2021-06-22, 05:46 PM
Yay! Toyota thread!
I'm finally in the process of retiring my 2001 4Runner around the 180k mark. Runs great, love all the mods I've done, etc., but it gets less and less fun trying to sleep in it every year. Long ago I eliminated the rear seats and built a custom 6" storage platform that extends from the front seats to the tailgate which is perfect for a 3" mattress, but the writing is on the wall when it comes to crawling in and out.
So I was curious to see what sort of advances Toyota has made since 2001 ... and I picked up a 2003 Tacoma a few months ago. Ha! This one has 114,000 miles on it, bone stock, and is in fantastic shape, so I'm kind of planning on this being "the one" until we're all driving hover trucks across the barren wastelands of what was once Norte America.
Back on topic ... Germans, eh? In the late 80s / early 90s my step-grandfather had a grey import Mercedes W460 (G-Wagen) that we used to take out to the Black Rock Desert. It was pretty neat, though I still preferred his FJ60.
I'm finally in the process of retiring my 2001 4Runner around the 180k mark. Runs great, love all the mods I've done, etc., but it gets less and less fun trying to sleep in it every year. Long ago I eliminated the rear seats and built a custom 6" storage platform that extends from the front seats to the tailgate which is perfect for a 3" mattress, but the writing is on the wall when it comes to crawling in and out.
So I was curious to see what sort of advances Toyota has made since 2001 ... and I picked up a 2003 Tacoma a few months ago. Ha! This one has 114,000 miles on it, bone stock, and is in fantastic shape, so I'm kind of planning on this being "the one" until we're all driving hover trucks across the barren wastelands of what was once Norte America.
Back on topic ... Germans, eh? In the late 80s / early 90s my step-grandfather had a grey import Mercedes W460 (G-Wagen) that we used to take out to the Black Rock Desert. It was pretty neat, though I still preferred his FJ60.