Ever catch people checking out your truck?

**Tofer** · 10-03-2007, 06:04 PM

this week there have been a number of times where i walked out to my truck to find people crouched down looking at my truck, mostly looking at the SAS but it still makes me glad i have an alarm. Every time i've unset my alarm and they quickly stand up and look around to see me standing over them and they've always been friendly and just curious about the truck... i dont know if i've been living in CA for too long but it kinda concerns me that they are snooping around.

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EWAYota · 10-03-2007, 06:19 PM

Funny, I was just thinking about making a thread about something similar. I usually get looks while I'm driving around. Yesterday, the GF and I stopped at the local Goodwill to drop off some clothes and to look for some pieces for a Halloween costume. While driving off, there was a guy in the parking lot who whipped his head around as I drove passed him. I had my window rolled up, but I could read his lips as I drove by, "Those tires a sick!", as he was talking to the person in the car with him.

I've also had small kids yell at me while I drive pass them on the street. Last one yelled to me, "Nice truck! Needs bigger tires!!". I looked at my GF and said, "Told you so!"

YotaBum · 10-03-2007, 06:25 PM

It makes me feel good when the girls drive past me and give me the double take... I told the better half about one girl who did that the other day, she said it HAD to be because of my truck... She was just trying to deflate my increasing ego... I know what that girl wanted... And it wasn't my truck... Guess I still got it...

--Alex

CJM · 10-03-2007, 07:16 PM

Mine is all stock besides a CB antenna and my snorkel yet everyone loves it, they are in awe that its not a tundra or pickup but a T100. Whats that they ask, then I can explain.

hmmwv15 · 10-03-2007, 07:18 PM

haha, most of the time I do. But when your driving a truck like this it's bound to happen....

I especially get funny looks when I put my red 1/2 door on. Obviously not finished but people eat it up.

Knuckles · 10-03-2007, 07:37 PM

the only looks i ever get are out of curiosity because of the bumper & winch, and most girls just say , "what kind of jeep is that", but all my friends think my 4runner is ugly.

ozziesironmanoffroad · 10-03-2007, 07:44 PM

i get looks, but most people say its a piece of crap... lol. only my mechanic, my uncle, and a couple of the offroaders ive met out here like it. it SCARES chicks away... somehow... lol

Knuckles · 10-03-2007, 07:49 PM

you sure its the truck scaring them away

the only people who really offroad here own jeeps, and they really dont like japanese trucks here. so iam just a toyota misfit in tulsa.

ozziesironmanoffroad · 10-03-2007, 07:51 PM

either the truck or my style of music i play maxed out. ...or maybe i was just born that way.. who knows.

SC4Runner · 10-03-2007, 08:07 PM

Was driving up to Santa Cruz this summer... long hwy 5, flat and straight. Had this civic weaving in and out of traffic, and just sitting right next to me. Id slow down to let him pass, he'd then slow. Id try to pass so he would stop being all weird.

Next thing I know, I got these two dudes yelling at the top of their lungs ... "HEY!!! WHAT SIZE TIRES ARE THOSE?!!" I get startled, and was like..wtf, I yell back "35's!!" and they give me the shaka and fly off. I was freaked out cause I thought they was gonna shoot me or something...

Then, up the road I sees them at the gas station, and they flash me an industrial sized can of vaseline. This is when things got really weird.

stevrock · 10-03-2007, 08:07 PM

I get the rubberneck syndrome all the time with the Supra.

People see me parked and drive around the block to come back and talk about it.
I've even came out of a store before to see a guy snooping around it, but it turns out he had one parked just a stone's throw away.

