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I also have a Toyota from that era - 2000 4Runner with 200k miles. The fanciest things in it are power windows and locks. At least once a month I get approache

I also have a Toyota from that era - 2000 4Runner with 200k miles. The fanciest things in it are power windows and locks. At least once a month I get approached asking if I want to sell it. Sometimes it's a note taped to the windshield, other times the potential buyer will walk right up to me. A couple weeks ago, a group of car enthusiasts driving their custom classic hot rods asked if I wanted to sell. Obviously car experts and mechanics. One guy in the group said he also had a 4Runner from the same era with 300k miles and marveled that they last forever. I'll never sell it. There's something very freeing about driving a completely untethered car that lacks all the modern bells and whistles.

cvccvroomvroom 3y ago
Keep it. It will last 500k-1M miles. Simplicity and reliability are king. The new ones have all plastic bumpers and grills that degrade in 10 years. The absolute worst are the new Lexuses.
Brian_K_White 3y ago
3rd gen 4runner ftw. '97 myself. Manual. I love it but I live in NJ so it's rusting out. So I've been thinking about a new one, but I dread trying to find a new vehicle that doesn't essentially have all the same things I think are terrible about a Tesla. I test drove a 2020 4runner a few years ago and hated it. By now all cars made by anyone seem to be software defined, with software you have no control over.