Good Bye Old Friend

[JFK713]

Getting ready to sell our Sequoia. It has be a great vehicle for many years and taken us on many great adventures. I hope it finds a good home, is it weird to care about where our old cars end up?








Here's the replacement, remarkable car so far

[Norm K]

Although huge and hugely thirsty, the Sequoia is a helluva vehicle.

Here's hoping the P-UV gives you the kind of comfortable, reliable service you've almost certainly enjoyed with the Sequoia.

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[vash]

i like those older toyotas.

brutal MPG but so robust. it sold already? very clean.

[JFK713]

I'm doing a final detail of the interior and then going to list it up. I will not miss the 12mpg, but it really is a great rig. Only 130k miles - only ever needed routine maintenance.

Thanks Norm, the Cayenne is a single owner all dealer serviced car. I hear good things about the reliability of Cayennes, but picked up an extended warranty just in case.

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by JFK713

I'm doing a final detail of the interior and then going to list it up. I will not miss the 12mpg, but it really is a great rig. Only 130k miles - only ever needed routine maintenance.

Great vehicle.

I average 15mpg on the LC, so I am in the thirsty range as well. But there is, if you don't pile on yearly mileage, a huge market for your Toyota.

Best of luck in the sale. It is a beauty.

[911boost]

Shoot me a pm with the details please. I love my LC and have always liked those.

[IROC]

Originally Posted by JFK713

...is it weird to care about where our old cars end up?

Not in my opinion!! I actually have a hard time selling some vehicles because I grow attached to them.

I had a Sequoia of that vintage. Great vehicle. In fact, I've owned 12 Toyotas and most of them were hard to part with.

I'm currently daily-driving my 1997 Land Cruiser just because I love it.

[Sarc]

That's a great looking Sequoia . Would love to know the mods done to it.

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by IROC

I'm currently daily-driving my 1997 Land Cruiser just because I love it.

I do the same. I am on my tenth Toyota.

Concerning JFK's car, I'd be worried about the amount of salt this car has seen during winters in San Diego - could be a deal breaker.

Buyer beware

[Shifter]

Originally Posted by JFK713

I will not miss the 12mpg, but it really is a great rig. Only 130k miles - only ever needed routine maintenance.

Just did a calculation that I will never do again.
If you bought that new, and drove all those miles, assuming gas at 3 bucks a gallon, you have fed the beast over 30k in fuel. I wouldn't advise using actual gas cost.

Hate to think what my old 4runner ate. I did like the truck, even with the horrible 3.slow in it.

[LWJ]

I will be somewhat the contrarian here.

I sold a similar Sequoia that was AMAZING for full size SUV mileage. I got about 17 with it. But, also a different take I found the build quality to be poorer than I like.

Have a 100 series landcruiser now with excellent build quality and AWFUL mileage.

But yes, I get the sorrow of parting with an old friend. My SC was a good buddy.

[Steve Carlton]

Run it by carvana, shift, vroom, driveway, and carmax dot com. You might be shocked. Only takes minutes.

[porsche tech]

Cayenne is not for the faint of heart at the gas station (or the repair shop) either.

[cantdrv55]

That’s a nice looking Sequoia! I had an old 4Runner that I sold to my BIL for cheap to help him out. He lost it in divorce a couple of years later. I wish he had given me a chance to buy it back.

[speeder]

Aren't Sequoias basically a Tundra with an SUV body? As such, a very decent vehicle but do not mistake it for Land Cruiser quality. A good family hauler, though, with Toyota reliability.

That looks like a very nice example.

[GH85Carrera]

Wait, you guys sell your old cars!

I haven't sold a car since 1995, and I still feel bad about selling it. After 30 year with the El Camino and 26 year with the 911 I can't imagine selling either one.

[drcoastline]

I hated my Sequioa couldn't get rid of it fast enough. Not weird to care about your old vehicles. Like a pet they become part of the family.

[vash]

i drove my boss around in my Tacoma. he commented on how clean it was.

(its dirty now thanks to my dog).

he asked me if i still loved it and will i get a new one soon. i said, "when i sell this thing or it goes away, i will need a day of bereavement leave"

he said, "okay"

hahha.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by drcoastline

I hated my Sequioa couldn't get rid of it fast enough. Not weird to care about your old vehicles. Like a pet they become part of the family.

I was really happy when I clicked this link and discovered that it was a car and not the passing of a pet which is kind of what I was expecting.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Wait, you guys sell your old cars!

I haven't sold a car since 1995, and I still feel bad about selling it. After 30 year with the El Camino and 26 year with the 911 I can't imagine selling either one.

Maybe that's because you save up and get great cars that you want forever. I've had a bunch of cars (probably not approaching some of the folks on the board, probably 25-30ish), and there are a bunch that served a purpose at the time, but I would definitely NOT want to still own. Actually, there are only a few that I miss or would still like to own, but I could not keep for various reasons at the time that I sold them.

Originally Posted by vash

i drove my boss around in my Tacoma. he commented on how clean it was.

(its dirty now thanks to my dog).

he asked me if i still loved it and will i get a new one soon. i said, "when i sell this thing or it goes away, i will need a day of bereavement leave"

he said, "okay"

hahha.

Well, you're management now, so you get extra perks.