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I bought a 2009 4Runner back in March for $15k. Back then $15k would buy you the nicest 4th Generation (03-09) 4Runner. Now days that seems to be the average asking price, most 4Runners from that generation are going for at least $12k (with over 200k miles) and the nicest ones (with low 100k miles) are fetching over $20k.

That's 15k to 20k for a car that is 11 years old at it's youngest and mileage under 150k is considered "low mileage"

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4Runners are notorious for holding their resale value well since they're known to be very reliable vehicles that can run 400k miles+ if you take care of them. You can put Land Cruisers in this category too.

09 Accord with 70k miles, bought in 2012 for 15k. Appraised in September 2021 at $6800 at Carmax and then sold to them in November 2021 for $7900. Dealership had offered $5000 for it in 2020.

I found a 2008 4Runner v6 engine with 4 wheel drive some years back. People ask me all the time to sell and I never will because that platform is so solid.

Does the 4 in 4Runner not mean they all have 4 wheel drive?

Nope! Many are 2WD (RWD), perhaps even most depending on the area. Some are full-time 4WD, but many have the manual 4WD selector 2H-4H-4L.

Interesting. I assumed they all had the 4WD selector.

It depends on the configuration. My 2007 V8 only came one way with 4H and 4L on the selector.

That's a subtle difference between the V6 and V8, V6 is 2WD or 4WD, V8 is 4WD only.

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