Chris, My top lesson in your switch from the CX-30 to the Highlander Hybrid is the importance of rear seat space/legroom to accommodate REAR-FACING child seats. 🥳🥳Any car, CUV or SUV in 2023 that calls itself a 'family vehicle' needs to accept today's rear-facing child seats with full-size adults in the front seats. In regard to ALL-Season tires, save the All Seasons and alloy rims for the other three seasons and get some cheap steel wheels with high quality snow tires for winter. Speaking of tire logic, your brave decision to downsize the OEM rims and increase sidewall in the face of overwhelming auto fashion forces deserves praise. 👏👏👏👏
Yep - this is what we have as well. Excellent family vehicle. That said I kept my 4runner as well for times when I need a rig that speaks to my heart instead of my brain like the highlander.
How is your vehicle doing? Are you still liking the Highlander? I been wanting to trade in my 2006 4runner but I am in so much love with it. 😢 still deciding.. don’t want to do the wrong decision
@@yennyjen5742 Absolutely - as our Highlander has broken in it rides smoother and gets even better gas mileage. The ONLY compliant I really have with it is the 3rd row is pretty small and only usable by children. I think if we had to do it over again we might get a Sienna (same exact power train as the highlander) The Highlander really is a fantastic vehicle for every day use. With the 3rd row down it has a gigantic cargo hold which is fantastic. We do not regret the purchase one bit.
Loved the review! Highlander is currently at the top of my list for a family car. Question, is there a way for CarPlay to be edge to edge? Or does it always have that split-screen layout?
Agreed something is off. Camera module may need to be replaced. We have a 2022 Highlander hybrid and a recently departed 2019 Camry both of which have phenomenal night time brightness visibility on the reverse cameras.
I’m looking at grand highlander with this powertrain, I like the fuel economy number for it since I will be keeping the car for a long time, but I’m worry that it’s not powerful enough for the grand highlander and it’s gonna be too sluggish and frustrating, thoughts??
Recently had A 23 Highlander rental w the new 2.4 turbo ran excellent! no lag had a lot of b@lls for moving.... mpg not bad. Great move on Toyota to change over from v6.
This is like the representtation of an suv an model if you heard the word suv the image would be this toyota cause it has everthing it has to offer as an suv thanks for the amazing content as always topher.
maybe it’s due to the fact that he owns the vehicle and not a week/weekend “borrowed” one. he basically has more freedom in case something happens. it’s his (and wife’s) car :)
I was thinking about the Limited. I would definitely swap to 18”wheels too. I like the 1500watt power inverter. Bench seat. Wish it didn’t have a sun roof, the seal is a huge job to replace when it wears out.
Does the eco mode not feel sluggish to you? All toyota models I have been in, the eco mode makes me drive more roughly because the throttle response is slow and I inadvertently press the pedal more
I think this was recorded earlier. We've been having lovely weather here lately. 70's and 80's this week. We do still get a little snow once in a while beginning-mid April occasionally, but I can't remember if we did this year.
Bought a 2020 limited last year, I like it a lot for the most part. Just have a couple of small issues like the inconsistent brake feel you mentioned. The biggest complaint I have is for the range. Toyota lists it as a 17 gallon tank with close to a 600 mile range but I've never filled more than 13.5 gallons (10 to empty) and normally around 12.5 gallons (30 to empty) averaging 32mpg majority of the time. My longer trips are generally 425-450 miles so it's frustrating when I was expecting 500+ range
I have a '22 Highlander XLE V6 and I'm pretty sure Toyota gives you the warning light way early, with a few gallons left to spare. I've read some comments alluding to this online.
he mentioned on another video that for the highlander, running boards are unnecessary as the car is not high anyway and it gets in the way when you try to enter in and out. so a practicality issue.
A little surprised you bought a press car since you know how they're treated. But I guess, it makes sense to buy a Toyota of all vehicles, since they're known to be pretty reliable.
Should I buy a used 2020 Toyota highlander platinum with 45,125k km priced at 55k Canadian or a 2023 Toyota highlander xle hybrid priced at 54k Canadian
Man you bought an ex-press vehicle. Those things are driven harder than an under 25 yr old driving a rental car. Then again, that Toyota can take the abuse.
With three kids (or one in your case) explain to me how this makes any sense when compared with the extra room and auto sliding doors you get in AWD hybrid Sienna.
Speaking of big Prius, I wish they'd make a new Prius V. The height of the rear doors on new Prius are very short for dealing with child seat occupants, and I don't want a crossover hybrid.
@@10cpaul lol. There’s a guy with 700k miles on his 2018 1.5T on RU-vid. Plenty of them over 200k with zero issues. You have no clue what you’re talking about. If it was actually like Kia, why doesn’t Honda have massive recalls out like Kia? The engine has been used for 7 years now. Do you think before you say dumb shit?
@@10cpaul Isn't that only affecting very few 1.5 engines? Lots of people on the Civic/CR-V forums reached 100,000+ miles and never had any issues with the engine. AC condenser on the car is crap though.
I tested both and would still prefer the highlander. not that mazda rides worse but the interior was not practical in mazda. less storage, too minimalistic design, good looking but weird cloth materials on dash that would look horrible when dirty and you cannot remove or clean them. also buttons felt a bit lower quality, although i trust mazda's quality. oh and the sunroof is much better on highlander. mazda's sunroof opens only partially, just enough to put your hand out. design wise however, it is mazda hands down.
I did play around with the brightness/contrast and that seems to have helped a lot. Before I didn’t realize there was a separate menu setting for the reverse camera
Mine is 22 Highlander XLE AWD V6 so comfortable, spacious for family of 5 didn’t regret buying it. The only downside is the gas guzzling V6. 😂🤣 btw where did you bought those blindspot mirrors?
Why didn't you take this hybrid on a rougher snow track????? You drove 90% of the time on highway without snow.....which SUV could not tackle that!!!!😂😂😂😂😂😂 Praise the car's winter performance if the SUV can tackle fresh snow without tracks of other cars to follow.....Toyota awd never comes even 50% of top awd by Quattro, 4motion or Subaru. But good point is ofcourse mpg. Your tires does not even have 3pmsf🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙......18" rubber gets cushioned drive for sure. Overall not so great review or video......Try to post realistic adventurous videos which people would encounter in a blizzard or white-out conditions. So I'm not subscribing......sorry boss!!!🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
