REMOTEPLACES
Adventurer
Hello Portal, I wanted to take this opportunity to introduce myself and introduce the new addition to the family. I've been on the hunt for a Tacoma Dbl cab 4x4 (1st gen) for many, many months, scouring the various sources for the right vehicle. The frequency of these searches could have been classified as hobby; I'm sure many of you can empathize. The search for the right Tacoma was becoming increasingly frustrating, and couldn't swallow spending 13-15k on a dbl cab 1 gen Taco with 120+k miles, ridiculous. But I continued looking and tried to keep my options open, but really wanted that 1st gen.
Well about 2 weeks ago I was once again scouring CL and decided to do a 4Runner search, and was slapped in the face with a very interesting post. It read something like this: 2002 4runner excellent condition, won't find a cleaner vehicle....and the kicker.......64k miles! I believe I stopped reading at that point and quickly fumbled for my phone and started punching in numbers as I read the rest of the post. I got in contact with the owner and asked him some questions and asked if he could send me some pictures ( the post had no pictures, but don't let that be the reason you pass up a potential find ) and he basically explained that he didn't know how. He was an older guy that just didn't have the tech skills to attach pictures, bless his heart. I asked if I could come take a look and it turned out he wasn't too far away, but he told me that someone from Oregon was having a friend come look at it for him in about an hour. I insisted and jumped in in my 2008 Mazda 3 GT Hatchback (POS) and headed over. The truck looked good, took it for a test drive and when I got back the other guy was there waiting to look at it for his friend. That was a close one. I was ready, and he had posted a price for it but I went ahead and played dumb and said, "so what do you want for it?" He came back with price about $1500 less than was posted (lesson there). I repeated him to be sure I heard him correctly, and I in fact heard him correctly. I was SOLD. I tried to knock it down even more, but he wasn't hearing it and I quickly backed down and was ready to shake on it. I gave him a check to hold it and came back the next Friday seal the deal. It turned out that I had interest in my Mazda 3 the following week and had a buyer the same day I was going to buy the 4runner. Some things are meant to be. I bought the 4runner came home and met the buyer for the Mazda and sold it, all in one day. The best part about it was that the Mazda sold for about what I paid for the 4runner (4Runner had less miles than my 2008) Couldn't have worked out any better, and I'm now the very happy owner of a 2002 4x4 SR5 4Runner. Also worth mentioning that this truck was traded into the local dealer and the dealer replaced the timing belt and water pump per scheduled maintenance due to time, not mileage obviously. Bonus! I verified this with dealer before sealing the deal. Without further adieu...
Here she is the day she came home
Found this in the back of the original owners manual, gave me the warm fuzzies. Synthetic oil since birth and generally loved its entire life.
Well about 2 weeks ago I was once again scouring CL and decided to do a 4Runner search, and was slapped in the face with a very interesting post. It read something like this: 2002 4runner excellent condition, won't find a cleaner vehicle....and the kicker.......64k miles! I believe I stopped reading at that point and quickly fumbled for my phone and started punching in numbers as I read the rest of the post. I got in contact with the owner and asked him some questions and asked if he could send me some pictures ( the post had no pictures, but don't let that be the reason you pass up a potential find ) and he basically explained that he didn't know how. He was an older guy that just didn't have the tech skills to attach pictures, bless his heart. I asked if I could come take a look and it turned out he wasn't too far away, but he told me that someone from Oregon was having a friend come look at it for him in about an hour. I insisted and jumped in in my 2008 Mazda 3 GT Hatchback (POS) and headed over. The truck looked good, took it for a test drive and when I got back the other guy was there waiting to look at it for his friend. That was a close one. I was ready, and he had posted a price for it but I went ahead and played dumb and said, "so what do you want for it?" He came back with price about $1500 less than was posted (lesson there). I repeated him to be sure I heard him correctly, and I in fact heard him correctly. I was SOLD. I tried to knock it down even more, but he wasn't hearing it and I quickly backed down and was ready to shake on it. I gave him a check to hold it and came back the next Friday seal the deal. It turned out that I had interest in my Mazda 3 the following week and had a buyer the same day I was going to buy the 4runner. Some things are meant to be. I bought the 4runner came home and met the buyer for the Mazda and sold it, all in one day. The best part about it was that the Mazda sold for about what I paid for the 4runner (4Runner had less miles than my 2008) Couldn't have worked out any better, and I'm now the very happy owner of a 2002 4x4 SR5 4Runner. Also worth mentioning that this truck was traded into the local dealer and the dealer replaced the timing belt and water pump per scheduled maintenance due to time, not mileage obviously. Bonus! I verified this with dealer before sealing the deal. Without further adieu...
Here she is the day she came home
Found this in the back of the original owners manual, gave me the warm fuzzies. Synthetic oil since birth and generally loved its entire life.
