I retired from Chevrolet Motor Division and after 35 years I was tired of Chevrolets for no other reason than felt I wanted to try a Japanese vehicle and see why they are so superior to American vehicles. So for the next 20 years the wife and I have been driving Honda's and Acura's, (Accords, Ridgelines, RDX, etc.). Now go back two years ago and the wife got a new Lexus RX 350, so my Ridgeline I wanted to replace with something else, no problems with the Ridgeline what so ever, but I wanted to try something different and not another pickup. So I started looking around and I came upon the 4-Runner and now after 2 months of looking at them, I bought one last week, I love it, it just says cool for this 78 year old guy.