Junkers88

About twice a month I have someone that I don't know follow me home and ask if I want to sell my runner. I've even had guys, and girls, walk away from the truck that they are putting gas into and ask if I want to sell my rig. One guy even followed me home from the gas station after I said no and pulled out a handfull of cash (1000$, yeah whatever) and tried to convince me to sell it.

Are the 1st gen runners in that much of a demand??? I paid 1500$ for mine and the seller was really happy to get his asking price. I knew what I wanted and paid for it.

kiyobrown

Well, I don't get offers for a grand, I have gotten multiple people ask what year it is, then don't believe me when I tell them. I stopped by the dealership yesterday for a part, and two salesmen came out and I had to show them around it.

And to think. You almost bought a ford!

yoterr

haha when i had my other 86 that sat in my yard cuz i had no initiative then, i had a ridiculous amount of people knock on my door leave notes and wanting to buy it, i told em 2500 or it wasnt getting sold, knowing full well it was only worth like 600 bucks

4banginRunner

Nope...bunch of haters round these parts...if it aint a Jeep/Fullsize on 38s+ and straight pipes, you aint "cool"

lofreqjeff

Its happened to me a few times. I've had people ask me what it is, or where I got my accessories like tube doors, bikini top, bumpers and sliders.

I had someone offer me $2,000 for it last summer - until I told him it had a 3.0 not a 22RE

OrRunner

iTrader: (1)

Only had it happen twice, one guy asked if i would sell it while i was in a wendy's drive thru, he had a nice stock one already, the other was a crap whole used car dealer that wanted it for 800.00, prob so he could ask 3000.00 for it!

BigBluePile

iTrader: (3)

Guess I'm not cool enough. Nobody asks me squat! 'Course I've been spoiling mine by storing it in the garage!!

I had someone egg my truck, does that count?

g_cali

Happens to me all the time...

When i had my 86 up on craigslist one of the pictures showed a little glimpse of the rear end of my 85, i got several calls and emails from people wondering about the other 4runner in the background.

1stgen4gunner

They were just jealous

abeD85flatbed

Twice, stopped at the same intersection, someone has tried to buy my 92 xtracab 2wheel.

BigBluePile

iTrader: (3)

lol, well this is the land of Yota it seems up here. There's SOOOO many it's like, eh... Which is good I guess...part availability!!!

yoterr

yeah theres no yoters in junkyards around here, unless their shells of them..

haha my buddy has a jeep on 35's locked i made it up the same hill he broke an axle on in 4wd, i did it in 2wd...i dont even have a locker....

StangBanger

Hahaha that sucks man.. Eggs ruin paint quick..

BigBluePile

iTrader: (3)

eh, not when it's still covered in dirt! LOL!

abecedarian

No one has ever followed me home but I often get people at gas stations and at the job sites asking me how much to sell the 4Runner. I reply with something along the lines of "it's not for sale but if you make a good offer, I might consider, and it has a 4" lift kit too".

I get offers of 2000 for the truck and I tell them that it cost more than that for the lift, rims and tires... and you want the rest of the truck too?

4runnerx3

I've had a few try to buy one of mine at gas stations and parking lots. Not too long ago, I came out of the grocery store and two grandma's were standing beside my 4runner checking out the back. I had the sides off the Killer Toy Top. As I walked up, they said is this your truck? We really like it. Did you put this interior in the back? They thought I modified a pickup, I had to explain it was a 1st gen 4runner. I thought it was funny two women that old were interested and liked my 4runner. Then another day, at the same store, I had driven my other 4runner that usually has the hard top on and a guy was standing beside it looking at the back sliding windows. He was carried away with the fact it had sliding windows at the back for some reason. Then when I pointed out the top came off, he was like oh wild, I got to get one of those.

kiyobrown

You talking about paint or your headers?

phildelfino

You're just lucky. I kinda keep mine crappy looking for a reason. When I paint and get it finished, maybe it will happen to me.

streetlancer

iTrader: (1)

Happened to me once; it was at a gas station, the guy walked up and asked if it was for sale, after i said no he offered to trade for a honda plus cash, i still said no.
I see its only about 4runners

OutlawMike

I get a lot of questions about the rig, mostly, what is it? When the top is off and I am sporting the Bikini top, I get a lot of talkers. I have found several notes under the wiper offering to buy it. That makes me nervous that someone is looking at my rig when I'm not around, makes me glad I have all of the security on when I leave it.