Why I Bought a NEW 5th Gen Toyota 4Runner

all right guys I'm trying out a  new camera microphone system so   if this doesn't work it might  not make the video but if it does we might be in business here  typically I don't do like the   the walking around stuff and usually my  microphone setup is different so we've got   a couple different experiments here but here  she is so 2022 Toyota 4Runner uh TRD off-road   premium and it is an army green okay so I think  uh forerunners in general look better in the   darker colors I think the brighter colors like the  lime rush and like the crazy orange octane stuff   doesn't look quite as good so like I mentioned  everything is washable in the whole car   double car seat life you know but everything  is washable okay all this stuff can come out   all these things can come out wash them down stick  them back in the car I'll tell you why I decided   to do that some people think those are cheap which  I understand but it's practical for me it's like   all the cup holders they all have those little  inserts in them just to make cleaning easy also   wipes you know I always need wipes when you're  driving in the driving in a car with a bunch of   toddlers back here just raising 424 family what's  going on guys Happy New Year today is January 2nd   2023. um I've got a weird one for you today this  might be the most off-topic video that I've ever   made on this channel I certainly understand that  it's off topic uh but I think I can tie it in here   okay to what you usually expect from my channel uh  but today is the day that I'm going to be sharing   four reasons why um I bought a brand new 2022  4Runner so the car that I owned before this was   a 2005 Camry and I drove that thing for almost 11  years and that was probably the best thing that I   ever spent money on okay I remember at the time  when I bought it I just graduated college I did   buy it used and it was very very expensive for  me at the time okay so I had to hustle to get   that thing paid off but obviously I ended up  paying it off and then I ended up driving it   for for a very very long time afterwards which  is exactly what I'm planning on doing with the   Forerunner so I don't trade cars I don't buy and  sell cars my wife doesn't buy and sell cars you   know a lot of my clients do so I understand that  that's something that people are into but that's   not my reason for buying a car here okay I want  to buy something set it and forget it basically   just trust it it's a good purchase and that it's  a it's a good vehicle for me and then not think   about it for another 10 years so that's exactly  what I'm going to do with this Forerunner which   you know is the perfect segue into reason number  one why I bought it it's just the you know the   bulletproof legendary reliability of these Toyota  4Runners this is a brand new one it is a 2022 but   this specific truck has been on the market since  I think 2010 nothing's changed about it the engine   the transmission nothing has changed about it  they updated the interior I think in 2020 they   kind of brought the technology along a little bit  but other than that this is the exact same truck   that it was when it debuted in 2010 so this is a  tried and true battle tested vehicle that I know   for a fact is going to last a very very long time  okay so you can't say that about some of the newer   vehicles that are on the market because they just  haven't been on the market for very long okay we   don't know exactly how long they're going to last  we know for a fact how long a forerunner can last   if you treat it well so that is why I bought one  a new one and then two um a forerunner okay reason   number two that I bought this was the versatility  and its capability okay so versatility both like   for me in my everyday life and then capability  just around what this vehicle can actually do   where it can go so first of all like most of  the time I'm just driving this to and from work   um and I pick up my kids from school almost every  single day okay so I had to be comfortable for at   least two car seats which it is okay but then  number two obviously these things can go almost   anywhere okay even just straight out of the box  like I'm not gonna modify this I have no need to   modify it beyond what it is but right off the lot  this thing can pretty much go anywhere and before   you guys hit me with oh you're just driving it  around town uh I do have footage that I will   be rolling here about of driving this vehicle in  the flooded streets of South Tampa in August and   September during rainy hurricane season okay  and so yes just going back and forth to work   um it's not that big of a deal usually I don't  deal with ice or snow or mountains or anything   like that but I do deal with flooding very  frequently and that is something that caused   problems with the Camry okay so back when I was  driving the Camry flooding was actually a big   deal and it would actually reroute me during  those rainy summer seasons here in Tampa so   I had to avoid some areas of town because of the  flooding there don't have to do that anymore it's   pretty good deal reason number three that I bought  this Forerunner is that it is kid proof okay this   thing is super super kid proof I'm going to be  hauling around my toddlers for years the amount   of spills that happen in a car full of toddlers is  unbelievable okay again this is an older vehicle   and so some of the materials that they use are  older but they use this like soft text seating   material okay and it's not quite leather it's not  true leather but you can wipe everything down okay   everything can be wiped down and it's not going to  damage the leather it's not super super luxurious   like that where you know using literally using  baby wipes on it doesn't going to like damage the   leather or