Three people I work for have 2012 Range Rovers, which I think was one of the last years of the older body style. I haven’t heard them complain much, although they’re still covered by the manufacturer’s warranty.

This race truck is cool, however, I have a feeling the new production Ridgeline will be a lot closer to a Honda Pilot with a small pickup truck bed instead of third row seats, or in other words not a real truck in terms of payload, towing capacity, and off-road ability. A “real truck” has body on frame construction,…

Completely unnecessary because a muscle car that has better traction to drive in the snow is just wrong, however, I know many people would buy one for the confidence inspired by having an “AWD” badge on their trunk lid.

Plus with the V8 that Land Cruiser easily has double the power and one and a half times the torque of this Mitsubishi.

The people selling these grey market imports are setting the price based on what it cost them to buy the car and get it here plus a profit of maybe a couple thousand dollars. The trouble is the price they come up with is usually astronomically high.

I once saw a McLaren 12C in Milwaukee, WI parked on the street next to a Chevy Cruze, in front of a $5 off the street private parking lot, and across from several of downtown Milwaukee’s most popular bars on a Saturday afternoon in June. I don’t think I would ever park my super car on the street in front of a bar on a…

Wagons are cool and there is enough demand for a 3-row 7 passenger crossover made by Lexus. All of this talk of sexiness at the expense of those two things seems a bit odd. And the reviews I’ve read about the RC coupe make it clear that the BMW M4 is the better car.

I went as The Stig for a Halloween house party 5 years ago, which now that I think of it that was the last time I dressed up for and celebrated Halloween. I borrowed a racing suit from my brother in law so the suit and helmet both had his name printed on them. I had everything right except for the tinted visor.…

2004 Toyota 4Runner SR5 V8 4WD, just broken in with 144,000 miles. I own one of these trucks, mine currently has 183,000 miles on it, requiring nothing in the way of unscheduled maintenance, just brakes, tires, oil changes etc. I’ve even abused it off-road several times.

Pretty sure they make a bumper sticker that says that first part, and I’ve seen it on a number of Toyota trucks.

Yes, I have seen the robotic cheese grater looking grille, and I actually prefer the look of the Land Cruiser.

The similarities between the Toyota Land Cruiser and Lexus LX series have always been great. They’re separated by only a couple thousand dollars in price, but in terms of the prestige of the brand The Lexus is definitely higher. Mechanically, they are nearly identical sharing engine and chassis components, but the…

Neutral: I drive a Toyota, and it has been recalled twice in the 4 years I’ve owned it. Once for unintended acceleration, where they trimmed down my accelerator pedal. I wasn’t very happy about that as it seems like a crude solution and I’ve considered installing an aftermarket or updated OEM electronic throttle pedal…

I could see maybe charging the guy $350-$500 or so, and not taking anywhere near 12 hours. In my mind, specialized off-road recovery equipment amounts to little more than an old Jeep CJ-7 and a winch.

Yeah, but what if you recommend a dull car that’s actually not at all reliable and it breaks down or gets a flat tire? Dullness does not necessarily correlate with reliability.

My dad had an early year 2000 New Beetle 1.8T with a manual transmission, and I’ve never heard of that issue. He put about 40-50,000 miles on it before trading it in. It must have been a very specific production run.

I couldn’t agree with you more. The 458 is a nice looking car, and most of the cars Ferrari have made in the last 20 years aren’t.

They left out one detail in their recreation. The 1985 truck in the movie had “TOYOTA” on the grille in Helvetica font, and the current logo with the 3 overlapping ellipses wasn’t introduced until 1990.

The 4 cylinder engines that came in these from the factory, though reliable had something like 112 HP, and the optional 130 HP 3.0 liter V6 is called the “3-point-slow” by 4Runner enthusiasts and is also know for blown head gaskets. An engine swap and solid front axle swap is a very worthwhile upgrade to one of these…

The worst experience I’ve had involving rust is shearing off bolts, which although not life threatening it is definitely a pain in the ass to drill out and re-tap because I have never been able to properly center a drill bit in that situation.