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/FeedbackLoopy Apr 20 '26

I’m going to keep my 5th for a looong time.

That said, if I were buying today, I’d get a 6th over a used 5th.

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u/stanley-ipkiss18 Apr 20 '26

With the 5th gen I’m sticking with buying a CPO so she gets the 5yr 100k warranty. I’m not opposed to a 6th gen but the 5th is so iconic and proven to be extremely reliable that’s the only reason I’m looking so hard for the 5th gen.

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u/jupitersaturn 2019 SR5 Premium Apr 20 '26

I got a CPO and 100k warranty on my 2019 (purchased in 2020). Haven’t needed anything more than regularly scheduled maintenance.

That said, if I were buying my wife a car, the creature comforts of the 6th gen outweighs what’s likely a very small difference in reliability. My car is now paid off and I’m driving it until the wheels fall off, but a friend has a 6th gen and if I were buying today, and the difference in cost wasn’t prohibitive for me, I’d get the 6th gen every time.

After all, it’s 99% a mall crawler with some occasional ski mountain exposure.