Why did you pick the T4R over the FJ or Wrangler Unlimited?

[jamesval035]

4dr Jeeps= Gross

Jeep unlimited when rolling with a family of 4 and 3 dogs is impractical IMO. I have a jeep TJ and never considered anything other than a 4R and 4 dr jeeps are just plain ugly and costly for what they are. Don't get me wrong I love my Jeep TJ and won't trade it for anything but to me it is considered my toy.

 

[ubiqcrew]

4Runner

I bought a new 2013 FJ, all white, black steel wheels and sold it with 2300. miles on it.... they look cool but there's the blind spots ( I kinda over came those ), the big flat hood and the almost upright windshield, when it rained it poured, to much water on the little windshield, my back didn't like it. Bought the 2016 TRD PRO 4 Runner with 1 mile on it and I sure do like it, will do everything a FJ will do and in comfort, it's all I need. I like the all white with black TRD wheels, how about the red stitching

 

[Lakers]

KDSS and reliability.

 

[TexasTJ]

I had my wife dead set on an Anvil colored JKU until she saw a White T4R Trail. We haven't made the move yet, but now she no longer wants a Jeep and is dead set on the 4R. Her current ride is an '04 Taco she got new and has under 100k on it and mine is a '98 Jeep Wrangler I got new. The Taco is great and hasn't had a single problem, she just loves the look of the new 4R. If I'm being honest, the reliability of the new Jeeps do worry me a bit and the Toyota I feel would be good to go.

 

[mrevilandy]

I really didn't want to roll the dice on a jeep and the interior really turned me off. Between the fj it was the second row and roll down window

 

[BrianR383]

I had my wife dead set on an Anvil colored JKU until she saw a White T4R Trail. We haven't made the move yet, but now she no longer wants a Jeep and is dead set on the 4R. Her current ride is an '04 Taco she got new and has under 100k on it and mine is a '98 Jeep Wrangler I got new. The Taco is great and hasn't had a single problem, she just loves the look of the new 4R. If I'm being honest, the reliability of the new Jeeps do worry me a bit and the Toyota I feel would be good to go.

Go with the T4R, you won't regret it. Jeep and FCA in general just seem to be problematic anymore, and a lot of it is software related so you can't even fix it yourself. I got rid of a 2015 jeep through lemon law and went replaced it with a 4runner. I also think the 4runner looks a lot better than the JKU and find it to be a lot more comfortable inside.

 

[t4rlol]

I had my wife dead set on an Anvil colored JKU until she saw a White T4R Trail. We haven't made the move yet, but now she no longer wants a Jeep and is dead set on the 4R. Her current ride is an '04 Taco she got new and has under 100k on it and mine is a '98 Jeep Wrangler I got new. The Taco is great and hasn't had a single problem, she just loves the look of the new 4R. If I'm being honest, the reliability of the new Jeeps do worry me a bit and the Toyota I feel would be good to go.

Traded my dozer orange '12 JKU for my '16 T4R and don't regret it one bit. As much as I LOVED most everything about the JKU (and my YJ before that), the reliability has gone to shit. I'll miss having the doors and top off, but I'll get a cheapish TJ for that later on.

 

[n2advnture]

I can sum up my decision to go with the T4R over a Jeep in one word, reliability.

My reason exactly.

I've owned 4 Toyotas and all have been great!

 

[Antman]

I had a TJ and it was really fun- never let me down over the 4 or so years I owned it. Nothing beats cruising around at night with no doors or top during the summer- AND I have a soft spot for manual transmissions too...

Soon as my wife got pregnant I sold it- not practical for the kiddies.



It would be nice to have a Jeep as a second vehicle.

 

[4RyanLTD]

I wanted off road capability but with good comfort for family life, I have a 2.5 yo and a 3mo old so I needed it to be family friendly. Had a totally built up JKU prior to this and it just wasn't conducive to family life

 

[Thai]

KDSS and reliability.

