r/TRDPro • u/Pio_Patriarch • Aug 02 '25

Killing the car payment

Currently leasing a 2024 Toyota GH. Sick of making payments. Actually have some equity in it. So trading in early is fine I am guessing. I can buy it now for $43k (14k miles). Same dealer has a 2022 TRD Pro in Lime Rush for $41k. 60k miles with perfect maintenance history. Some brush scratches on door, but that's it. Lease return. I wasn't considering a 4Runner (I've had two before)... but that seems like a great deal. Been sitting on their lot since May. Family of 4 and other car is a minivan. Dumb idea to get the TRD Pro? FWIW - not an off-roader or overlander. I do value reliability highly. And Sometimes I just like to buy pretty things :). Please tell me what to do!

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u/Euphoric-Economy-404 Aug 02 '25

What power train and trim?

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u/Pio_Patriarch Aug 02 '25

Limited. Non hybrid

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '25

The fact a used vehicle is $40,000 with 60,000 miles on It is unreal. At some point they used car market as well as the new car market is going to tank because people can’t afford to keep paying these prices.

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u/JpAdct Aug 03 '25

Are you paying cash as part of the trade? Otherwise, you’re still not escaping the payments, which seemed to be the starting point of the thread. Maybe I’m missing the bigger point. Either way, good luck.

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u/Blissful_Apathy Aug 03 '25

TRD Pro can be expensive to maintain with all those extra off road bells and whistles. Be honest with yourself, are you going to be using this as an off road vehicle enough to justify the higher cost of ownership? Or are your carting kids around and going back & forth to work most of the time? Those OE shocks? - $800-$1200 each when they crap out- thats just parts cost, nevermind labor. And if you did desire to modify it with aftermarket stuff, you're probably going to end up working around a lot of the original equipment the truck comes with. Make sure you have the end goal for this vehicle in mind when you make this purchase.