WashingtonTaco
Adventurist
Well my daughter wanted to do the van life thing for the next 6-9 months but needed a all wheel drive vehicle at minumum. So we looked at a few Subaru’s, Honda’s and the Highlander. Nothing really excited her but the Subaru Tribeca the dealership didn’t want to work on the price so we walked.
Sonoran Steel posted on FB they were selling a one owner 1998 4Runner for a friend with complete maintenance records for way cheaper price then they go for in the Seattle area. The 4R was located in Tempe and a bit of a logistical problem as we live in the Seattle area. Fortunately my nephew lives in Mesa and had his mechanic buddy looked the rig over. The records looked good and truck was clean! So my nephew made the deal and brought it to his home in Mesa. Not wanting to risk a 1500 mile drive home I had my nephew take it to the shop that works on his own rigs for a second look. Again no issues and clean bill of health to get it back to Washington.
We booked one way tickets and flew into Phoenix last Friday hopped in the 4R pointed it north and rolled!!!
Sonoran Steel posted on FB they were selling a one owner 1998 4Runner for a friend with complete maintenance records for way cheaper price then they go for in the Seattle area. The 4R was located in Tempe and a bit of a logistical problem as we live in the Seattle area. Fortunately my nephew lives in Mesa and had his mechanic buddy looked the rig over. The records looked good and truck was clean! So my nephew made the deal and brought it to his home in Mesa. Not wanting to risk a 1500 mile drive home I had my nephew take it to the shop that works on his own rigs for a second look. Again no issues and clean bill of health to get it back to Washington.
We booked one way tickets and flew into Phoenix last Friday hopped in the 4R pointed it north and rolled!!!
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