Hidatsu!
If you’ve never watched these top gear episodes on killing a Toyota Hilux you should ....lol
You can't kill them!! LOL.
Nope, I sold my 86 4 runner with 280K miles on it to but my son a Tacoma when he turned 16, it was a sad day for me
TRD 4Runner all day.
Between me and family, we've had at least four Toyos with well north of 150k that still ran like new. My daily driver is an 08 FJ Cruiser (same platform/mechanicals as a 4 Runner) and it has about 158k and the only thing that doesn't work is the power door lock. My only repair was an alternator a couple months ago. My old Cherokee acted like it wanted to die at about 95k.
Jeep went to **** when they stopped building the 4.0 Straight 6. I love my 99TJ but I wouldn't drive a newer jeep vehicle if it were given to me. Id love to get my hands on a 4.0 square body Cherokee.
Toyota is all I drive , I’ve purchased 6 brand new cars in my life (most of the time I’ve had a company vehicle) and out of those 6 new cars 3 were Tacoma’s , 3 were 4Runners only one of those vehicles ever went in for service a service call and it was a 1996 Tacoma 2wheel drive (I was to poor for the 4X4). Only one of those new cars is in the picture above. There is one thing that pisses me off about Toyota and that’s that they won’t bring a diesel to the states, the rest of the world gets diesels we don’t and they have little desire to offer one in the U.S.
There is a place in the states that will install a new Toyota diesel into a new Toyota truck, but damn take a look at the costs of conversion ....Holy Moly! I’d like one but not at an additional 25-30k cost
http://dieseltoys.com/tacoma-diesel-conversions
Toy O Ta all the way!
Had 9-10 Jeeps in my family since '92, most of them grands; still got a handful (but none of the new body style grands). When working they are such a great vehicle...best of all worlds...power, comfort, commuter, and off-road better than most (SRT-excluded).
But they just break; especially after 5yrs old...lots of things need fixing; especially when they get over 100k...Dad had 3 of them that never gave him much trouble but his were all hwy miles; one '95 model Limited had 250k on it when he sold it and nothing but oil changes required! That's what made me think they were so reliable. But the ones I've owned have been love-hate...great vehicles, not near as reliable as Toyota.
For Jeeps, I look at them like cats...nobody should own one unless they know all the caveats and are prepared to accept them. For a new one under warranty, no problem, let all the soccer moms drive them until 100k...but then watch out if you are not knowledgeable and technical about cars in general and haven't owned a Jeep before. If you want trouble-free after 5yrs, get the Toyota.
It's a Jeep thang, you wouldn't understand.
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