So I snooped too

Jay351 · 10-03-2007, 09:18 PM

usually its people asking how much my tires cost... is that good or bad? haha!

however if I see a group of people walking along the sidewalk, I will "pop" my exhaust to scare them

sdstud212001 · 10-03-2007, 10:11 PM

Only the sharks at toyota when I go to buy filters, they always ask how I got 03 4runner rims on it, or how many miles on my 87. One time somone tried to buy my 01 when I was helping my brother get his FJ. A sales man kept asking where are the keys to that 4runner finally I steped out of the sales cubicle and said in my pocket and that's where the're gonna stay. The guy was dissapointed and so were the people looking to buy my 4runner. ha ha

eightnine · 10-03-2007, 10:13 PM

i get looks all the time from people on a daily basis and usually once every few weeks (sometimes even every couple of days) someone stops me and gives me a compliment or whatever on the truck at a gas station/red light/ parking lot etc etc. Its usually the older guys that like it though, and when the top is off i get even more compliments from everyone. I'm not gona lie though, most of my buddies think my truck is an old POS. I dont care though cause i just love the way it looks.

ozziesironmanoffroad · 10-03-2007, 10:13 PM

oh yeah, the dealership loves mine too, when i first brought it in for a minor inspection, they were like, 'wow, one of our babies has come back to us after all these years'. lol.

eightnine · 10-03-2007, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by ozziesironmanoffroad

oh yeah, the dealership loves mine too, when i first brought it in for a minor inspection, they were like, 'wow, one of our babies has come back to us after all these years'. lol.

lol yeah i had a dealer say something similar to another dealer while i was at the dealership. 80s toyota 4x4s are really rare around here mostly because of the insane amount of salt on the roads during the winter time.

4banginRunner · 10-03-2007, 10:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mattbaby24

the only looks i ever get are out of curiosity because of the bumper & winch, and most girls just say , "what kind of jeep is that", but all my friends think my 4runner is ugly.

awe man not the "what kind of jeep is that" question!

got that all the time with my old 4runner

nix4x4 · 10-03-2007, 11:03 PM

Most people think my truck is just some POS redneck beater cuz of the dents, but I get some good compliments from the people who actually know what a little beast it really is.

pennywize · 10-03-2007, 11:35 PM

people stare at my '79 all the time.
last week i was in town at a stop sign intersection, window rolled down. a hot girl walked by and said, "your trucks dirty, you musta been having fun with it (long pause...)... I like it dirty" she said.
not even joking. i was headed to work otherwise i just might have invited her in for a ride.

Kaleb · 10-03-2007, 11:44 PM

When I am around my best friends beautiful 76' chev I don't get many looks.

But when I am by myself I'll get the double takes, hott chicks looking, little kids pointing, and the kids that hangout at the grocery store come up and talk to me.

stormin94 · 10-03-2007, 11:49 PM

I've caught a few lookers, but then again, it's a 4Runner, just like all the others out there, except not quite as pretty.

linuxrunner · 10-04-2007, 12:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kaleb

When I am around my best friends beautiful 76' chev I don't get many looks.

But when I am by myself I'll get the double takes, hott chicks looking, little kids pointing, and the kids that hangout at the grocery store come up and talk to me.

That truck used to park in the back parking lot at Clackamas Community College. Always took up two spots.. and often 4.

To be honest the nice paint and perfect trim always pissed me off. Does he wheel it? I always wanted to get a big bucket of mud and dump it right on the hood.

paxil4x4 · 10-04-2007, 04:19 AM

lok me downg

bballchrism · 10-04-2007, 05:04 AM

i do but its mostly b/c i am getting it ready to paint and its like 7 different colors and it always has its top of
either i get the what a piece of crap or wow that trucks crazy and i have already had like 3 people try to buy it from me

***Corey*** · 10-04-2007, 05:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CJM

Mine is all stock besides a CB antenna and my snorkel yet everyone loves it, they are in awe that its not a tundra or pickup but a T100. Whats that they ask, then I can explain.

Does the snorkel get a lot of weird looks?
I am getting mine installed very soon, and I am sure I will feel a little weird with it.

I was at the dealer Monday to drop off the rig for the UCAs, and the kid who puts in the plastic seat covers and paper floormats was just about drooling.
Even the service manager told the guy to put his tongue back in his mouth.
He drove it away around to the back lot, kind of a weird feeling seeing your rig drive off, but also gave me a chance to hear how nice the Magnaflow sounds on the outside.

