Hello, Wife and myself have a 2005 Toyota 4Runner 4WD 4.7L-V8. It has 147,xxx miles. We've had it for 3+ years and it's paid for 😊 . Besides full suspension rebuild, CV axles, front wheel bearings, brakes and routine maintenance, haven't put a ton of money into it. It has some upcoming needed maintenance/repairs that are on the costly side. It needs the timing belt service. I checked under the covers and the belt is starting to show it's age. Secondly, the right exhaust manifold has a tick/leak and downstream cats are showing their age as well. Thinking about doing the right manifold (primary catalyst integrated) and removing secondary cats with a custom SS y-pipe. I should mention I have a close friend that's a professional car mechanic that teach/do the repairs for his hourly rate instead of local shop fees. I want to be realistic however, are these repairs worth doing and then keeping the truck or is it time to let it go and get something with less rust and a bit newer? Thank you!
If it's basically solid I'd do the needed maintenance and keep it. (I really dislike overpriced newer vehicles with their crazy and largely unnecessary high level of technology that will cost a fortune to repair.)
Better to keep the car you know , especially since you seem to have no major issues.
Here are your choices: keep what you have and maintain it or go $40,000 in debt to get something new that will be less reliable than what you already have. Seems like an easy choice to me. Keep it.
