Wednesday Aug 22, 2007
Wednesday Aug 22, 2007
My 1998 Toyota 4Runner reached the 200,000 mile mark last night!
It happened last night just before 9pm. Amie and I were on our way home after I had a workout and Amie did a yoga class at 24 Hour Fitness. We were on Olivenhain Road just east of El Camino Real. I took the picture above at the stoplight where Olivenhain turns into Rancho Santa Fe Road.
I bought my 4Runner in April 1998, a couple weeks after I got my offer letter at Sun. And pretty much wherever we went, even with our friends, I'd be driving us in the 4Runner. I still love driving it as much as when I test drove it and its treated me so well the past 9.5 years. In that time, I've been in 1 front-end collision, which was my fault (for driving too fast in rainy, wet conditions), and 2 rear-end collisions. One of those rear-end collisions happened at a McDonalds drive-thru.
So is it time for a new car? Maybe, but is still drives pretty well. I thought I'd want something sporty, but I don't want to give up the height. Perhaps a hybrid SUV. It was definitely time for a fill-up, which I got on the way home. I'll also make time to get a tune-up and take care of my 4Runner that's always taken care of me and my passengers wherever we needed to go.
Holy cow Jason! I have a 1998 Dodge Grand Caravan that has less than 64,000 miles on it. By the way, it is for sale and I see you may be looking to replace your 4-Runner, hint, hint. :-)
Of course I will give you the customary Sun employee discount.
Amazing feat to get 200K on your 4-Runner. Congratulations.
Posted by Tom Jenney on August 23, 2007 at 08:47 AM PDT #
Congrats! My '99 Ram is just under 150K, and I thought _I_ did a lot of driving.
Posted by dilly on August 23, 2007 at 09:31 AM PDT #