10-03-2007, 06:19 PM	#2 (permalink)
EWAYota Contributing Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Richland, Washington Posts: 4,597	Funny, I was just thinking about making a thread about something similar. I usually get looks while I'm driving around. Yesterday, the GF and I stopped at the local Goodwill to drop off some clothes and to look for some pieces for a Halloween costume. While driving off, there was a guy in the parking lot who whipped his head around as I drove passed him. I had my window rolled up, but I could read his lips as I drove by, "Those tires a sick!", as he was talking to the person in the car with him. I've also had small kids yell at me while I drive pass them on the street. Last one yelled to me, "Nice truck! Needs bigger tires!!". I looked at my GF and said, "Told you so!" __________________ DJ 1994 Pickup 22RE, Engnbldr 261 cam, 5 speed. Tires that go around and around... Preping for SAS...... Originally Posted By Fustercluck "Proof that Gangus did not spontaneously generate....he has relatives." Originally Posted By Tacoclimber "My two year old better get a job, soon..." Reply Posted By Oly884 "I hear coal mining is a great career." Myspace

10-03-2007, 06:25 PM	#3 (permalink)
YotaBum Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Gainesville, GA Posts: 30	Usually it's the ladies... It makes me feel good when the girls drive past me and give me the double take... I told the better half about one girl who did that the other day, she said it HAD to be because of my truck... She was just trying to deflate my increasing ego... I know what that girl wanted... And it wasn't my truck... Guess I still got it... --Alex

10-03-2007, 07:16 PM	#4 (permalink)
CJM Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Central NJ Posts: 4,561	Mine is all stock besides a CB antenna and my snorkel yet everyone loves it, they are in awe that its not a tundra or pickup but a T100. Whats that they ask, then I can explain. __________________ 96' T100 SR5 4x4, ISR mod, Custom ABS snorkel, KC 57's Hella optilux el cheapo backup lights. Cobra 19III CB, Firestick 4ft antenna, Bilstein shocks. Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet.

10-03-2007, 07:18 PM	#5 (permalink)
hmmwv15 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Good 'ole Georgia Posts: 1,805	haha, most of the time I do. But when your driving a truck like this it's bound to happen.... I especially get funny looks when I put my red 1/2 door on. Obviously not finished but people eat it up. __________________ I haven't failed, I've just found several different ways NOT to fix this truck. :D Sean

10-03-2007, 07:37 PM	#6 (permalink)
Knuckles Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Tulsa,OK Posts: 698	the only looks i ever get are out of curiosity because of the bumper & winch, and most girls just say , "what kind of jeep is that", but all my friends think my 4runner is ugly. __________________ 97 Limited 4Runner Last edited by Knuckles; 10-03-2007 at 07:39 PM.

10-03-2007, 07:44 PM	#7 (permalink)
ozziesironmanoffroad Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Spring Valley, CA Posts: 5,677	i get looks, but most people say its a piece of crap... lol. only my mechanic, my uncle, and a couple of the offroaders ive met out here like it. it SCARES chicks away... somehow... lol __________________ The 22r series engines are made from the fires of hell, and will fight tooth and nail to not be sent back. 1988 Toyota P/U 4x4 22re, 1200 miles on the rebuild engine builder .268 cam pioneer CD deck 31x10.50x15 BFG A/T BAJA 100W lights on prerunner bumper KC Daylighters 100W rancho rs5000 MUD IS A VALID PAINT JOB! If not living life to the fullest, why live it? my trucks official buildup thread

10-03-2007, 07:49 PM	#8 (permalink)
Knuckles Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Tulsa,OK Posts: 698	you sure its the truck scaring them away the only people who really offroad here own jeeps, and they really dont like japanese trucks here. so iam just a toyota misfit in tulsa. __________________ 97 Limited 4Runner

10-03-2007, 07:51 PM	#9 (permalink)
ozziesironmanoffroad Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Spring Valley, CA Posts: 5,677	either the truck or my style of music i play maxed out. ...or maybe i was just born that way.. who knows. __________________ The 22r series engines are made from the fires of hell, and will fight tooth and nail to not be sent back. 1988 Toyota P/U 4x4 22re, 1200 miles on the rebuild engine builder .268 cam pioneer CD deck 31x10.50x15 BFG A/T BAJA 100W lights on prerunner bumper KC Daylighters 100W rancho rs5000 MUD IS A VALID PAINT JOB! If not living life to the fullest, why live it? my trucks official buildup thread

