rev up your engines today I'm gonna show how the later model toyota 4runners
are the best SUVs for your money now there are a far cry from the early
forerunner the early forerunner 1984 had a whopping 110 horsepower 4-cylinder
engine with a carburetor on their small Toyota pickup that the added seats in
the back that's pretty much what it was they were very reliable but they rode
like pickup trucks they were clunky they didn't have much horsepower check it out
got a big v6 engine with 270 horsepower and big upping from the hundred and
ten at the original one had and of course it's fuel-injected
and if you got an original 4 runner with an automatic transmission than that
four-cylinder they were dogs they couldn't get out of the wrong way but
this thing it's got a very reliable five-speed automatic transmission even
has the manual shifting if you want with the improvement of modern computer
control transmissions and this big 270 horsepower v6 engine this thing's got
plenty of power with an automatic it's got the bulletproof Toyota v6 engine
with timing chain no timing belts to mess with and there's a differential in
the back you like rear-wheel drive vehicles classic driving this is for you
basically it's a nice large SUV built on a truck chassis solid rear-wheel drive
now you can get these things in all-wheel drive my customer didn't want
to show the extra ponies out for all-wheel drive you don't really need it
here in Houston Texas but if you're an off-roader of course you go for
all-wheel drive now of course you're not giving these things away but that's who
I buy nice things use can be great if you can find one this thing was over 40k
new and my customer picked it up for like $15,000 it was a one owner training
at a Ford dealer smart move by Toyota had a Ford dealer
they can't tell you how great they are cuz they have to see the Fords are great
so not a bad idea and check out the interior this baby is luxurious it's got the
leather seats sunroof lot of room in the back and of course in
the trunk look at all that's nice room galore in a
cars the back seats fall down if you want to have a whole bunch of room for
carry and stuff toss it down a nice trailer hitch so you can tow stuff and
it's got the obligatory roof rack which in this case is chrome-plated but this
is the only part I find funny it says sr5 years ago I had a Toyota
Corolla sr5 and he sr5 meant something the matter it
was sporty it had a five-speed standard transmission now in this case it's got an
automatic transmission so I think it's kind of silliness they put sr5 on the
back names don't always mean what they used to mean I guessed right I just like
the name sr5 and they knew they had Americans they don't want to drive a
standard transmission luxury SUV so they kept the name but not the transmission
now even though it's a 2011 it does have electric power steering all the bells
and whistles so gets the best gas mind you're gonna get out of some big thing
like this this particular one it gets about 23 miles a gallon on the highway
it's pretty good for our traditional rear-wheel drive big old truck vehicle
it is 270 horsepower and let's face it oil is legendary reliability I had
customers with 4runners at over 500 thousand miles on them and when you
compare the looks to this time the old 84 4runner you think they came from
different universes of course it's got four-wheel disc just in the front disc
in the back the old one had drums in the back it's got all the bells and whistles
a modern car this one even has heated seats in the front you can turn up or
down whatever eat you want because really if you've ever had leather seats
in the car and it's called outside those leather seats you call the heat it
really comes in handy that it's got great range for an SUV this one ago over
400 miles on a fill-up it's got chrome-plated door handles not
those horrible painted ones where the paint chips off these look a lot snasser
just like my wife's Lexus or with their legendary Toyota I
building these things out lasts just about every SUV out there don't even
waste your time comparing it to say a GM or Chrysler SUV these things the last
three four five times is wrong and as I said if you want to buy the
four-wheel-drive version you're actually decent off-road vehicles and they sure
ride a lot better than the old forerunners they were like buckets going
down the road but this thing it can do both you can have a nice ride in the
city and if you get a four-wheel-drive one all right you can tag it offroad
all my Customers with these things none of them ever took them off road it's too
nice of a vehicle to take off road and get it off ruined with mud and rocks
knocking holes in things most people will buy a beater if you want a toy for
offroad I go by old 80s or early 90s 4runner use that but for an everyday
luxury SUV you really can't beat this 2011 4 runner sr5 got a lot of luxury
but it's got Toyota reliability and alloys get you where you want to go and
it's not really a giant gas hog on a highway, so if you never want to miss
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