Should I buy this used Toyota 4Runner (photo gallery inside) (2011, best)

[Shaolin Shadowboxing]

2008

72k miles

clean CarFax/AutoCheck

asking $17.5k

4Runner - Album on Imgur

would like to offer $15k pending PPI.

advice?

[ThomasCrown]

That's quite a bit of rust, and it needs new tires. Looks like a pretty dirty interior too. If that's the best you can find I'd pass.

[mkarch]

I'd avoid buying a car that spent 8 years in the Northeast as a winter driver. That's 20 times the amount of rust on even my oldest car (1990).

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Originally Posted by ThomasCrown

That's quite a bit of rust, and it needs new tires. Looks like a pretty dirty interior too. If that's the best you can find I'd pass.

Originally Posted by mkarch

I'd avoid buying a car that spent 8 years in the Northeast as a winter driver. That's 20 times the amount of rust on even my oldest car (1990).

really? surprising. others have told me that rust isn't so bad all things considered.

i do agree with the tires.

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another photo

[ThomasCrown]

I think you'd get a lot more bang for your buck if you were looking at 2008 Jeep Grand Cherokees. They've got an updated interior and better engines, and would probably be cheaper for less mileage too.

I know the 4Runner is a popular vehicle, but paying that much for one that doesn't even have leather seating doesn't seem like a good deal at all. In fact, you could probably get a 2011+ (latest generation Jeep) for that price.

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Originally Posted by ThomasCrown

I think you'd get a lot more bang for your buck if you were looking at 2008 Jeep Grand Cherokees. They've got an updated interior and better engines, and would probably be cheaper for less mileage too.

I know the 4Runner is a popular vehicle, but paying that much for one that doesn't even have leather seating doesn't seem like a good deal at all. In fact, you could probably get a 2011+ (latest generation Jeep) for that price.

no real interest in a Jeep man.

do JGC engines least for 300k mi?

[brianf408]

$17,500 for that? No thanks. Rust, tires, dirty interior, and doesn't even have leather. There are better options out there.

[Steve Bagu]

I am not in any mkt for another car but that RUST????????? give me a break.

Spedo miles or not that baby was in some crucial SALT.

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Originally Posted by brianf408

$17,500 for that? No thanks. Rust, tires, dirty interior, and doesn't even have leather. There are better options out there.

Originally Posted by Steve Bagu

I am not in any mkt for another car but that RUST????????? give me a break.

Spedo miles or not that baby was in some crucial SALT.

are you guys familiar with 4Runner's and how they tend to rust a bit in the northeast?

not being smart, seriously asking. b/c some people are telling me it looks fine. and they own them.