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Toyota Thread

I keep this '94 4x4 x-cab around...just in case
I've had it since 1996 and rebuilt the top end @ 103,000 miles. The last of the 22R with fuel injection
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Its my best friend. I put tires on it recently and it had the original spare, which I changed

I have to hide it to keep people from trying to buy it
 
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Pre-1985 trucks used solid front axles with carbureted engines.
Post-1985 trucks had fuel injected 22R but they had switched to independent front suspension.
Only for about 6 months did they build a SFA truck with the EFI engine.
I had a few of those "rarish" 4Runners. (not anymore)...
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Omegaman said:
I keep this '94 4x4 x-cab around...just in case
I've had it since 1996 and rebuilt the top end @ 103,000 miles. The last of the 22R with fuel injection
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Its my best friend. I put tires on it recently and it had the original spare, which I changed

I have to hide it to keep people from trying to buy it
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Only in the desert would that last so long. I envy that. All the trucks of that generation that spent any winters up here are long gone.
 
dfunghi said:
1969 Carolla that was the first non GM car my dad ever bought.
1980 Coralla was my first brand new car I ever bought.
1986 Coralla hatch back bought 1990, that got 40 MPG.
1993 Extra cab pick up. This was prior to Tacoma or T100. This was my last, so far.
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How have you managed to have two different spellings of the Corolla and none is correct?

Anyway, I had a 1997 Gen4 Camry V6 with a 5-speed manual. It was the only year the V6 could be had with a stick. Bought with 34K miles, sold with 120K miles, nothing broke on it. Now I wish I kept it for longer.

I also had this one (yes, the tires are bald). The airplane sound at the end is diegetic.

 
We've owned an Avalon, two 4Runners, a Lexus GS 350, Lexus RX 350, and a Lexus GX 460 that we currently have. All were made in Japan and have been superb vehicles.
 
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quadtech said:
Eric of IDoCars did a teardown of a 400K mile Toyota engine - shows why the reputation is well deserved

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I had to perform a tear down of the 5.7L 3UR-FE in my 2007 Tundra in 2024 because the head gasket failed at 315,000 miles, the motor had suffered some serious abuse during the first 270,000 miles from the 3 previous owners and it still made it to 315k before the head gasket failed. All that was required to avoid this failure was oil & filter changes every 5k or sooner, and flushing the cooling system every 5 years or 50k.
 
I bought my wife a Toyota Scion xD first. My wife loved that xD and she gave it to our daughter, who totaled it within a year. :no:
I purchased my first Toyota, the Avalon in 2013. That Avalon had a strong 6 cyl. engine and got great gas mileage (31 mpg) for its size. It was my daily commuter and never gave me any major issues in the over 250K miles it was driven. I gave it to my son, who later passed it on to his little brother.
I then moved up and purchased a truck, the Tundra Platinum 4x4 in 2018 with all its V8 goodness. They no longer offer the Toyota Tundra with a V8, settling for a V6 twin turbo instead. Since they went to the twin turbo, I've received numerous offers from Toyota dealerships to trade in my Tundra, more offers than I have ever received for any of my vehicles over the years. When I asked my dealer for the reason, he said it's because everyone still wants the V8 power.

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eiraved said:
I bought my wife a Toyota Scion xD first. My wife loved that xD and she gave it to our daughter, who totaled it within a year. :no:
I purchased my first Toyota, the Avalon in 2013. That Avalon had a strong 6 cyl. engine and got great gas mileage (31 mpg) for its size. It was my daily commuter and never gave me any major issues in the over 250K miles it was driven. I gave it to my son, who later passed it on to his little brother.
I then moved up and purchased a truck, the Tundra Platinum 4x4 in 2018 with all its V8 goodness. They no longer offer the Toyota Tundra with a V8, settling for a V6 twin turbo instead. Since they went to the twin turbo, I've received numerous offers from Toyota dealerships to trade in my Tundra, more offers than I have ever received for any of my vehicles over the years. When I asked my dealer for the reason, he said it's because everyone still wants the V8 power.

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I've worked at dealerships, although not in sales. The salesman is feeding you a line of BS. I've seen them do it lots of times. It's about hooking you for more money on a new car, not wanting your trade in. A 2018 is going to the auction house, not the dealers lot. Making you feel like your trade in is valuable is just another one of those hooks, at least it is to get you in to look at the new stuff. That's when they offer you peanuts on the trade.

Sadly, it's a trick they all use.
 
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