4 Runner superior than an imported Hilux?

[Hi-sider]

4 Runner for sale on e-bay. Are they superior to an imported Hilux Surf as the man says. Its not far from me. Is it worth getting rid of mine and buying this one?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1993-TOYOTA-4-...item336127bef3

[puddlesurfer]

It gets 30MPG that's superior to mine - so yes sell yours and buy it, It's pay for itself in about 10,000 miles or so

[Scorpion]

Short answer - no! Surfs have more toys fitted. Plus if he gets 30 mpg I'll eat hay with a horse!

Man speak with forked tongue.

[kamaangir]

oh yeah its a rare manual, rare 4runner with dent on the bumper and not particularly clean by the looks of it. Well worth the asking price!*






* Note the not so subtle hint of sarcasm.

[stormforce]

Thats one of the tidiest 4runners apart from \Koi's that is that i have seen.
I was buying them and stripping them completey for a guy in the USA and he was paying £1300 for a pile of shite.
The one on ebay may be a little over priced but he has ono on the ad aswell so i would expect to pay about £1500 to £1600 for it.
The yanks are calling out for the Diesel 4runner engines and arch ext etc.You could buy that and still make a profit by stripping it and getting everything on pallets for sending to the usa for the conversions they do.

[puddlesurfer]

It gets 30MPG that's superior to mine - so yes sell yours and buy it, It's pay for itself in about 10,000 miles or so

I may have been a little sarcastic too!

[tonupteabag]

I'd rather keep my lowly imported 2.4 than spend that sort of money on a 4runner thats seen more british winters than winston churchills bald patch!!!!

p.s
have a look at this one
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...=STRK:MEWAX:IT

[Sancho]

A 4runner is basically the same as a surf but with no air con or cup holders. The only way they're superior is that the manuals have a solid flywheel which is much more robust. They are also much cheaper to insure, are supported by Toyota and can have some service history. So:

4runnner - cheaper to insure, slightly more reliable.
Surf - less rusty, more toys.

[JUDWAK]

my mates just got a surf from scunthorp he had a 4runner
now he go a surf he asked me everything about the car
coz its a lot more to it than his 4runner
i keep saying he should join up here

[yoshie]

Short answer - no! Surfs have more toys fitted. Plus if he gets 30 mpg I'll eat hay with a horse!

Man speak with forked tongue.

My manual turd gen gets 30mpg. Does that count, would like to see you dine with a horse

[Apache]

It gets 30MPG that's superior to mine - so yes sell yours and buy it, It's pay for itself in about 10,000 miles or so

There's a 'monster truck' (you know, one with slightly bigger tyres than stock) 2nd gen on eBay at the mo that gets 35-40mpg!

Tempted to tell him I'm interested, but I want proof of mpg

[Koi]

thats made my day, mines 2 years younger than that with 58,000 less on the clock and its got a cup holder, electric sunroof so must be worth £3000 easy

[western uk]

Maybe the guy that gets 35 - 40 mpg uses a two stroke oil additive ?

[Albannach]

Maybe the guy that gets 35 - 40 mpg uses a two stroke oil additive ?

Explain.

[Apache]

I dunno, next you'll be attempting to sell us balls of mystery metal to put in the tank to 'increase mpg by 30%!!' and telling us its true because a famous WW2 pilot said so!

I doubt any additive is going to give you any meaningful increase in mpg (nothing like enough to offset the cost of it anyway) - no more than lightening your right foot a bit, or putting a few more psi in your tyres.