Talking to a gal who had her's for sale ~70k miles, 5spd, 4cyl, 4wd. Perfect. Well, except for her absolute inflexibility on price regardless of what the market was for these.

Oh well, if she gets her asking price more power to her, but feel bad for the sucker paying it. Sad thing is, she sounded genuinely offended that I would be thinking of less; I bet she still wouldn't call me back even if she doesn't sell it at the high price.

 

What's the price?

 

Too bad. Just make sure she has your contact info if she cant sell it. Post a pic and more details if you do get it. Does it have a locker?

 

4 banger with a locker I think was an option but I don't think you can find one.

 

Yeah, what was the price? I got my '99 SR5 Highlander 5 speed with 60K for $14K. Make her an offer, write it on a business card, leave it and walk away. Come back a week later to check.

 

I am also curious to know the price, it probaly wasn't beat if a lady was the driver then agian maybe it was.

Thanks,
Mario

 

She wanted 13.5. Doesn't sound that bad, but KBB is ~8.5, NADA is only a couple hundred $ more. Isn't ~8.5 reasonable?

I still think she thinks she has a V6 ...

 

lol, about the v6... i dunno.. i think 10 would be pretty fair... 8.5 would be a bit of a steal depending on the condition and mileage.

 

Shoot, I'd have shown ya the door if you offered $8.5K for a cherry '99, even if it did have the 4-cyl.

 

You offered her $5K under what she was asking?!

 

i got a cherry 97 for only 5700! it can be done.

too bad it has auto.
BUT is has leather.
too bad it didnt have sunroof
BUT it had limited 16" wheels

 

shes on crack!

 

Remember, I didn't OFFER 8.5, I just told her what the KBB and NADA values were and didn't lie.

Also, I have no idea if it was `cherry' I only talked to her on the phone...

 

The 4x4 4 cyl models are actually worth less than the 4cyl 2wd models.

 

Quick question...why consider a 4-cyl when so many 3.4's are out there? Wouldnt you want the add'l power?

 

I'm a big straight-engine guy. Love the LCs for that reason (sans 100 series) and Cummins, etc. I've owned my share of V-config engines in the past, but none have driven as long as my straight engines.

In my lifetime of car ownership:

Brother's 85 4Runner 22RE went 300+ and going strong as he sold it, currently owns an crawling FJ80 3FE with 190k and naught a tick or hiccup in the thing and it's seen some VERY hard driven mileage as a work truck and a crawl rig.
Father's FJ60 2F went nearly 300 with nothing more than gasoline and fresh oil still could do another several 100 without question.
Old FJ40 2F of mine did unknown # of miles but I rolled the odometer twice, tires, oil and gas alone.
Will bring my 1FZ-FE to 400+ I hope.
My commuter Honda from years ago (4cyl) did 200+ without issue.
My wife's Ford Probe (bless her unknowing soul) with 4cyl is getting better mileage now than ever at 160k.

In comparison,

Father's Highlander V6 had sludge issues in the head at 60k (okay that may have been an oil quality thing, but he ran the same in the 2F for years)
Mother-in-law's Ford Probe V6 (when will my wife's family learn?) burt oil constantly and was being fixed constantly with low mileage,
V6 Acura had valve issues at ~50k,
Countless mockery of American V8s on trails.

So I'm really tainted and bigoted. Yeah, I know V6s from Toyota are actually quite good engines and I'm comparing apples to oranges, but why do all marine engines for longevity use straight design? Industrial appliations? Railroads? Tractors?

Straight engines are easier to work on too IMO. That and quite honestly I don't need the power pe se and like the flatter torque curve of an inline. There are some strange harmonic #s that come out of V-engines compared to inlines when they're being designed. Some CAT engineer talked to me about it when I was consulting for CAT (HR) many years ago, to the extent that VW even tried to adjust for it by making varying cylinders vary in offset to each other. I don't remember the specifics of the conversation other than I brought out of it: buy inline.

 

Scott, I agree with you 100%.