Toyota Sequoia all the way!
Posted By: I love it! on 2006-03-13
In Reply to: SUV shopping - need opinions
My DH is a Toyota salesman and I have had ALOT of cars and SUVs, but this is my absolute fav!! It is the only car I have ever driven more than one year!
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TOYOTA 4RUNNER IS THE BEST!
I have owned two Toyota 4Runners and they are absolutely the most dependable SUV I have ever owned. You cannot go wrong with a Toyota of any kind!
Toyota 4Runner! LOVE it! (sm)
It's a '97, & got it used a few years ago. Had Ford trucks in the past, but didn't like the crummy way they steered. Also had a GMC... it was a good truck but I was ready for an SUV that was slightly smaller. Found the 4Runner on the Web, along with a few others in the vicinity I wanted to look at. Ran Car-Faxes on them ahead of time, and as soon as I drove this one, I was sold. I did my homework and read forums on 4Runners, and almost everyone said their 'Yoda's just kept on going.... "hardly had to do anything but change oil & tires". Well, that may be an exaggeration, but I'm finding it's pretty close to the truth for me. The only complaints some people have is the stiff, trucklike ride (it IS a truck after all, built on a truck frame), but that's what I wanted... wanted a feel for the road and didn't want a mooshy car-like suspension. It has 4-wheel-drive which is sure handy in the mountains. The 6-cylinder engine has plenty of power. It carries all my stuff, and/or all my friends. With a 4-speed automatic transmission & overdrive, I think the gas mileage is quite good for a mid-size, 4WD SUV. A neighbor just got the Toyota Sequoia... fine for a really big family, but they have just one kid, and can hardly squeeze it into our narrow carports. Another neighbor has the newer 4Runner, which is smaller than the Sequoia but a bit larger than my '97. I still think mine is JUST the right size.
What do I dislike? Hmmm.... not much. I wish the display & buttons on the radio lit up so I could see them at night. There is also a rather large blind spot caused by the driver's side windshield post, though part of this in my case is caused by a plastic rain-deflector. STILL, I've found I have to be a little extra-vigilant about watching out for pedestrians in parking lots, etc. I also wish the car-alarm had a cut-off switch inside, for those times when you set it off by mistake. And since I drive on wet, snowy, salted or sanded roads in the mountains when I ski, another plus would be a larger window-washer reservoir.
But of course those are all minor things. I love the quality and solidness of it, the design (Toyota vehicles, especially the 4Runner, seem to be timeless in their design, and never look outdated.) I like its dependability and its ruggedness. The other night while driving home from skiing, I hit the Mother-of-all-Potholes on the freeway. It was a severe enough jolt that if I had been driving a car, or even a smaller SUV, there probably would have been damage to the front end, or at least the tire & rim. But my 'Yoda has nice big truck tires & rims on it, and although the hole was large enough that I actually came close to losing control of the car, later when I inspected it, the wheel was still intact.
Also, even with the back seats in place and not folded down, the cargo area in the back is huge.... much larger than many of the so-called luxury SUV's like the BMW, Lexus or Mercedes.
A used Toyota 4Runner cost me considerably more to buy than another brand, such as a Jimmy, a Jeep, or an Explorer, but I feel it's already practically paid for itself in the amount of money I've saved on repairs. I don't neglect it, of course, and do take it in for all its oil changes and scheduled maintenance. But when I do, they rarely find anything that needs repairing or replacing. I've had 4 pickup trucks, a station wagon, and a sedan, and my 4Runner is by far the BEST vehicle I have ever owned.
I am a Toyota girl!!! Forever!
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I LOVE my Toyota Corolla
We have both 2005 & 2006 models. It is priced reasonably, has excellent gas mileage, rides very smoothly & comfortably- I'm hooked! I think we will be loyal Corolla customers for many years to come. (Plus, I hear they will be coming out with a hybrid model!)
PS- it is funny because our neighbor just asked us the other day if we have a family member who works for Toyota because everyone that comes to our house, also has some kind of Toyota truck or car! 
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Will last forever, body will fall off before the engine ever quits.
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chances are--you aren't really. Girl don't feel guilty...go on and work for who makes you happy!
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