My thoughts on new T4R

wbender · 2005-06-08T04:34:47+00:00

2 weeks, 1000 miles: Handles great, good engine performance. No quality defects to date. Interior lighting - F, overdash personal lights should light with door opening. I am working on the install to fix this. My radio and heating displays are slightly different color in daylight and at night with illumination. It is rather difficult for me to read the radio display with the lettering on the orange background. This is very poor design and looks cheap. I don't like the pods in the dash. With where my 6'1" body sits, the middle pod obscures the inner most portion of both flanking pods. The 3 modules should sit at the same depth. The window controls are not lit. I hope I get used to finding them. The cup holders are too large and will not securely hold a normal coffee cup. Overall, the intererior needs a health dose of Audi/VW ergonomic/lighting input. Granted these are rather little things but they weren't evident to me during the test drive, but I expect better from a $40,000+ Limited 4 Runner.