Going into a big vehicle?
The model and brand?
Had two Jeep Saharas
Same different?
What is your budget? What are you using it for? Where do you live?
All Toyotas are tops in quality & performance.
Son has 4runner and RAV4 - I’ve driven 4Runner hundreds of miles, like a big Lexus. Handles almost like wife’s Lexus GS350 with modified sport suspension.
No comparison between Jeep & Toyota quality (another son has Jeeps...)
Depending on the year, RUST.
My son has a 4Runner, about 2006 vintage, and you won’t pry it from his cold, dead hands. We’ll, maybe his dead hands….
I review cars and have driven several generations of 4Runner. Bulletproof, terrific off road, stale technology (except for the damn “safety Nannie’s”), but I’d look at it first if I were shopping in that niche. Truck-based (unlike most of today’s SUV’s), and unsophisticated but excellent utility vehicle (no sport, really) that will probably outlast you. Maybe, if you’re buying used, save some gas by going V6 rather than V8, if you have a choice.
I took a new one on an off road trip last spring and wrote it up here, if you’re interested: https://www.technofile.com/cars/Elkford_4runner.html
Good luck!
I currently drive a 2006 Toyota Highlander with over 209,000 miles on it. We bought it brand new and have not been sorry. It’s in very good shape. I never had a Jeep but the Hondas and Toyotas have been very, very good to me. I know this is not a direct answer to your question but it’s all I got. Good luck.
My 18 year old 4Runner just passed 200k miles and still runs well. In its younger days it survived many a drive into the Mojave desert and Death Valley.
I’ve owned all three and the Highlander and Rav4 are probably better than the 4Runner in urban areas while the 4Runner is a great offroader.
If you can find anything under 150K for $10,000 or less, it’s probably broken or you have a stupid seller.
Buy some Rustoleum...................cases of it..............
We have an unlicensed Toyota pickup that we use on the ranch. You can drive it practically anywhere and in practically any conditions. And even if it’s -25F out it always starts.
I have no idea what year it is, how many miles are on it, what engine is in it, or etc.
It’s brown with a flatbed on it. And it works. That’s all I need to know!
I consider the 4Runner one of the best vehicles on the road. Loved mine.
I drove a company-owned 4-Runner in Yemen over awful terrain.
Best ever SUV.
Can’t afford one in the US without going a-hole deep in debt.
Bought a used 2004 in 2006. Zero problems and still running well with 240,000 miles.
(However, the poor guy is sitting alone since buying a Dodge Durango HellKitty, last year.)
Excellent vehicles, very dependable and rugged. Excellent resale value held of the life of the vehicle.
Chevy GMC for me, made in America and the older the better as I have used parts.
They are practically indestructible. They are called the mechanical mountain goat. I am hoping to afford one for my next vehicle.
Can’t go wrong with a Toyota. Period. Over the years I’ve gone for quality and replaced other brands with Toyota and Honda.
Avoid the first three generations, frame rust problems. Looking for a pre-covid (18-19) myself, but the prices haven’t really started coming down here yet. The only vehicle that holds its value better is the Corvette. Everyone I know who has owned one made it over 200K miles, and one was 315K.
Had two Jeep Saharas
Then the 4runner will amaze.
Mine has 175k and runs like a champ. With minimal mechanical problems.
Bar none the best vehicle I ever owned. [Your results may vary...]
If its not been beat up off road, flooded or wrecked, you should be great with one.
Have fleet of 300+k toyotas and none of them have the quality of a 4runner. There is no comparison between toyota and any other brand period.
Buy it. Simply run forever.