I bought my 4-Runner in 2000, 23 years ago, new. Now it has 221K miles on it. The last 15 years or so it was parked on the street in San Diego. The car serves me nicely. There were two accidents: one in about 2002, when the car spun out of control on ice when crossing the Santiam Pass in Oregon. The car hit the pile of snow and a post on the side of the road and stopped spinning. It had chains on but the road was very slippery. This produced a minor dent in the back of the car. Then, my son was driving at night in 2022 and hit several cars parked on the street. There was some damage here and there (radiator etc), it was all fixed in a body shop.
I must say, the reliability of the car is amazing. It is also a 4-wheel drive car; It is now quite essential to drive in our house in Julian during the winter. Never had any problems with it. It is a gas guzzler though, about 15 miles per gallon.
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