10-03-2007, 08:07 PM	#10 (permalink)
SC4Runner Contributing Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: 5th Gen San Diegan, California Posts: 5,893	Was driving up to Santa Cruz this summer... long hwy 5, flat and straight. Had this civic weaving in and out of traffic, and just sitting right next to me. Id slow down to let him pass, he'd then slow. Id try to pass so he would stop being all weird. Next thing I know, I got these two dudes yelling at the top of their lungs ... "HEY!!! WHAT SIZE TIRES ARE THOSE?!!" I get startled, and was like..wtf, I yell back "35's!!" and they give me the shaka and fly off. I was freaked out cause I thought they was gonna shoot me or something... Then, up the road I sees them at the gas station, and they flash me an industrial sized can of vaseline. This is when things got really weird. __________________ 1996 4x4 3.4L 4Runner on 35's - 6" of lift, MTR's, E-locked, ARB Tacoma Bumper, Sliders and a cut off tail pipe. 1966 FJ40 - SOA with stock springs, stock 1F motor, and a smelly tailpipe. Last edited by SC4Runner; 10-03-2007 at 08:08 PM.

10-03-2007, 09:18 PM	#12 (permalink)
Jay351 Contributing Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: maple ridge, British Columbia, Canada Posts: 8,641	usually its people asking how much my tires cost... is that good or bad? haha! however if I see a group of people walking along the sidewalk, I will "pop" my exhaust to scare them __________________ 91 Pickup - xcab - 5sp - 3.0 - SR5 - 4x4 - 250k \|2.25" catback w/ magnaflow cat + glasspack \| Weasy2k cams \| Aisin manual hubs \| Diff breather mod\| Marlin HD clutch \|3" BL \| es3000's \|2" AAL \|1.5" bj spacers \| ISR \| Alpine headunit \| 4" Infinity fronts/5" rears \| 4.88's \|Rear lockright \| 33x12.50" BFG M/T on 15x8" steelies \|Hella 500's \|4" reverse lights\| Grant GT \|idler arm brace\|hella E-codes\| Marlin armor \|SS IFS brace \| %100 Amsoil synthetic http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2572486

10-03-2007, 10:11 PM	#13 (permalink)
sdstud212001 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Split time between Flagstaff & Kingman AZ Posts: 1,617	Only the sharks at toyota when I go to buy filters, they always ask how I got 03 4runner rims on it, or how many miles on my 87. One time somone tried to buy my 01 when I was helping my brother get his FJ. A sales man kept asking where are the keys to that 4runner finally I steped out of the sales cubicle and said in my pocket and that's where the're gonna stay. The guy was dissapointed and so were the people looking to buy my 4runner. ha ha __________________ 1987 DLX 4X4 5 Speed: Electric Flex-a-Lite,SR5 guages,Yokohama Geolander A/T+ II,Pro Comp AAL, KC Slimlites, Bull Bar, Aux fuse box, Limo Tint, Marlin Crawler Bumper, painted shell, Sirius Wish List: Safari Rack,Bigger tires, SDORI BJ Spacers, 2001 Limited 4X4 Auto:Tundra 231mm brake upgrade, Brembo Rotors, Akebono Pads, 17" 2007 4Runner wheels, Yokohama Geolander AT-S,Sirius & Limo tint Wish List: TJM Front Bumper, KC Hilites, Safari Roof Rack, Thule Cargo Box, Rock sliders, Limo Tint

