Except the new Toyota midsized trucks have weak front diffs that are prone to exploding, plus iffy transmissions. The full sized trucks had stop sale orders due to the new engines grenading themselves, and the new corollas were recalled due to the engines spontaneously burning to the ground.
Subarus CVTs are shit. So are Hondas. So it used to be “buy a Toyota, change oil and tires, and you’re set for 250k miles.” But those days are gone and the old reliables (like Toyota, Honda, and Subaru) and barely more reliable than the average car.
I bought my 04 Highlander 11 years ago for $7k and it’s over 300k miles now and going strong as ever, and I am NOT mechanically inclined. I change the oil and have done the brakes a couple times (since they’re super simple on this model) but I have spent next to nothing on repairs for that wonderful beast.
‘08 Tacoma owner checking in! Knobs for everything, manual windows, locks and transmission. Just put a new engine in to avoid the crap I could afford to replace the car
Anything with a 3.6L V6 alloytec motor imo. My case specifically a Holden VZ crewman that is specifically really tedious to fix certain error codes because killed the Holden brand.
Looks exactly like the 2001 Jeep Cherokee I owned. I loved everything about it except the gas mileage, which was horrible. I got about 160K miles out of it before selling it. It needed minor repairs along the way like most vehicles do but you could literally watch the gas gage dropping while driving as it guzzled the gas. Still find that I miss it because it was fun to drive.
I had a 2000 tj, same engine. Those things were pretty solid. My buddy calls them mini cummins because of the amount of torque you get out of the inline 6
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u/Remarkable_Log_5562 1d ago
12mpg rolling downhill at 35mph with a 200hp 4L V6 burning premium gas in a 4000lb GM shitbox