What did you drive before your 4Runner

[4RunningGuy]

Before my 4runner, I had a 99 civic 4dr automatic. Which I did an auto to manual swap, swapped in a '00 acura integra engine, turbocharged it, suspension work. Pretty much everything execpt the body. The reason I bought a suv was because I thought I could leave this car alone, but boy was I wrong. I guess it's just in me not to leave cars alone. First thing I did was find this website. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing. More good tho, I guess.

 

[ToyDiehard]

My first to the most recent:

Past transportation:

1970 AMC Gremlin (first car, ugly barf orange)(couldn't even pick up a hooker in this thing)
1974 Mustang Mach 1 (clean!)(could get the hooker!)
1978 Celica GT Hatchback
1981 Celica GT Hatchback (got married with this one, no more hookers)
1984 Nissan Stanza
1974 Nova (beater)
19?? Dodge Colt (Cheap transportation for school)
1984 Toyota 4X4 pickup
1990 Subabu Legacy
1993 Toyota 4Runner
1997 Subaru Legacy


Current cars:

2000 Solara
1991 Plymouth Acclaim (beater)
2004 4Runner

 

[Bluto]

1984 Nissan Sentra Wagon
1995 Nissan 200SX
1978 Datsun 280Z
1986 Olds Delta 88
2001 Acura CL Type S



I considered a WRX STI and new Tacoma before deciding on the 4Runner.

 

[EdL04Sport]

1984 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme...had T-tops (remember those?).
1986 Mazda 626...got me thru college
1997 Nissan Maxima SE...still have

 

[mjfrank]

1977 Plymouth Volare (First car, from Grandparents)
1976 Pontiac Trans Am (rust bucket, totalled it)
1979 Pontiac Trans Am (lost my insurance on this one)
1978 GMC 2wd truck (Beater while I waited for the points to clear off my license)
1985 Nissan 2wd king cab truck (college transportation)
1992 Nissan 4wd truck (First new car!)
1992 Acura Integra (wife's ride)
1995 GMC 4wd ext cab Z71 (second biggest POS I've owned)
1997 Chevy Blazer 4wd (wife's ride, biggest POS I've owned)
1999 Jeep Wrangler (6" lift, 33's, big money pit. My toy, I still have this one.)
1998 Toyota Camry (Daily Driver, traded for 4Runner)
2001 Ford Expedition (wife's ride)

That's about it up to the 2004 4Runner, besides a couple of motorcycles and boats.

 

[Colemanfu]

I got my last rig right out of college - it was 1996 Ford Ranger Super Cab 4x4 4.0. $22,000! Called it the "Hummranger" When sold it had 7 inches of lift. 4 susp & 3 body, 33's, Eaton Locker in a 35 spline custom 8.8, headders, All pro sliders, custom rear bumper, IPF supper rally lights and all sorts of cool mods. I miss old girl but the tranny was going south and I was over the wheeling bug. It was hard to bash that thing and worry about getting to work on monday. Saw some kid driving it around town for the 1st time a year after I sold it. Thing looked wicked I pulled up next to him at the next light. When his passanger rolled down the window I shouted " I built that rig" he just looked and pulled away. No respect. I felt kind of sad but I love my new runner!

 

[CuzzinOlaf]

Whelp I had a few right before and many between now and 1991... I had an 04 Grand Cherokee which was totalled... I traded in an RSX Type S for the 4 Runner and I still have my Wrangler.

 

[Kmvreter]

Previously had a 1992 GMC T15 Jimmy. Excellent 4x4 drivetrain with the 4.3L Vortec but a whole lot of other reliability issues cost GM my business.

 

[PioneerMeta4]

My first ride was the mini SUV....haha. I had the 96 rav4. It was a nice first car, but compared to my 4runner...it shows me that the little things count like keyless entry and power windows and doors. It feels like i'm 'growing' from the rav4 to the 4runner. haha.

 

[pat161]

76 BMW 320i
77 BMW 2002
80 Yamaha XS1100
My 3 high school vehicles

93 Toyota p/u 4x4 22re
95.5 Tacoma 4x4 3rz
97 Tacoma 4x4 3rz
00 Suzuki Bandit 1200
00 Toyota 4Runner 4x4 3rz
03 Suzuki SV1000


I had an AMC eagle but will admit no more than that is was 4wd.