Reliability...BIG YES. KDSS...well, maybe...if you're talking about on-road handling of KDSS, then YES. But off-road, Jeep Wrangler has superior axle articulation without needing KDSS...and with Rubicon models, it has axle disco's...which just plain kills KDSS in articulation.

 

[MasonCO]

When looking for a replacement for our 2008 Sorento, we looked at all three jeep styles (JK, Cherokee and Grand Cherokee). My wife sat in the Unlimited Rubicon with hard top, and all she said was "why would I want to sit inside a cooler'. She did not like the styling.

In the end, we opted for the TEP due to reliability, tons of room for transporting our pets, and a solid platform overall. It's her daily driver, but I drive more miles with it on the weekend and I love the KDSS on the twisty mountain roads and gravel roads.

 

[SteadFAST 4Runner]

Here is why I picked Toyota over the Wrangler/Unlimited

Name the last time Jeep won the Baja 1000?

 

[jcnasher]

Test drove 4 different Wranglers and hated them, ride was way too stiff, seats sucked, interior was dated and ugly.

FJ was too small for two car seats to fit comfortably, even with the half doors. Also these seem to be really expensive in Vancouver now that they are almost extinct.

For me it was between a 5th gen 4runner and an older Mercedes G500, ended up in the 4runner because of reliability and parts availability (mods and repairs).

That being said I still want a G for a project car later, but I will never give up my 4runner.

 

[Dustinhxc]

Hey just found this thread from search and I want to say thank you for writing it and everyone posting. This was my exact prediciment. I now 100% plan to get a T4R. Thanks again! :wink2:

 

[funshot]

Hey just found this thread from search and I want to say thank you for writing it and everyone posting. This was my exact prediciment. I now 100% plan to get a T4R. Thanks again! :wink2:

not so fast sparky. Read through the rest of the site, it doesn't just stop with the purchase of a T4r. No, there is lights, lifts, tires. This site and T4r's in general will bankrupt you! Run. away. now! :lol: enjoy

 

[00Sebby]

I had both. A '12 Rubicon Unlimited loaded with almost every option that I bought new. Put about 76000 miles on it. Great vehicle and very reliable but I couldn't justify a $41K new, quickly depreciating vehicle primarily used for my business travel and setting at the airport. So I sold it.

I bought the 4R TE because I had always liked them, it was used, and it was cheap. Does most of what the Rubicon could... or at least as far as I was willing to risk it and I don't worry about it so much. I bought my 4R with 60K on it and before it hit the same mileage as the Wrangler I had to fix more stuff than I ever did on the Wrangler, which only had one warranty issue for a fuel gage malfunction and one recall to reroute a transmission cooling line.

Regardless, the 4R is a better match to what I need. And I do occasionally miss the Jeep.

 

[Muskrat14]

Although tow rating on 4R is only 5K, it is 1500 more than the Heep. I'm a wood whore n needed to be able tow trailer loads of wood on a regular basis.


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[Midnight Anvil]

I'm a die hard Toyota fan and always have been. Thus the Wrangler was immediately eliminated. Not to mention having been a mechanic I'm generally not a fan of modern Chrysler products. Having driven FJs as a Toyota Tech, the blind spots caused by the c-pillar are horrible. The blind spots on the 5th gen aren't spectacular, but they're not as bad as the FJ's.

 

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I had both. A '12 Rubicon Unlimited loaded with almost every option that I bought new. Put about 76000 miles on it. Great vehicle and very reliable but I couldn't justify a $41K new, quickly depreciating vehicle primarily used for my business travel and setting at the airport. So I sold it.

Not sure about that depreciation part. The Wranglers, 4runners and Tacomas are in a very unique situation where they somehow defy the depreciation norm of nearly all automobiles. Of course there is still some off the top, but once a wrangler hits a few years old, they seem to stay steady for quite a while. I came from a '12 Rubicon, and an '11 Rubicon (both 2dr, 6-speed), both lost nearly no $$ over the time I owned them (nearly 2 years, 31k miles for the 12, 1 year, 12k miles for the 11).