Bought a new Toyota 4Runner lastnight

[K20FA5]

The Pilot was getting ready to get bit with the airbag recall, which there are no parts available to fix it. It was also getting a little long in the tooth, plus I was getting tired of the VCM garbage and constantly watching the oil level.

My wife has always loved the 4Runners, and we were able to find a new one with the third row seat option. It's the SR5 Premium, so it's fairly nice inside. With 3 miles on it, it had never even been test driven, so it's totally new.

Looking at the manual, I was shocked to see that they were specing 0W-20 for the 4.0L engine, but glad to see the capacity was 6.6 quarts. I'll be letting Toyota do the oil changes on it for a while since it has the 2 yr/25,000 mile maintenance.

The manual has a separate listing for Puerto Rico, where they can use 0W-20, 5W-20, 5W-30, and 10W-30 and still be covered under the warranty. The US listing says you can use 5W-20 if you have to, but the oil must be changed back to 0W-20 at the next OCI.

I'm expecting this thing to run and run (4.0L V6 NO direct injection, 5 speed automatic tranny). It looks like a Storm Trooper to me

I was also glad to see that the 4Runners are still made in Japan and shipped over here. I always think of better quality with made in Japan stuff.

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[CT8]

Toyotas have served me well. Nice! I think they may be direct injected.

 

[AirgunSavant]

Congrats!

 

[007]

Very nice. In 2015 when we were looking to get rid of our 2008 Highlander the wife did not like the new look and settled for a Venza which is quite nice. However, I was impressed by the Four Runner and Tacoma.

 

[spasm3]

Nice clean white! I like it!

 

[Chris Meutsch]

This rig is amazing. My friend got a '16 ordered directly from Japan with the 3rd row deleted. It will last 25 years easy.

 

[K20FA5]

Originally Posted By: CT8
Toyotas have served me well. Nice! I think they may be direct injected.


I thought they were as well, but it's listed as MPFI. I was suprised as well. This is the 4.0L with port injection and dual VVTI. From what I've read, just the 3.5L in the Tacoma has the direct injection. It's also has port injection too, used in some circumstances.

Direct injection just scares this old dude. I see it as a possible added expense and maintenance item (walnut shell blasting the valves). The 3.5L fixes some of that, with the dual injection. I'll take port injected for the warm fuzzy!

 

[mikered30]

Does it have a clear coat?

 

[HemiHawk]

Congrats! I love the look of the newer 4 runners, I always see an orange one on the way to work. All you need is some black rims (or plastidip stockers) and it'll look mean.

 

[mclasser]

Cool ride. You guys down south don't have to worry about rust so she should last decades. Is that your old Pilot in the last picture?

 

[K20FA5]

Originally Posted By: mclasser
Cool ride. You guys down south don't have to worry about rust so she should last decades. Is that your old Pilot in the last picture?


Yep, the blue one to the left of the 4Runner. It served us well, it was just time to move on.

My wife's plan is to drive this for about 2 to 3 years, then move it over to me (which I'm fine with), then my Frontier will move to our now 14 year old when she learns to drive. As good as it's been, that should get her through high school and most of college.

 

[K20FA5]

Originally Posted By: mikered30
Does it have a clear coat?


Yes it does. They have two different whites. A plain white (this one) and a pearl white (optional). The wife told me she wanted white, and didn't care which one, just white and a third row seat. Almost all of them on the lots don't have the third row. It has to be ordered that way because of the seat belts and curtain air bags.

With the seats up in the back, there is about 6" (at the most) of cargo room. We'll have them down most of the time, unless our little one wants to climb back there on road trips. It's just a nice option to have, for us.

 

[1000MPH]

Welcome to the club! I recommend signing up to the 4Runner forum (t4r.org) for lots of useful info and maintenance how-to's (unless you are thin-skinned).
ToyotaCare is 5 tire rotations and 2 oil changes. Unless you have a top-notch service department that uses actual 0w-20 TGMO, I would steer clear. The free service ain't worth it.
Many 5th gens on the forum are driven hard on the 0W-20 and have seen no issues.

 

[Bud]

Sharp looking. Very nice.

 

[SatinSilver]

I think the same of the color is Super White which is what the Camry is here.

 

[ARB1977]

About two months ago I traded my beloved 2002 Tacoma with 184K bought new. Now I own a 2015 Tacoma double cab, 4.0L. Love this truck.

 

[cjcride]

Looks good! Built to last.

 

[CKN]

I don't need to know what you paid for it. But was the dealer willing to "deal" at all? It's my experience from talking to others that have purchased there is not too much discounting to be found on these.

 

[Shannow]

Nice, I loved my 1990, and wish they were 4Runnering in Oz still.

 

[K20FA5]

Originally Posted By: CKN
I don't need to know what you paid for it. But was the dealer willing to "deal" at all? It's my experience from talking to others that have purchased there is not too much discounting to be found on these.


It depended on the dealer, but anywhere from $2,000-3,000 off MSRP. Which was inline with what kbb and truecar were saying was fair.