 

[super4runner]

My first car was a 1986 Nissan Pulsar NX, purchased in 1995. Gave it to my cousin in 1998.
Next is a 1995 Nissan 240sx, purchased in July 1998.
Traded the 1995 240sx for a 1996 Nissan 240sx in September 1998. Been driving this car up until now. August of 2003 purchased the 1993 4Runner.

TJ

 

[4runna_sport]

Ummm let me think... My VERY 1st vehicle was a 1985 Toyota Tacoma with a 3 inch lift and 33 inch tires fully restored by me and my dad when i was 16, 2nd was a 1994 Chevrolet Silverado with a 9 inch lift and 35 inch tires, show quality ill post pics later, 3rd was a 2001 Mitshibitshi (or however you spell it) Eclipse that i HAD to drive b/c my 94 chevy only got 5-10mpg and the eclipse got like 20-25. My 4th was the 1995 Toyota LandCruiser fully loaded with every opition you could get in 95. I got it when it had only 55K and when i sold it there was 175K and i sold it for 5K less than what we paid for it 2 years prior. Now i have my 04 Runner and i F-N LOVE it.

 

[20runner]

My list:

1- '87 Chevy Cavalier Z24
2- '92 Pontiac Bonneville SSEi
3- '95 Chevy Blazer
4- '98 Dodge Durango
5- '01 Jeep Grand Cherokee
6- MY RUNNER!!!!!:awais:

 

[PedsFlightRN]

'74 VW Super Beetle
'81 VW Rabbit--ran into the back of a 2 and 1/2 ton Army truck. My dad put it back together and drove it himself for quite some time.

'86 Mazda 626

Had the previous three through high school and college. None of them had air conditioning not to mention wonderful aspects like automatic windows and door locks!

'88 Pontiac Sunbird--first brand new car, ended up hating it!

'89 VW GTI
'93 Chevrolet Camaro
'95 Toyota T-100--my favorite all time car, had it for 8 years and then sold it to my nephew, hoping to buy it back when he is ready to sell it.

'02 VW GTI 337 Edition (only 1500 made for the U.S. market)--awesome car, but decided to get rid of it to be able to get the runner. Had to make a sacrifice somewhere.

'03 Honda Element--good vehicle for what it is, perfect for my big dogs, but just wasn't what I really wanted. Never was impressed with the power it had and truly missed a vehicle with real 4WD. Sold it and the VW at the same time and got the 4runner.

'04 Toyota 4Runner SE--hope to keep this one as long as I had the T-100, though I must say that I have inherited "car fever" from my father and sometimes just can't control myself.

 

[Expat]

My last car - sorely missed

Porsche 1990 964 3.8ltr n/a factory sport suspension/ brakes/seats, 345hp, all wheel drive

 

[peter78]

My last car - sorely missed

Porsche 1990 964 3.8ltr n/a factory sport suspension/ brakes/seats, 345hp, all wheel drive

That is one nice car. I bet you don't miss paying for a tune up. :arrow:

 

[Bluto]

cars i've owned:
1979 volvo 240dl coupe
1987 toyota corolla fx-16 hatchback
1989 toyota corrolla sr5 gts coupe
1990 toyota camry
1993 ford probe gt
1996 bmw z3 1.9
1998 mistubishi eclipse GST
1999 chevy tahoe sport
2002 Acura CL type-S
1999 Volvo s80 2.9
2003 Nissan 350z touring
2004 toyota 4runner!! (duh)
1991 acura integra (beater)
1991 Nissan Stanza (beater)

My last car:

What happened to the Z? I love the color of the leather.

 

[jazzy jae]

2000 Celica GT. i miss it

 

[ZonaT4R]

1979 Honda Accord Hatchback
1975 Porsche 914 2.0 (still have and just restored!)
1988 Acura Integra LS
1995 Ford Mustang GT Convertible (fun but POS - last Ford car I'll buy)
2000 Nissan Maxima SE (back to Japanese cars, thank you)
2004 Toyota 4Runner SR5!

 

[joshuabrady]

A lot of you guys had really nice cars, do you still own them or not, why did you trade them or sell for 4 runners?