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Did they like the Acura RDX? If so maybe consider a used Honda Pilot, the more affordable cousin.

My wife has had three, we've had good luck with them, pretty good family vehicle.

I’m 6-3 280 and have lots of room .

Before we bought the Highlander in '19, we drove all of the similar cars of other brands. The only one that came up to the Highlander for handling and comfort was the Subaru Ascent. However, it was much more expensive because you had to pay extra for everything. With the same stuff as the Highlander, it cost a lot more. The Highlander has heavier springs so it's not as smooth riding as the Ascent but it will haul more weight.

Mine's 11 years old. I don't see any reason to change at this time.

I have a bunch of DUIs so I prefer my wife drive whenever possible. She loves her Highlander. It's a 2020 Limited:

We’re over 200k on my wife’s 2011 FWD V-6 Highlander. It’s been a champ. Super-tight interior components. Just a solid machine. Averages around 24-26mpg. We see them everywhere around here. We sold her previous Highlander at 200k miles and probably should have driven it further.

We have a '17 Highlander Platinum, and love it.

My wife has some physical challenges, so we need the room for a folding power chair and for oxygen equipment. RAV4 was too small for our needs.

On trips, we get about 28 MPG, 6 cylinder engine. It's a very comfortable ride. Coming back from Bear Lake last winter, we were navigating in heavy snow, and AWD was very helpful.

We like the bench middle seat rather than buckets. It allows 3 people in that row.

The rear third seat has never been used.

In my research, two makes of automobiles came to the top: Toyota and Honda. Nissan got ruled out because of poor reliability. We looked at others, but nothing beat the Highlander.

They are used for Taxis in NYC. There might not be a better built vehicle in its class.

2 problems with the Highlander...
Every make of car has an SUV that's almost identical. Unless you have a color that's very different than every other SUV in the Walmart parking lot, you'll have a hard time finding it every time you go to town. We were going to put a roof rack on ours but I needed the bars so I bought a pair of aftermarket bars that matched the color. We still haven't bought the rack, but we quickly found out that having those crossbars really helps to find the car in a busy lot. It's high enough so that it sticks up above most other cars.

It sits high which really helps with visibility. However, I'm 6' and I can just barely reach the center of the windshield to clean it. If you're shorter, you might need a stool. A squeegee will reach but if you need to wipe it with a rag, it's a long stretch.

My wife has resisted me putting a ham antenna on ours. Now I have a good reason!

On our second. A 2014. No problems except as stated before, the navigation sys sucks.

Ticket straight to 24hour Toyota Fanboy Hell!

We have a 2018 XLE Highlander, bought it new and now have 40k on it. Yes the GPS is lacking and I have no use for the sunroof but other than that we love it.

We recently purchased our second RDX. The first one was a 2011. It was a good car. The new one has a twin turbo 2 liter engine that makes 272 HP. It's a very solid feeling vehicle and can be ran on regular gas. It's AWD.

I've never owned a Highlander. But I trust anything made by Toyota or Honda. I'm a big fan of Acura products just because they're upscale Hondas and you can buy one for not much more than the comparable Honda and Toyota offerings.

An RDX can be had for about the same price as a comparable Highlander. For the same money, I think the RDX is a better value.

It's hard to go wrong with either of them, however.

I think they put out 290-300hp.

How fast you need this mother fugker to go? LOL

does it come with the dog on lap air bag? lol

Negative.

Dog safety isn't a big deal to us.

It was at this time on 9 July 2022 the world found out deflave and bristoe had something in common. Their love for Toyota vehicles..

The 6 is lacking in power? Just how hot do you need it? Ours will cruise lightly at 80 and if you need to pass in a hurry it'll hit 90 in seconds.