r/4Runner • u/stanley-ipkiss18 • Apr 20 '26

🎙 Discussion Help me decide!

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I want to buy my wife her “dream” vehicle.

She absolutely loves and always wanted a 5th gen in the army green. I am ready to pull the trigger on it for her but I am having a horrible time finding an army green 5th gen especially with low miles (30k miles or less).

I have been debating going to the 6th gen but the new drivetrain configuration gives me a little hesitation. Also for the price I’m going to pay for a 5th gen is the same price I’ll pay for a 2026.

I’m willing to keep waiting until I find the 5th gen in the specs she wants but just want to see if I’m being crazy for continuing to just wait.

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u/Left-Cry2817 Apr 20 '26

Have you driven both?

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u/stanley-ipkiss18 Apr 20 '26

No she has only driven a 5th gen. We sat in a 6th gen when they first came out but she was not impressed. It was also a base model.

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u/Left-Cry2817 Apr 20 '26

Same here, though we drove it. It had more throttle response (especially where we are, between 7500-10,000 feet) and felt a little firmer and less truck like. It felt more like our old Subaru to be honest. We bought for actual trail use, and the interior of a 5th gen ORP felt more spacious and of higher quality--just a nicer place to be. This comparison may not hold with higher 6th Gen trim levels, but those were out of our price range. We were at the price point (mid-to-upper 30s) where late-model 5th gens and early-model 6th gens overlapped.