I do most of my trips by bicycle obviously, but for anything requires hauling lots of shit or people I own like a 30 year old station wagon. It seems to be on its way out so I looked for a newer one and they either all suck or seem so clapped out I might aswell try to keep this baby going. Is that really the only options? Like I look at reasonably priced SUV and sure it seats five but the amount of cargo space available I might aswell buy 2 compacts and rip the seats out of one or whatever.

Also bonus questions what the fuck, does nobody use their cars for anything but personal transport and maybe some groceries anymore?

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[–] ashenone@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I bought an 07 toyota Sequoia and took out the 3rd row and it's been a solid utility vehicle for the last few years. That 2uz is about as bullet proof as engines get and while the mpg isn't great if your just using it for hauling cargo or people it works great. Plus there's a million billion 1st gen Sequoia and tundras out there so it should be relatively easy getting parts when you need.

I bought mine in 2024 with 135k miles and have driven it with a travel trailer hithed up most of the time up to 192k over the past two years and the only mechanical failure has been the latching mechanism on the back hatch, which is definitely the big known issue with this gen. If you do heavy hauling I think the sr5 trim comes with a transmission-cooler, mine did, which will help keep your transmission in good shape.

I got mine single owner for a bit under 10k which I felt was reasonable for how many miles I plan on getting out of it.