rev up your engines, today I'm gonna talk about why you might consider buying a
Toyota Highlander as SUVs become more and more popular you're looking for when
it's gonna last a long time you really can't beat a Toyota Highlander by the
customers one that's got four hundred and fifty thousand miles nine original
engine original transmission, the thing still runs like a clock it really does
matter what engine you get in it this one's got the four banger if you want
more power you can get the v6 let's say you want to put a hitch and toast off
I'd advise getting the v6 then versus divorce under if you're gonna do towing
but for normal driving the four cylinders got plenty enough power got
185 horsepower that's plenty enough to get this SUV going wherever you want to
go and it gets pretty good gas mileage on the highway and see there lots of
room inside got a big back in this case this one set up for its dogs they're
going on vacation they throw their dogs in the back and at least the dogs with
one two three four and five windows they can highlanders are notorious
for taking abuse and just keep rolling down the road as you can see this one's
become a receptacle for a bunch of high flying birds still goes perfectly fine
and with the back open you can really see the kind of space this thing has
threw me you can carry a lot of cargo with a tour if you want but the main
aspect of the Highlander is Toyota reliability my costumers with them if
they ever do get another one cuz the old one finally wears out with half a
million miles on it and they go buy another one
this is this customer's second and since he's now retired he claims it's gonna be
his last car it's very well could be he's not putting the mileage on it like
he used to this thing six years all but it's only got 34,000 miles so I wouldn't
be surprised if the car unless them and of course they come with all the bells
and whistles computer stuff like all the modern cars do and it sits up high
enough you have to worry about speed bumps you can go through a reasonable
amount of water if there's flooding going on it's not an insanely high
vehicle but you vehicle that's a little bit higher up in
here check one of these out and if you want third row seating that's available
on these two a lot of people I say to me Scotty I want something with third row
seating I bought some GM stop it was junk it
just fell apart what can I buy I tell them to buy Highlander the ones that
listen to me boy they're always thanking me not sure
they're not giving these things away that's why it's a very good idea to buy
one used we're not talking about something like a Chrysler vehicle that
when it's used it's generally falling apart is gonna be an endless money pit
the Toyotas can last so long that there's nothing wrong with buying a used
one say this thing's gonna last 400,000 miles maybe it's only got a hundred
thousand on now you're gonna get a good price with a hundred times Mouse if you
use your head just don't pay whatever somebody's asking if you buy one with a
hundred thousand miles on it say it goes for hundred thousand miles that means
it's only used up 25 percent of its lifespan and if you only have to pay say
thirty or forty percent of what the original sticker price was you're making
out like a gangbuster and in a case of this 4 cylinder there's all kinds of
room if you do your own maintenance it's easy to do it's not crowded in here
there's a lot of working room of course being a child he probably would have too
much work out I mean the major things of the older ones were you had to change
the timing belts every hundred thousand miles or so but for ages they use timing
change in these things now so odds are you're gonna buy one it's gonna have a
timing chain as long as you change your oil frequently the change generally
lasts just as long as the engines do I really let's face the facts
these midsize SUVs they all look pretty much the same I have a heck of a time
myself these days trying to figure out if this is a Toyota is that a Jaguar SUV they
even make Porsche to me they all pretty much look the same they
got pretty similar styles know what I like about this one even at six years
old it's got the old-style grill doesn't have that horrible scowl that they all
seem to be just falling in love with with cars these days it's just these
things have so much room I even have one customer he lives in his he travels all
over the country sleep, he's got a refrigerator he's got all kinds of stuff
power inverter hooked up watch his flat screen TV and under he wants all my customers
love their highlanders well except for one and the problem with that was he bought
it used from a car rental place and it turns out it invented a gigantic wreck
and they didn't tell them about it because a lot of these car rental
companies they're self-insured so if you go through the record there might not be
any record of the thing being totaled and put back together again
because they do it in-house another reason not to buy a used car from a car
rental agency if you're worried about that hack just buy a brand new one
my son was looking for a toyota and i started looking around for a nice shoes
on for I finally said I did forget it I'm just gonna buy a brand new one cuz
I'm gonna keep the thing for twenty thirty years or more what the heck I'm
gonna get my money's worth out of it so I don't care and you just went out and
bought a brand new one but out Scotty hey I'm cheap I still would buy a used
one personally I just hate wasting money and if you hate wasting money on a
vehicle get yourself one of these Islanders once you buy it you're not
gonna have to worry about much for quite some time so now you know if you're
looking for a pretty much indestructible SUV they can carry a lot of people and
be fun to drive you really can't go wrong with a Toyota Highlander, so if you
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