Current vehicle is a 2004 BMW 330i and I just put a couple of grand into it.

New radiator, water pump, CCV system, all new suspension Koni's and H&R springs etc etc but I'm not able to get to the track or autocross much right - 8 month old baby and 2 other children - now and I pass my old wheeling spots every day on the way back from work.

I found a 95 - I'm a huge fan of 2nd gens - and it has 3500 miles on the complete rebuild with new pistons, all machine work, worked head, new belts tranny was gone through and only 165k on it total. All reciepts for everything.

I have built ALOT of 4Runners in the past. 86 SAS, 88 bJ spacer and shackles, 2004 with Toytec, and my last 92 was about perfect but was still 3.0 slow and i went to iraq and like a dumbass came back bought a jeep and let my 4Runner get away from me....

I have had around 40 vehicle - yes i have a problem but my old, slow 92 is probably my favorite vehicle I have ever owned.

I would have made the swap already but my wife is against me buying/selling/trading and wants me to wait about year and buy a new TAcoma DBL CAB 4wd but I'm not much of a new vehicle kind of guy. So I would have to be willing to keep this runner as my only vehicle for around 5 years.

What would you all do - trade straight across? I would be taking a loss on the BMW, but the guy with it wisely will not add any money, he knows I like it and want it.

Here is my BMW - needs nothing - has some small damage on rear bumper but giving the guy a replacment in black.



4Runner may be a can of worms, but I know them inside and out.

Here is the 4Runner:

http://spacecoast.craigslist.org/cto/5209973777.html

And here is my last 4Runner;-)

 

Oh the old 92 was LC rear springs, Pro comp panhard drop bracket, extended brake lines around, BJ spacers in front and SAW torsiens, then Roger Brown 1.5" body so I could fitt the 302 swap which i sold the drivetrain and donor and then this 4Runner when i got back from Iraq and built my dream TJ, only to realize the TJ drove so much crappier than my 4RUnner.

 

Maybe you think your trading down !!

I think your trading up .

What can I say! You could not give me one of those cars

 

Sounds like you have worked and built enough trucks to know what you are getting into. Wives tend to like the newer cars but I agree with you, the new ones just don't do much for me. I think you have your work cut out for you on convincing the wife on swapping. Not sure about what all I would suggest on the swap details.

I was in Tallil Iraq from 03-04, and got around to several different bases there. What base was you stationed at?

 

Early in the war I supported from rear with gear and went to the other war alot - did alot of Asscrackistan and all the stans early on as well as UAE, Qatar, Oman, etc etc etc - didn't hit Iraq till -8, then 10 and 11. I was at Tallil, Balad, the IZ, Victory, a State department base or 6 as well;-) I was active 12 and reserves 4 but got out at 16 and get a high disability - did alot of deployments...

 

Asscrackistan, lol. I got a kick out of that. I got a government paid vacation there as well. I got 6 total deployments, 4 of them was with Uncle Sams Canoe club. Hopefully things slow down and you can get things back to normal.