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Did I buy a chick vehicle?

Discussion in '5th Gen 4Runners (2010-2024)' started by MountainMan, Oct 22, 2020.

  1. Nov 9, 2020 at 12:17 PM
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    edgesalon

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    i see women & men driving Runners in my area SoCali. most modded ones are men & stock ones are women but i have seen couple of nicely modded runners that women where driving them.
    my Daughter is learning how to drive in the our 4runner. if you see us on the road don't way she learning to dive :-0
     
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  2. Jan 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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    Now days if you say something is chick mobile or dude-mobile or any other gender mobile someone will get offended and report you to HR. That's what happened to me for saying Mazda Miata was g-mobile. This a-h-ole reported me to HR. Nevertheless, I like the fact that 4Runners are driven by beautiful young women who you can strike up a conversation with. :p
     
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  3. Jan 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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    semprenissart

    semprenissart Mèfi

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    Around where I live, I see a LOT of girls driving 4Runners. Most of the time an SR5 or OR/ORP on 285s that look too clean to see dirt. They use it because they like the look of it or they do a really good job at cleaning their truck (although I personally know a girl that off-road hers, but she doesn’t clean it all the time).

    I also know a few girls with jeep wranglers that don’t even know how to engage 4wd (probably for the best)
     
  4. Jan 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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  5. Jan 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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    So the ho runner is actually more of a truck than a Tacoma (fully boxed frame on a 4Runner) vs flimsy weak c channel frame on Tacoma and obviously better in other ways as well 4way disc brakes vs drum and coil rear vs leaf springs etc but here in SoCal and Utah and Colorado where I frequent a bit it’s mostly women driving 4Runners like 90 percent and the few dudes I see I notice they look like hipsters or IT guys definitely not a redneck looking guy who drives a 2500
     
  6. Jan 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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    As a red neck with a mullet that drives both a 2500 Duramax and a 2024 Off Road , I guess I am the total exception to your rule…
     
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  7. Feb 2, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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    Funny, I ended up with a 2021 Tundra 1794 Edition and a 2024 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited 4xe that I lifted and installed 35's on.

    I just took the Jeep on a 3000-mile road trip to AZ and back to WA. There is a practice among Wrangler drivers to wave to other Wranglers. It's fun and makes you really take note of other Jeep drivers. Almost all of the stock Wrangler drivers are women, but nearly all lifted Wranglers are driven by men. Most Jeep Gladiator pickup drivers don't wave and are evenly split between either men or women.

    I love my Jeep due to the capability, looks, and experience of driving it. I can go a lot more places than the 4Runner could go. I have way more mods for much cheaper than Toyota aftermarket parts.

    But, the Jeep gets horrible gas mileage, is slightly less comfy on the highway, and the electronics are glitchy. I'll probably move up to a Land Cruiser in a couple of years.

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  8. Feb 3, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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    Looks like you got pretty good taste and understanding of these rigs. What landcruiser are you eyeing in the near future?
     
  9. Feb 3, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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    glwood54 Stop making me buy stuff!

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    So the author of this thread bailed on 4Runners? That's funny.
     
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  10. Feb 3, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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    Indeed. Cant drive no chick vehicle.:angrygirl:

    My wife hardly drives mine. She prefers her Corolla SE and says the 4Runner feels like a tank. I think the mods help...
    Works for me. :rofl:

    Stock VS 2024 Mods.jpg
     
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  11. Feb 3, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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    Imdav2u

    Imdav2u Living and dying in three quarter time.

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    What's with the ducks? Nice looking rigs, I prefer the Tundra, it looks bad ass.
     
  12. Feb 3, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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    Thatbassguy

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    Ducks are a Jeep thing. I proposed turtles for 4Runners, but it hasn't really taken off. :D
     
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  13. Feb 3, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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    Imdav2u

    Imdav2u Living and dying in three quarter time.

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    I live in the most hated state in America
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    You go first, post a picture.
     
  14. Feb 3, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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    I went to the Toyota website and looked for the 'Male/Female/Unisex' filter, but I'm not seeing it.

    :rolleyes:
     
  15. Feb 3, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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    Dude. You need to ditch your girlfriend. (KIDDING!!)

    It's pretty much a 50/50 split of male/female 4Runner drivers in my area.
     
  16. Feb 3, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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    I'd support turtles!
     
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  17. Feb 3, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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    My daughter attended University of Tampa, both for her BSN and MSN. I was always amazed at the amount of crazy-expensive cars in the student parking garage, many with plates from Dubai and other UAE countries.
     
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  18. Feb 3, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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    Thatbassguy

    Thatbassguy New member? Really??

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    I'll have to take a picture after work. The first one wound up there as a joke, but then it ended up staying. Then, last year on a trip, one of the guys brought a bunch of little turtles as a joke.
     
  19. Feb 3, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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    I thought it was nice of him to joke-gift those to everyone. I’m not a duck guy, but it’s got a home in my otherwise useless cubby under the radio lol. I was half thinking of mounting it on a rock, turtled. Which seems to be my favorite way of getting stuck.

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    Back on topic, the 4runner isn’t a chick vehicle. Unless the only guy vehicle is a diesel Ram pickup. Then I guess by default it’s a chick vehicle. Then again, I’ve seen a lot of chicks in coal rollers too. Which is kinda hot, especially when they’re climbing in an out. What were we talking about?
     
  20. Feb 3, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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    Spaz...dude! Clean that poor 4Runner!
     
  21. Feb 3, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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    Soo someone should definitely contract some artwork of a turtle "turtled out" on a rock and get some stickers made.
    I'll take two.
     
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    That pic reminds me of a group of H1 owners on our Adopt-A-Trail. Every one (5) of them had to be winched through our gate keeper and several other rock gardens on the trail.
     
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    The dust is the only way I have to prove it’s not a chick vehicle :D;)

    Seriously though, this is like two days after a thorough detailing :laugh:
     
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    My husband wouldn't drive my Honda Element because he thought it was a "chick car."
     
  25. Feb 3, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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    She was two girlfriends ago, lol. Now she drives a Colorado ZR2. We're still friends.
     
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    I like the looks of the new ones on 35's...

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    Our group has a sticker guy. Hmmm...
     
  29. Feb 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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    Elements are pretty neat vehicles if you ask me, mostly because of what Honda did with the interior packaging. The exterior is another story, but they got better once they color matched the quarter panels.
     
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    I'm not yet a fan of the new Cruiser, but that one looks kinda-sorta not entirely bad.
     
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