in this thread you may post reasons why I don't want a 2000-ish 4runner
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I don't want 3-cars, I want 2. I don't want to get a ******* tow vehicle to insure monthly just to pull the miata a few times per year. I'm trying to resist the gx470 and get something reasonable.
I also want to take my miata to the track locally and a few hours away and know I'm going to make it home. I was thinking about driving up to Hallett for a track day, but its going to suck *** when I blow something up and I'm stranded 5-hours from home.
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The great thing about the 4 runners and Xterras(love mine) is they are built on truck frames, but not sized like them.
I won't say they drive like cars as it's a huge difference from the miata, but they aren't bad, and still useful.
I won't say they drive like cars as it's a huge difference from the miata, but they aren't bad, and still useful.
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I used to have '99 w/ the 3.4. It will pull a Miata, but not well. My trailer is light (1200#) w/ brakes on 1 axle and it had a hard time getting it going and getting it stopped. Also, the wheelbase is too short in my opinion. If you ever got in a bad cross wind, you'd wreck it all. I got a real truck ('04 2500HD 4x4 long bed extended cab) and would never consider going back. I wont even tow with our TrailBlazer SS due to the wheel base being short even thought it has more power than the 2500.
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I used to have '99 w/ the 3.4. It will pull a Miata, but not well. My trailer is light (1200#) w/ brakes on 1 axle and it had a hard time getting it going and getting it stopped. Also, the wheelbase is too short in my opinion. If you ever got in a bad cross wind, you'd wreck it all. I got a real truck ('04 2500HD 4x4 long bed extended cab) and would never consider going back. I wont even tow with our TrailBlazer SS due to the wheel base being short even thought it has more power than the 2500.
My 6-speed fell through, so I'm back to square one. I wish I had left this ******* car NA so I could drive it to and from the track and know I'm going to make it home and deal with all this ******* bullshit reliability garbage. God damn-it, holy ****!
4-runners are the ****. You can't go wrong. It will tow your car. Sure, a big ******* truck will pull a load better, but that 'yota will do fine. If you were pulling a 20 yd^3 dumping trailer to the pit to get red clay, I wouldn't buy that truck. But for a miata, it's fine.







