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[JLee]

If you go with a 4th gen, make darn sure it goes into 4wd and that it will go into low range. V-6 trucks have transfer case and front diff actuator issues on a few, as do the V-8 truck that are full time 4wd with the transfer case. The full time will not engage low, usually the transfer case actuator. And it is quite expensive to repair. And v8 requires timing belt change. v6 does not. Either one are super trucks, just make sure that 4wd works as it should.

And $11k seems just a little high on that. I own a 3rd gen and 4th gen. For 60k less miles and $6k less money Id have to really think about that 3rd gen. Our 97 is the trail camping truck, the 04 is the wifes driver.

To clarify, the 3rd gen 4Runner will require timing belt services.

 

[jpachard]

bah... My girlfriend's 19 year old would be so happy if I bought a Lexus.

Just. Can't. Do. It.

I'm with you on this, the Lexus looks like someone took a nice 4runner and then threw up on it. Tons of froo froo and, IMO, they are ugly as sin.

 

[JLee]

I'm with you on this, the Lexus looks like someone took a nice 4runner and then threw up on it. Tons of froo froo and, IMO, they are ugly as sin.

To each their own, I guess.

I think they look great.

The interior also simply blows a 4Runner out of the water. But hey, if you want to pay more money, knock yourself out.

 

[Dalko43]

The interior also simply blows a 4Runner out of the water. But hey, if you want to pay more money, knock yourself out.

Not to nit pick, but a lexus GX470 will almost always cost more than a 4runner of comparable model year and mileage. There is a definite quality gap between the two, which helps explain the price difference, but for pure off-road performance I don't see much of a difference between them (after all, they are built off of the same underlying platform).

 

[JLee]

Not to nit pick, but a lexus GX470 will almost always cost more than a 4runner of comparable model year and mileage. There is a definite quality gap between the two, which helps explain the price difference, but for pure off-road performance I don't see much of a difference between them (after all, they are built off of the same underlying platform).

If you spec a 4x4 V8 4Runner, they're pretty close. My 05 GX was $8150 w/KDSS (which is not available on that gen 4Runner).