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I got rid of my Outback before that I had a Legacy GT 5spd. Don’t miss the OB one bit. The OB was my daily and typically road trip rig. I had a 2007 Sequoia which I used to haul 5+ people and took on occasional road trips when space / capacity was needed 15mpg 🤮. I had a cherry J80 (11mpg) when...

I have a inherited 2006 SLK350. I’ll say its been decently fun and fairly easy to keep. Faster than the Miata but definitely does not corner like the Miata with the Cast Iron 3.5 lump up front. The newer version with the lighter turbo 4 is probably better in the twistys. But as a fun road trip...

Former Outback guy here. I drive a heavy tow pack Ford Expedition today. Way WAY more capable than the Outback in every way. I get a solid 2mpg less all around average than my Outback did. But I got 400hp, true 4x4, 9200lb max tow and 1700lbs payload. Way better build quality also. My buddies...

LoL just had a thought. Toyota will probably use tow hooks to differentiate between the 4 runner and the LC😆😆. You want tow hooks? Oh you need the LC then 🤦‍♂️😆

Braking ability on heavy Tacoma’s is most definitely an issue that prior posters have direct experience with and the biggest reason other than lousy power and range they went to a bigger vehicle. You add weight to any vehicle you increase the friction ie traction capacity of the tires. Add...

2.7 is rumored to be an option in the 24 redesign Ranger. The 2.3 is pretty decent but the 2.7 is s totally different beast

I ran Subarus till 2019. I have two kids we got too heavy for the OB with gear and growing kids. Suspension height with two kids, two adults and camping gear, bikes occasionally was more like 4 inches. Subarus only have 8+ inches when empty👍My brother has three kids and his Highlander is...

I sold my mint J80 into that market. Its “value” still didn’t cover the cost of rebuilding the front axle seals, doing old vehicle maintenance on it etc. That value is all just hype and fan boy driven. Its no different than the COVID pricing surge on you name it junk. Again people who buy these...

Lol You can ask any price you want. Doesn’t mean buyers are paying that. House up the street sold for 900k less than the asking price but the asking price was over 1 mill more than any comparable sold price in the area 😆. Asking prices are just fantasy. Actual transaction money is the reality

I don’t think so… Ever drive 300,000 mile trucks? They are all one loose bolt, worn bearing away from the scrap heap including the Toyotas unless they get a fresh factory crate engine and fresh suspension every 300-350k like taxis do. Crazy I just rode home in a first gen green Ford hybrid...

Tuned Ranger would be nuts

Anyone who buys a vehicle with any sort of resale justification isn’t a financially wealthy person. Vehicles are a cost center not a profit center. Any consumer vehicle with 300,000 miles on it is basically scrap metal. If its still running reliably at that point the owner is just winning the...

Don’t advertise it Lithia will be buying that dealer soon enough 😆

Actually my cousin still daily drives his mid 90’s explorer. It has like 360,000 on it. It has been very low cost to run compared to my 93 J80 so theres that. People who buy expensive cars tend to keep them better serviced than people that buy less expensive vehicles. So yes you tend to see far...

You do realize Toyota is the largest store front owned brand in the Lithia Auto group which dominates most of the western US to the Mississippi. By far the worst offender for dealer markups. So much so every earnings report lists and brags about the average sale price over MSRP per unit. If...

GM and Ford both have solid 2.7s. Rangers might get it. Its a work truck engine. You want fast? Go 3L Ranger Raptor. The 3L ford motor is their high strung version of the 2.7

Dealers will also hide stock and meter them out to drive the markups. Lithia created the game

V8’s are done for anything thats not a heavy utility truck. Auto makers have actually stopped engine design. The current engines will be tweaked, perfected and down sized. Not to mention weight. The 2.3 is petty damn stout and way more low grunt than the old 90’s little v8’s. I replaced my...

Cooling capacity is today’s biggest challenge not power. They can extract huge power from small power plants but surface area to shed heat has physical limitations especially in smaller vehicles. This new version of a 4runner err LC would look pretty ugly with a grill the size of a MAC truck for...

Parts availability and ease of fixing stuff. Thats definitely becoming less of a thing with Toyota and the 80’s have gotten challenging to find OEM parts that’s been a factor for a few yrs already. GM is huge with remote types and farmer’s because you can pretty much get any part you need in...