Alabama thread!

Amen!! I am blessed as well. Living it up to the fullest. Once the kids are off on their own adventures then ill put money in the savings accounts lol. Me and the wife are gunna do some fun trips at that point to.

 

Whats crazy is how much cheaper the Sequoia is over the tundra. Its the same thing without a bed. And its coil sprung so its more comfy. They are almost identical from the rear doors forward. And you can get a 2012 4x4 platinum with 85k miles for $18-22k. Show me where you can get a tundra for that.

 

less market for a sequoia.

 

A legitimate concern. The only thing that took a crap after this trip was my starter due to water intrusion and corrosion. Took it apart and wire wheeled the contacts and it was good to go. The 3ft mud hole I accidentally went through during that trip certainly didn’t help either I wouldn’t imagine

 

The Sequoia is a very nice vehicle. My parents owned one with the i-force v8 in it, and let me tell you, it was a torque monster! They have since moved on to finer vehicles, Lexus.

 

Sounds like you could put together an emergency fund pretty easily though.

 

Yea i went through a deep water pit/mud hole a couple of years ago and my alternator got destroyed. Had to be replaced.

 

my mom had one when I was like 16 and she let me drive it to the store. first non 4cyl vehicle I had ever driven and I can confirm torque monster. that thing would roast the tires lol

 

well, Amy picked the 4runner she wants. she's always loved this color on the Rav4

 

haha! a new T4R will occur for us at some point, we want to be in a new house that has a garage to park it in though

 

They've got to eventually release the next gen 4 runner.

I'm really curious on what they do and when they'll do it since this one has been out forever.

 

yeah didn't this generation start like 2009-2010 sometime? granted, I believe they've made a lot of cosmetic changes to it over the whole timeframe sort of like the Gen 2.5 Tacoma.

if it ain't broke...don't fix it lol. the 4runner is just too good. I'd hate to see them ruin it like they did going to the 3rd gen Taco

 

Ooof sounds like a headache. My biggest issue with water crossings/mud or going fast through mud puddles have been my idler pulleys. I replaced the same idler pulley 3 times in the span of 6 months... super annoying to do with the extra belt that i have to remove before im able to remove the serpentine belt

 

lol, anyways.

I'm not a fan of the interior of the 4runner is my biggest complaint, and though it's minuscule it should be able to get better MPG than say V8 offerings from GM and Ford.
Now someone will say those two companies are crap, but my point still remains, a V8 bigger Tahoe and Suburban should not get same or better MPG than a V6 4runner.

 

I'll take low mpg for high reliability, Alex.

What is Toyota 4Runner? Ding ding ding!

 

i "think" meaning pure speculation without looking into the details that percentage of sales vs issues is probably similar.

Which means as a total number issues are probably higher on the domestic brands, but percentage wise it's probably somewhat equal.
All vehicles will have recalls and such through their lifespan.

 

only thing I wish they'd do is put the v8 back in them.

 

My brother has a 4th gen 4Runner V8 with a flowmaster exhaust...that thing is baaaaaad

 

I know that all too well