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The Toyota cars (5 of them) have been fine. My 2 Toyota trucks, really SUCKED big time. The last one, a 2003 Tundra, rusted right THROUGH the frame. They said I was too late to get into the recall on it, so I took a $3000 bath on a trade in for my wife's RAV-4. My Chevrolet trucks are doing great and getting better gas mileage than the Toyotas. I guess its a big "crap shoot".
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Hey PPG, you should be able to fit your drums in there no problem! Congrats.
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My last Jeep was a 92 Cherokee 4.0L, had 419,000 miles on it when I got rid of it, needed a brake job, and not long on the clutch, but otherwise running good. My wife had a 2008 Grand Cherokee that was riddled with issues from the time she bought it. Had too many bells and whistles, and twice the price of the 92, not half the vehicle though.
I went the way of Toyota on my last vehicle, bought a used Tacoma with 100,000 miles on it, have since put another 100,000 on it. I get the feeling it will be around for quite some time. |
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While I certainly have no regrets about going with Toyota, if I were in the market again, I'd give a more focused look at both Korean companies. Their 100,000 mile/10-year warranties are still outstanding and, frankly, I find both have some really nice styling cues, that being subjective, of course. The Korean companies learned their lessons very quickly. Color me impressed!
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My ‘94 Corolla has over 210,000 miles on it and still runs like a champ. Always kept up with routine maintenance, never had any problems.
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I have the little brother to your Sequoia, a 2013 Highlander. Great vehicle, bought it used as our primary dog hauler (we have an Aussie that likes to go with us).
I'm actually a Honda guy, and needed to replace my beloved '04 Pilot because it was getting up there. Planned to buy a slightly used late-model Pilot, but they are scarce up here in the High Rockies. Seems like Toyota outsells Honda up here 10 to 1, not sure why that is. So I found this Highlander. Same difference. I call it my Honda Highlander or my Toyota Pilot. They're the same vehicle, pretty much. And I sold my Pilot to the guy across the road, and he loves it as much as I did. Takes good care of it. And the Highlander has been bulletproof for the two years I've had it, as expected. Great vehicle.
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It's a crap shoot. I had one that was nothing but trouble. Bought it new and took great care of it. Total lemon.
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Could I ask what the vechicle's average MPG is?
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The thing is, I really love the way a lot of Chrysler products look on the surface. I loved the 300's, Magnums, and the 4-door Wranglers, but I'll buy one again. |
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I have a good friend who is a used car buyer and he's warned me several times to ditch it because he's seeing a lot of them come up with transaxle problems. This year we had electrical problems with it and I'm hoping that my wife finally smells the coffee. Now is the time to sell to get any kind of return toward a trade. Not to bash Ford, but like others here I'm also soured on US made cars after having dealt with many lemons. I've had several GMs with header problems, electrical problems, cooling system problems, transmission problems and basically I'm done with them. That being said, I'm satisfied with my Honda but it's a minivan and I'm ready to move out of the "kid carrier" phase. When it goes I'm thinking of replacing it with a used Tacoma.
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Ford Matrix? Not familiar with that model...
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Sorry, Ford Edge. They completely redesigned the CX-9 the following year (2016.)
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Got it - I'd forgotten about the Edge, and the only Matrix I knew was a Toyota.
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I recently traded my A4 Quattro for a new (bought new in Aug 2019) Hyundai Tucson Sport. It had 7 miles on it. We peeled the paper off. While it’s still early (we’re up to 7k miles now), so far, I’m loving it. It has everything I could want option wise. Drive great. Rides smoothly, is built extremely well, and, as mentioned, the warranty is a huge plus. It’s the standard 5 year/60k for bumper to bumper, 100k for drivetrain, BUT, our local Hyundai dealer provides a lifetime warranty on the drivetrain as long as we own it (and bought it from them of course). We still have an A4 but it will be given to my daughter soon. There may be another Hyundai on the horizon. And to think, I had ZERO respect for them initially. They’ve come a LONNNNGGGG way. Here’s a pic of the A4 I traded. And the new Hyundai.
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