Okay, no offence to you american car lovers out there, but I did somethign I promised myself I'd never do after selling my Blazer... and that was never buy an American car again. So, throughout my life ive owned 3 honda accords... one went 400,000 miles (started every day, no problems), we have a 2003 now and we love it, and I sold my 97 accord (foolishly) for a beautiful 1992, arrest-me-red corvette...
and of course it has been in the shop 3 times this month and I hate it...
so, having owned it for 2 months, im ready to sell it. Always had "a thing" for toyota trucks... wife and her family are toyota people big time (wife is now a honda girl, by marriage).
Needed some advice. I am all about reliability. I dont want anything that I need to know how to fix. Seemed like my hondas just had the oil changed and the tired rotated (and the occational radiator flush) and nothing else and they somehow still managed to run perfectly. I want a car/trusk that will be the same way.
Im looking at tacomas (the 4x4 of course, or at least the 'big' toacoma, not the baby-style looking one) or a mid 90's land cruiser.
My budget is $10,000.
I know tacoma owners who love thier truck, so I am assuming the tacomas are reliable and wont bust a radiator hose even though you check them often and leave me stranded at church (ahem, vette).
But I dont know any land cruise owners. Ive never really been a big "SUV" kind of guy, but I do like the land cruisers. I would like to be able to pull a little john-boat with either, 4 wheel drive isnt really necessary. having a truck means im asking to have it barrowed by friends moving (not fun). And having an SUV means high gas usage, but more room for future family (maybe a baby in a year or two).
Of course having owned a vette, which requires PREMIUM gas, gas milage isnt a big concern for me, anything is better...
this may sound like a ramble, but I dont knwo where else to look for advice...
thansk in advance! Jazz Mann....
ps... maybe a 95 supra!!! okokok, maybe out of my budget range...