All Toys Again

[blackdiamond]

Long story short, my wife and I traded our 2007 Mazdaspeed 3 in today for a 2004 Toyota Sequoia.  We have been working towards having a "family" car paid off, but we needed more room since our Rottweiler didn't stop growing. 

We considered a wide range of vehicles and nearly purchased a 2008 Mazda CX-9, but the Carfax showed it was a rental and the inspection showed that it had been almost totally repainted somewhere along the line.  It was a 10 out of 10 paint job, but I couldn't feel comfortable with it.

We headed out of the Mazda dealership and headed for Toyota.  We were looking at a late model 4Runner and started to see the benefit of the design and the salesman pointed us to the Sequoia that was a few cars down.  Obviously, it was a bit older with higher miles, but it's in great mechanical shape.

It is a one owner rig from Arizona.  I was thinking "trailer pulling snowbird" but the hitch receiver doesn't have a mark.  The second inspection of the day yielded multiple impressed mechanics other than a CV boot that was leaking.  Toyota had just replaced them and will be correcting the blunder tomorrow.  It appears that the boot got a slit in it during the first install.

No pictures yet, but it's black SR5 with every option of a limited (sun/moon roof, six disk JBL stereo, etc..) except leather and wood trim.  It has brand new tires and the stock wheel are also new.  It appears that the previous owner ran aftermarket wheels and just saved the stock ones.

It's the same year that our Tundra was so it feels like we have driven it before.  We got a decent trade value and good financing so we should be able to pay it off in a year or less.

Back to two Toys!

[*FFC*]

Alright, I'm jealous

I have been hinting to Matt that eventually I'd like to get a Sequoia Maybe trade in the Pathy or something.  Some day! Congrats on the new ride!

[red]

nice find

[kneedownnate]

Good deal, but...

[blackdiamond]

Brought it home today.

[gotrocks]

Awesome guys. Glad you got it!

[79coyotefrg]