anything like that also I put in floor  liners okay so again anything off the floor can   just be vacuumed up or wiped down super easy I'm  not like just running dirt or just like grinding   dirt into the carpeted floors or anything like  that I did put liners and everything and then   this might be a little controversial but I did put  like these like little cheap uh like cup liners   and like the detail liners are like cubby liners  throughout the entire vehicle so um again like   I'm telling you right now if you have kids you  definitely understand me but if you don't have   kids you don't understand how big of a mess they  can make in a 15-minute car ride okay so they're   always handing me sticky things or whatever and  I know that I can just put them in the cup holder   kind of put them in a side compartment and then  when I get home I can pull that little I don't   know that little Insider liner thing out and just  wash it in and put it right back in the in the   cubby okay so some people might say that that's  cheap but it's actually extremely useful for me so   so that's what I'm talking about when I'm talking  about kid proof okay anything in that vehicle can   pretty much be pulled out hosed down washed and  put back in which is a lifesaver with toddlers   and reason number four it is the Simplicity of  the vehicle I'm talking both the motor both the   powertrain and the interior okay I think Vehicles  has a whole um well just like anything honestly a   lot of products are just a race to like the latest  and greatest features okay vehicles in particular   I think they they bite off more than they can  chew on the technology side more often than not   they're trying to stay ahead of the competition  and so they just Jam these cars with features   that sometimes either break over time or to do  not age well they either become irrelevant very   quickly or they just look like garbage and they  look kind of cheap down the road okay and so we   all know examples of that where like technology is  like super flashy for like six months and then it   gets outdated and then it's basically irrelevant  um so I like the fact that the Forerunner is as   simple as it is on the inside I think it's going  to age very well it already has aged very well   but I'm planning on keeping this for such a long  time that you know I'm I'm a little nervous that   if I buy a car with the latest and greatest and  features for today that in a few years like it's   just going to be like awkward honestly or unusable  or useless or outdated or whatever but uh you know   this truck is already outdated and it works great  okay so um there they don't sell you this based   off of features that aren't required or aren't  needed or aren't flashy okay they're selling you   only what you need and what you use and I really  appreciate the Simplicity of the Forerunner okay   I think that's going to wrap up today's video if  you guys have seen some of my other product videos   you guys know that I love attention to detail I  love quality I love companies that build things   that they're prideful of and I think that the  Forerunner is a prime example of that okay I   think that they absolutely nailed this when  they did debut it it's going to be updated   soon you know there are 2023 rumors 2024 rumors  it definitely needs an upgrade but they've just   put so much time into refining this truck that  I think it's man I don't know it's to me that's   just like the epitome of craftsmanship that's the  epitome of manufacturing is just like just working   working refining refining refining until you have  something that is just so I'm so confident in it   you know I know that it's not going to break on  me and I know that it will last a very long time   so I've got a funny story that just kind of  epitomizes uh some of these things that we're   talking about here with the the craftsmanship  and the reliability but when I was calling around   looking for one I wanted to find an army green one  and so I was kind of calling different dealerships   all over the state looking for one and I got the  guy on the phone for this one and he was telling   me um he was trying to sell me on the truck you  know he's like you know oh you're going to love   it like as soon as you get into it you're gonna  love it and I told him I was like honestly like   I'm sure I will love it but in all reality I just  want to get something that my son can drive and   he's like oh he goes nice okay that's great he  goes how old is your son and I said three and so   you know that really is my thought process here  you know I've got a he's now four years old but   I've got a four-year-old son that literally this  is his truck okay he's gonna get that and for all   you guys that say like I'm gonna end up trading it  in there's no shot I'm trading this thing in okay   um the last like I said like the last car I had  I had it for almost 11 years and I shouldn't have   traded that one in to be honest with you but  uh anyways uh this is going to be a staple in   my life for a very long time I'm very very happy  with it and I think that it just kind of fits my   ethos too and the channels ethos on just quality  so that's a big theme that we talk about here and   it's something that's very important to me and  I think that that's kind of how I'm wedging this   Forerunner into the greater uh Channel content  here but that's going to wrap up today's video   2023 hope you guys have a good New Year let me  know what your plans are are you guys going to   buy something new um in 2023 I hope you guys  do um or you know I hope you guys are chasing   your dreams one way or another but uh we'll talk  soon in the meantime train hard live full see ya

Channel: Levi Jaeckel

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Length: 11min 13sec (673 seconds)

Published: Tue Jan 03 2023