Highlander??

So my wife had a 07 Tahoe now and it's just rolled 150k miles time for something new.... we really like the highlander and thinking of getting one. Just going to sell the Tahoe first..... are there any known issues with the highlander? Looking at a 12 or 13 model limited awd model.....

 

Yeah not a Tahoe for sure but the Mpg's are a lot better and Toyota reliability is better as well!!

 

Bought my wife a 2015 Highlander, loves it! I don't mind driving it either! Let me know if you have any questions about the vehicle!

 

My fiancées grandma has one, well over 100k on her Limited and it's not had a single problem.

It's in excellent shape for that many miles, too. It's still phenomenal, whereas my fiancées Trailblazer is a comparative piece of shit and both are of similar age/mileage.

 

That's good to know yeah we looked at the Chevy traverse but just don't want it to fall apart.... the Tahoe has some rattled and shakes and doesn't rally ride that good any more.

 

We went w/ the Acura RDX. Smaller than a highlander but it's also cheaper I think. Smooth as hell too. I like driving it..

 

The 2015 Highlander is my Wife's dream car. It's a very well engineered car. Excellent family mover. Wish they would put that much thought into the Tacoma.

 

Wouldn't recommend a Traverse. They're POS mobiles also.

 

Yeah it shows!! Thanks guys we've just got to find the color and options that she wants now!!

 

A co-worker has one, as well as one of her sisters. When I asked her about the Highlander, she said that her other sister owns a 4Runner, and wishes she had gotten the Highlander instead. We didn't go into a lot of details why, but she did say that it drove better than the 4Runner.

 

My wife has a 2016 Highlander XLE and it does everything better than my 2012 Tacoma sport except for towing and off-roading. I love my taco but I feel there is a night and day difference between ride quality, driver comfort, drivetrain/engine smoothness, and noise. I realize comparing the two is like comparing apples to oranges but the Highlander is a much better every day vehicle. The Tacoma is very rough around edges vehicle but it's DNA comes from a true warrior which is why I love it so much as continue to drive it every day with a smile on my face. Truthfully you have to figure what your true needs are. I love having both vehicles because the serve different purposes.

 

Definitely more reasearch, thought, engineering in the Highlander. It's obvious. There's a reason they're pricy I guess.

 

Lol yeah they are pricey.... I told my wife we could get her a new car and when she started looking at those I changed to slightly used lol

 

My wife has a 2016 XLE and she loves it. It is a fantastic family vehicle with the 3rd row, leather, moon roof. They also get pretty good mpg's.

 

We have narrowed it down and maybe getting a 14..... I'm gonna sell her Tahoe on cl listing it tonight. Hopefully it will get gone pretty quick.... we're up about 5k in the Tahoe so planning to put that down on the highlander and finance less than 30 to keep payments where we want them....gonna try for less than 50k miles hopefully!!

 

Sounds like a good plan. GL

 

So we sold the Tahoe going this weekend to look for a highlander. We've got a 15 xle that we're gonna go look at .

 

just as another data point. I have an '04 I bought new, now with about 115k on it.

I've not been as kind to it as most of my vehicles, cosmetically at least, because there were several years of difficult times that I pretty much ignored it. So the clearcoat is shot.

I've had to put on one set of brake pads, a few sets of tires, done a full TB service + valve cover gaskets, and the CD player has laid down now.

Other than that it drives/mpg's like it did new.

Oh yea. A taillight bulb burnt out once.

I like the smaller size of the early models. Which are now about the same as the new RAV4s. So you 'might' consider cross shopping them while you are a the dealer.

 

Got a 2016 limited awd grey mica didn't wanna spend that much but it's what the wife wanted and will be safe for her and my 6 month old for many years!!!

 

And got s steak all the same day