

[Shawn5800]

I have decided to keep the runner. I love it to much, i suppose my decision to post this was based more on the fact that i sometimes miss the agility of a smaller car as opposed to a top heavy suv. I was using a bit of microscopic vision when posting this i suppose...

Thanks for all the replies guys. Much appreciated.

 

[supplyguy]

I feel your pain, coming from a 07 civic si. Miss then sporty feel. Keep the t4r and get a hatch.

 

[Stockwell45]

My family owns an 05 Toyota Rav4. Although it has the 2nd highest ratio of women drivers to men drivers (wikipedia) to any other vehicle, I love driving it when I can. It's a 4 cyl, but it has more pep than my 3.4 4runner. It gets 26 mpg, and we tow 2 snowmobiles with it every winter.

Just some input in case you change your mind, but want to stay with Toyota. I'm a loyal 4runner owner myself...

 

[Nunyabiz]

Another possibility is to spend the $5K on a new Turbo Diesel installed in the 4 Runner.
Then you have a 4 Runner with a brand new engine and I assume would get well over 25+ MPG with tons of torque and last forever.

 

[BrianSD_42]

Another possibility is to spend the $5K on a new Turbo Diesel installed in the 4 Runner.
Then you have a 4 Runner with a brand new engine and I assume would get well over 25+ MPG with tons of torque and last forever.

This has been debunked over several different threads.

 

[Nunyabiz]

This has been debunked over several different threads.

What has?

The turbo diesel should get better mileage, even my old 7.3L 8cyl Ford diesel 3/4ton 4x4 that I had back in the 90's got over 20mpg and that truck was gigantic compared to a 4 runner.

Most diesels are known for reliability, should get at least 300K out of it.
I know the diesel has tons of torque.

So what exactly has been "debunked"?

 

[BrianSD_42]

There have been several threads on the topic of a diesel swap in the last month alone. I don't want to hijack this thread any further other than to say, go check out the discussion yourself.

There seemed to be a common theme from members:
1) negatives outweighed the positives by far
2) 25MPG is a dream because of aerodynamics.

 

[Nunyabiz]

There have been several threads on the topic of a diesel swap in the last month alone. I don't want to hijack this thread any further other than to say, go check out the discussion yourself.

There seemed to be a common theme from members:
1) negatives outweighed the positives by far
2) 25MPG is a dream because of aerodynamics.

I was just doing that, just put in "Turbo Diesel" and everything I read looked pretty good but there were a ton of threads though only read the first full page of threads and there were at least 10 pages

If 25mpg is a dream with a turbo diesel then I assume those claiming 22+ mpg with the standard 3.4 must also be in a dream land. Certainly is to me because I cant get over about 18-19 Hwy downhill with a tailwind.

There certainly wasn't anything aerodynamic about a friend of mines old VW Rabbit diesel truck he had back in the late 70's and he got 45mpg.
My Gigantic Ford F250 3/4 ton 4X4 with a camper shell on the back was as aerodynamic as a brick with a parachute and it got between 16-19 around town and 20-22 hwy and probably weighed a ton more than my 4Runner.

Most of the Hilux Surf 4Runners I have seen say they get between 24-30mpg.

The cost of the new engine and I guess you have to do the trans also is supposed to be somewhere around $7000 I understand for everything.