Sell or keep

[Paul_A]

I've bought, owned and sold twice. Not again. They can bury me in this one.

 

[sogafarm]

I've bought, owned and sold twice. Not again. They can bury me in this one.

I’ve got three 40’s and i will eventually sell one but it’s like picking which kid to give up.

 

[Ditcherman]

I think ultimately it boils down to I just really don't drive it much at all anymore. I love it and really enjoyed the time working on it and making it mine over the years, but in the last 3+ years it's been driven a hand full of times. Once off road, and the rest just putting around the neighborhood for a little stroll. It used to sit in my garage and didn't make too much of it, just go look at it and move it from time to time, but then my daughter started driving and it got pushed outside for her 09 4Runner to park in the garage instead. Now it's all sad sitting out in the weather and not getting used.

These are my thoughts of why I think I should sell. Also if I'm being honest, I drive a 2016 Subaru outback that I've never been excited about. New Toyotas like the 4Runner and Land Cruiser look much cooler than the boring outback to me and there's that thought of well just sell the FJ40 and get something I want to drive. But this isn't my daily driver, it's a toy for all intents and purposes. So should I keep my favorite Toy or like in the Toy Story movie, is it time to let another kid have fun with my old Toy'ota?

1. What would it take to make you want to drive it more? Whether it’s a huge undertaking or just a bit of fixing up, you can certainly gain that value back while you wait for the market to come back. Assuming you’re not paying shop rates but DIY.

2. Go do some research on Bring a Trailer, find rigs like yours, and imagine yourself selling yours for that price, and see if you’d be happy.

My take on the market (just watching BaT) is that it’s off its low but still suppressed from its peak.

 

[airon23]

Thank you all for the suggestions and ideas. I do still love it and I'm certain I would find joy driving it more. I think I will take this approach and try to drive it more. If later I continue having the same thoughts to sell, then I'll revisit it. Given the circumstances, lower market value, gas prices, etc. I'll just keep it and drive it, though the thought of a sale is still possible.

 

[airon23]

Also my daughter recently asked me to teach her to drive the FJ40. I think she's serious about it, but that would be something cool to teach her to drive manual with the FJ40

 

[procomsignathid]

Also my daughter recently asked me to teach her to drive the FJ40. I think she's serious about it, but that would be something cool to teach her to drive manual with the FJ40

Whether you keep it long term or not, those will be some excellent memories!

 

[65swb45]

Aaron, did you read the story about my Karma Cruiser, the one I drove to your house in 2019? After that 3 week adventure, it fell into a similar state, with me just doing the bare minimum to keep the battery from going dead. Until last year.

I took the truck out and used it for its intended purpose: wheeling. It was the shot in the arm I needed! One good fix and I was hooked all over again. The truck had been for sale, but I took it off the market. And started working on it again with renewed interest.

I can’t say that I haven’t been on the other side of that fence though. I went through what you’re going through with my K5, my first love that I bought when I was 19. I put roughly 20K into it over the 40 years that I owned it. But the last 8 years were painful, watching it sit. I let it go for $4K in ‘21 to someone overseas who was interested in it the way I was when I started.

Take it out…in the fall, when it’s not so hot that the lack of AC is not a force multiplier. Then decide.

 

[brooklyn]

You can always post it an upper market price and see what happens—maybe you can be the start of a higher price trend!

 

[RevISK]

I taught my son to drive the 40 (and the 5sp FJ62) and while he is actually a really good driver, when he asked if he could drive the 40 when he gets his license in a bit over a year, I said no. I drove one in high school but lived in a small foothills community just over the hill from the OP. We live in a city now and while I daily the 40, I feel put at risk with all the morons out there every drive.

I vote you keep it regardless. As someone else stated, you have so many opportunities in your area to use a 40 for its intended purpose.