Originally Posted by rageandlove

If you are buying to commute, but a Tesla, not a Camry or other gas car.

Highest crash test ratings of any car, unbelievable driving experience, no maintenance, no gas to buy. It's a no brainer.

Plus they would absolutely smoke a Camry 0-60 ...

Originally Posted by Steamfitter

My 2013 has 155,000 miles on it. I drive 400-470 Miles a week, around 23,000 miles a year, going to and from work. I work at a salt mine, and the roads are all paved to and from work, but here in Canada the weather is pretty bad from January until May (we get a lot of wind and blizzard conditions), and I am driving at 5 AM every day to get to work. So the T4R is nice for that.

I am getting sick of the ridiculous price of fuel that I'm paying, and have wondered if I should trade my T4R in for a Camry in the next couple years. I estimate I would pay about 1/2 the money in fuel, based on the superior gas mileage. I would go for an AWD Camry if I do the trade.

So if I keep it for another couple years, I'll have ~200,000 miles on it... I can keep it and continue eating the cost of fuel, or I trade it for a camry while it has some value, and the cost of the new car will be made up for by the fuel savings over the next ten years, at which point the T4R would be 20 years old and beginning to wearing out major parts (at least based on that kind of mileage).

I love the space of the T4R and the feeling of safety on the road, the only time I go offroad is to cross a median. I am single as well, so no kids or anything who need extra room.

I'm wondering how well the T4R would be doing at the 400,000+ mile mark. Also, the fact that I work at a salt mine is often said to be very bad for your vehicle. I wash my T4R every couple weeks, but the product is flying out of the storage barns out onto the parking lot is probably going to slowly eat away at whatever vehicle I do choose.

Thoughts?

Originally Posted by ramen lover

I have a 2020 4Runner TRD Off Road Premium. It only has 8,500 miles on it. I drive it 90% of the time.. but that is because I don't normally go into the office (especially during Covid). However, I still have my 2002 Camry (almost a 20 year old car) with 200k miles that runs perfectly fine. I use that whenever I have to go into the office or have to go to the city. Love having a beater Camry that can get dinged/scratched/dented.. low maintenance and it just works.

Originally Posted by Old Tanker

Or buy a used Camry as a beater. That way, you'd be saving the entire cost with the fuel savings, and still have the 4Runner.

Originally Posted by fkheath

Sounds to me like you want both better gas mileage and AWD for the winter weather. How about a RAV4 Hybrid? The RAV4 hybrid is rated 40 MPG combined (about twice the 4Runner), plus it comes with AWD standard. Better ground clearance than the Camry, too.

You can get a Camry with AWD now, but not hybrid, or hybrid but not AWD.

Originally Posted by blackened_offroad

My mom has one of the new RAV4 hybrids. If I had it to do over and could convince myself I didn't need the EXTREEM OFFROAD capability, I would 100% go for one of these. They drive super nice and the MPG is great. plus you get a heated steering wheel, which I really wish my 4runner had.