Hey guys, first of all I'd like to give a big "Thank you" to everyone who helped me along my quest to buy my first 100 series. Lots of you gave me good advice, helped me decide what I was looking for, and offered me great deals on your personal vehicles. Eventually I landed on a 2004 LX470 with 140k miles that @Arrowhead was selling. He was straight forward about the price and the known problems, and was great to deal with. Thanks again, man.
This was his wife's vehicle, and he admitted he didn't know much about the actual condition other than the few recent test drives. However, they are a cruiser family, and all their vehicles get serviced at Toyotech in ATL. All major service showed up on the Carfax, and everything looked good.
The timing on this was excellent. As some of you know, my wife and I are expecting our first child in May. She always said she would never drive a minivan. I never believed her, but as we started preparing for the baby we realized that my 2000 F150 with 256,000 miles was not a great family vehicle. Neither is my 1980 K5 Blazer with a 454 big block. My wife drives a 2016 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid that is very nice, gets 45 mpg and makes over 200hp. We both enjoy it and take it on our road trips every time. Its a comfortable 4 seater, 5 in a pinch, but on true road trips its a 2 seater due to luggage space. Add a car seat in the mix and we knew it was too small. I've been an offroad enthusiast for awhile, but never really had anything reliable that I could drive long distances to cool places and then hit the trail in. As you all are figuring out right now, the 100 series is the perfect vehicle for us.
The timing on this was perfect. My wife and I were taking our last weekend getaway before the baby to San Antonio using a Delta voucher we got from our last trip. Terra picked a flight out of ATL due to the affordable first class seats. It's about a 3 hour drive for us, but being 6 months pregnant we thought it may be worth it. And it was. Days after booking our flight I began talking to @Arrowhead. We drove down on Thursday and inspected the vehicle in the dark. I liked what I saw, but had several concerns. After conferring with @2001LC I decided to go for it. We had a great time in San Antonio and returned to ATL to do a final daytime inspection of the vehicle.
If you get a chance to visit the Riverwalk in San Antonio, do it!
Here is a picture I was sent pre-purchase.
Here is the first picture I took. This was at a rest area on the ride home with the AHC in high mode. Poser pic I guess. I filled up on premium and got 16.2 mpg on the ride home trying to keep up with my wife doing 85mph.
The name BJJCruiser comes from my favorite hobby: Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. I started training in 2007 and immediately fell in love. We drive to tournaments and seminars fairly often, so in addition to being a family vehicle this is also a Jiu Jitsu Cruiser!
I look forward to working with you guys for years to come!
This was his wife's vehicle, and he admitted he didn't know much about the actual condition other than the few recent test drives. However, they are a cruiser family, and all their vehicles get serviced at Toyotech in ATL. All major service showed up on the Carfax, and everything looked good.
The timing on this was excellent. As some of you know, my wife and I are expecting our first child in May. She always said she would never drive a minivan. I never believed her, but as we started preparing for the baby we realized that my 2000 F150 with 256,000 miles was not a great family vehicle. Neither is my 1980 K5 Blazer with a 454 big block. My wife drives a 2016 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid that is very nice, gets 45 mpg and makes over 200hp. We both enjoy it and take it on our road trips every time. Its a comfortable 4 seater, 5 in a pinch, but on true road trips its a 2 seater due to luggage space. Add a car seat in the mix and we knew it was too small. I've been an offroad enthusiast for awhile, but never really had anything reliable that I could drive long distances to cool places and then hit the trail in. As you all are figuring out right now, the 100 series is the perfect vehicle for us.
The timing on this was perfect. My wife and I were taking our last weekend getaway before the baby to San Antonio using a Delta voucher we got from our last trip. Terra picked a flight out of ATL due to the affordable first class seats. It's about a 3 hour drive for us, but being 6 months pregnant we thought it may be worth it. And it was. Days after booking our flight I began talking to @Arrowhead. We drove down on Thursday and inspected the vehicle in the dark. I liked what I saw, but had several concerns. After conferring with @2001LC I decided to go for it. We had a great time in San Antonio and returned to ATL to do a final daytime inspection of the vehicle.
If you get a chance to visit the Riverwalk in San Antonio, do it!
Here is a picture I was sent pre-purchase.
Here is the first picture I took. This was at a rest area on the ride home with the AHC in high mode. Poser pic I guess. I filled up on premium and got 16.2 mpg on the ride home trying to keep up with my wife doing 85mph.
The name BJJCruiser comes from my favorite hobby: Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. I started training in 2007 and immediately fell in love. We drive to tournaments and seminars fairly often, so in addition to being a family vehicle this is also a Jiu Jitsu Cruiser!
I look forward to working with you guys for years to come!
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