10-03-2007, 10:13 PM	#14 (permalink)
eightnine Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 934	i get looks all the time from people on a daily basis and usually once every few weeks (sometimes even every couple of days) someone stops me and gives me a compliment or whatever on the truck at a gas station/red light/ parking lot etc etc. Its usually the older guys that like it though, and when the top is off i get even more compliments from everyone. I'm not gona lie though, most of my buddies think my truck is an old POS. I dont care though cause i just love the way it looks. __________________ 1989 Toyota 4runner Special Edition - Rebuilt 22re bored .20 over 4.30 gears, - Magnaflow Performance Exhaust with Magnaflow Hi Flow Catalytic Converter, Monroe Sensa-Tracs Shocks all around, 4runner AALs, Custom Checkerplate front skid plate, Kayline Soft Top , Clear Corners and Turn Signals, Eagle Alloy Rims with 31x10.5x15 M/T tires, 2 12" JBL Subwoofers / MTX AMP, Pioneer Premiere Speakers, JVC KD-G730 MP3/CD/Bluetooth

10-03-2007, 10:13 PM	#15 (permalink)
ozziesironmanoffroad Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Spring Valley, CA Posts: 5,677	oh yeah, the dealership loves mine too, when i first brought it in for a minor inspection, they were like, 'wow, one of our babies has come back to us after all these years'. lol. __________________ The 22r series engines are made from the fires of hell, and will fight tooth and nail to not be sent back. 1988 Toyota P/U 4x4 22re, 1200 miles on the rebuild engine builder .268 cam pioneer CD deck 31x10.50x15 BFG A/T BAJA 100W lights on prerunner bumper KC Daylighters 100W rancho rs5000 MUD IS A VALID PAINT JOB! If not living life to the fullest, why live it? my trucks official buildup thread

10-03-2007, 11:03 PM	#18 (permalink)
nix4x4 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: I'm an Ohio boy! Posts: 1,212	Most people think my truck is just some POS redneck beater cuz of the dents, but I get some good compliments from the people who actually know what a little beast it really is. __________________ 1992 Xtra Cab 3.0/5-speed Work in progress..

10-03-2007, 11:35 PM	#19 (permalink)
pennywize Contributing Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Humboldt County, CA Posts: 285	people stare at my '79 all the time. last week i was in town at a stop sign intersection, window rolled down. a hot girl walked by and said, "your trucks dirty, you musta been having fun with it (long pause...)... I like it dirty" she said. not even joking. i was headed to work otherwise i just might have invited her in for a ride.

10-03-2007, 11:49 PM	#21 (permalink)
stormin94 Contributing Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Lake County, CA/Sacramento Posts: 3,539	I've caught a few lookers, but then again, it's a 4Runner, just like all the others out there, except not quite as pretty. __________________ 1994 Toyota 4Runner SR5 4X4 213,000 miles and counting 3.0 V6, 5 speed 10/15 MPG city/hwy(with 33's) Current Mods Headers, 2.5" Flowmaster custom exhaust, K&N FIPK KC Daylighter 100 Watt lights Ranchos x4, 2" Lift Downey coils 33-12.50 M/T's, 1" t-bar lift, 1" body lift Tow pkg w/ lighthookups Silverstar Headlights, Pioneer Deck w/XM Brushguard 250Watt JLAudio 8" W3 Sub Future Mods 12V Aux outlet-400/800peak inverter roof basket/lights Air locker 4.88 gears H.O. Alternator

10-03-2007, 11:44 PM	#20 (permalink)
Kaleb Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Oregon City, OR Posts: 635	When I am around my best friends beautiful 76' chev I don't get many looks. But when I am by myself I'll get the double takes, hott chicks looking, little kids pointing, and the kids that hangout at the grocery store come up and talk to me. __________________ MY BUILD

10-04-2007, 04:19 AM	#23 (permalink)
paxil4x4 Drama Queen/Banned Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 816	lok me downg Last edited by paxil4x4; 10-04-2007 at 10:41 PM.

10-04-2007, 05:04 AM	#24 (permalink)
bballchrism Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: florida tallahasee Posts: 613	i do but its mostly b/c i am getting it ready to paint and its like 7 different colors and it always has its top of either i get the what a piece of crap or wow that trucks crazy and i have already had like 3 people try to buy it from me __________________ 1985 4runner just painted Toyota red, marlin crawler bumper, bull bar, bikini top and 4 inch procomp lift, 33x12.5 bfg mt and black steelies

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