Pretty much the case with every generation car compared to its predecessors.
For instance, look at Accord 2 generations ago and current Civic.
Off topic but how the fuck has the Highlander gotten so big? When I rented it in 2005 it was the size of today's Rav4. Now it's the size of a 4Runner.
Gets like 2 mpg, same as the path finder. Right now btw the 2012 Pathfinder is going for a song, it's much cheaper than I've ever seen on a new pilot or highlander. I'd personally look at one at the moment, even though it does require premium and does get damned horrendous mileage.
What generation Pilot, what generation Highlander? Mileage?
I own a 2006 Highlander. And I enjoy driving it.
A truck platform, separate body frame is out of question, also out of question is Nissan, had two Nissans, still own one, long term reliability is horrible...
Since both of those "SUVs" are unibody I'd go with neither just for that reason. An SUV should have a frame darnit
Yeah when I think of rusty vehicles highlander sure isn't on the list. It withstands rust belt living very well. So does the highlander, fwiw. :awe:Highlander...
We bought one in 2003 before the third row seating was even an option. V6 2wd. loved everything about it. It now has 112000 miles on it and still runs just fine. Its my daily driver. Last year we needed another car and looked at both the pilot AWD and the Highlander AWD and ended up with the highlander for a few reasons
They seem to hold up really well bodywise. In Massachusetts we see alot of salt on the roads and there is still no rust on the old one and I haven't been too good about washing it in the past few years.
They tow well. We've had two campers and two different boats and there is no problem towing. We did get the AWD as some of the boat ramps get slippery towards the fall. With the new Highlander we haven't slipped once with the boat. We went camping to New Hampshire and barely noticed the camper was behind us even on some of the steeper grades. And actually with the older 2WD it was okay too. Just some slipping with older tires
Mechanically they hold up well. We dealer service them. We only had one major repair to an emissions sensor. The cost of the sensor wasn't bad but it was stuck in the exhaust header on the backside of the engine so they had to remove it and replace the header
but the dealer went out of his way to warranty it for us.
With the third row seating down the cargo space in the new one is actually the same as the old one. The pilot seemed smaller for some reason
We liked the body style of the new higlander. Last year when we were looking the Pilot stayle hadn't changed for some time but that may have changed. The limited highlander has larger wheels and tires and just looks better.
They ride really well. When we went to the toyota dealer we were set on getting a forerunner but after driving both we went with the highlander. It was much more comfortable on the road and mild off-road too
We've driven it to Florida and never felt cramped for space.
If you get one the only downfall so far is it is very hard not to speed in it. I thought it was just me as I like to drive fast anyways but my wife had a ticket within the first month of buying it. I've had a few warnings myself.
To be fair I might be less bias if we didn't have such good luck with our 2003 highlander
tell that to the venerable Jeep Cherokee.
My bad. I always thought the XJ was a body on frame SUV.
Honestly a minivan would be better for OP's needs anyway. Larger, cheaper, more efficient on gas.congratulations on your new minivan :thumbsup:
Honestly a minivan would be better for OP's needs anyway. Larger, cheaper, more efficient on gas.
I just looked up pictures of both 2013 models and damn, they are both hideous. WTF is going on with car designs lately...
When next gen comes out they will heavily discount the prior, but it looks like the next highlander gen will be a 2014 model year... scant little online about it frankly. Like with the rav4 I find plenty of articles from different dates that are conflicting.Drove one today, later found out it was SE, I wanted to drive limited, it's wheels are 2 inch bigger. Wonder how much difference it would make.
Dimwit sales person, showed me about 5 different ones, confused the hell out of me, I told him I wanted Limited but still somehow he managed to make me test drive a SE. later realized that I told him that I did not want Navigation and he could not find one without nearby...
Want to wait for 2013, hopefully I can get a good deal on a 12 at that time... thoughts?
Drove one today, later found out it was SE, I wanted to drive limited, it's wheels are 2 inch bigger. Wonder how much difference it would make.
Dimwit sales person, showed me about 5 different ones, confused the hell out of me, I told him I wanted Limited but still somehow he managed to make me test drive a SE. later realized that I told him that I did not want Navigation and he could not find one without nearby...
Want to wait for 2013, hopefully I can get a good deal on a 12 at that time... thoughts?