slomatt
Adventurer
I'm in the market for a 1999/2000 4runner with a manual transmission to replace my 96 Grand Cherokee which is at the age where it requires nearly constant repairs.
3rd gen 4runners with the manual and e-locker are few and far between, and that coupled with the fact that I really can't stand tan interiors makes my ideal vehicle very rare. I was hoping to pay $8500-10k for a 1999/2000 with right around 100k miles, and have found a few of those but none that I was really excited about.
I just ran across a 1999 with the manual, sunroof, elocker, gray/blue interior, and in my favorite 4runner color (sorry, it's not expedition white). The truck is listed for under $7k, and the only downside is that it has 160k miles.
This will be used as a secondary vehicle that only gets driven 3-4k a year, but all of those miles will be either on offroading/expedition trips or to a ski resort so it is important that the vehicle be reliable.
What are reasonable expectations of a Toyota with 160k miles? Once my Jeep hit about 110k miles everything went downhill on the reliability front even with proactive maintainance. Is there a similar mileage where most 4runners reach the "problem of the month" stage?
Thanks.
- Matt
3rd gen 4runners with the manual and e-locker are few and far between, and that coupled with the fact that I really can't stand tan interiors makes my ideal vehicle very rare. I was hoping to pay $8500-10k for a 1999/2000 with right around 100k miles, and have found a few of those but none that I was really excited about.
I just ran across a 1999 with the manual, sunroof, elocker, gray/blue interior, and in my favorite 4runner color (sorry, it's not expedition white). The truck is listed for under $7k, and the only downside is that it has 160k miles.
This will be used as a secondary vehicle that only gets driven 3-4k a year, but all of those miles will be either on offroading/expedition trips or to a ski resort so it is important that the vehicle be reliable.
What are reasonable expectations of a Toyota with 160k miles? Once my Jeep hit about 110k miles everything went downhill on the reliability front even with proactive maintainance. Is there a similar mileage where most 4runners reach the "problem of the month" stage?
Thanks.
- Matt
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