My car I love own Toyota

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Cool Harrier My Car

Toyota, 2000, Harrier SUV&Off road, 3,0L G, 4WD

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Well it is economic, not expensive in maintenance, with powerful engine and the same time cool appearance automobile. My car successfully combined off-road abilities with a sedan of passenger-class. I mean it get comfort of a sedan and open space off road abilities of a jeep.

In general my car has good noise proofing (of course some cars have better, however according its class it is quite appropriate). Inside it is enough spacious, even there are enough place for me, with my height 180cm, and when I set seat back up till the end it is not easy touch pedals by my legs, thus it is possible to sit at rear. The seat are conformable (so as all Japanese I tried), you feel comfort at (3-5 hours) trips. Its engine 3,0L provides power 220 and gives not bad dynamics I could even compare with BMW 525 (it is one BMW I tested), 180 (the maximal speed at speedometer) it runs without problems with 140-160 and up to 180 this car quickly and easy could reach (km/h). When you switch sports mode - reaction of the accelerator's pushing increases very much. In a range about 40-50 km/h up to 120-140 goes as 2,5 liter sedan . Standard audio system is very good, 6 speakers with buffer loudly shouts, but the sound quality is not suffer because it. (Certainly, it is good, I haven't seen better standard systems) includes CD changer for 6 disks + one can be inserted into the tape recorder i.e. only 7additionally I installed MD changer for 6 disks.

The suspension of my car slightly - hard, but on the other hand due to this it does not sway on turns. Inside there are neap of different compartments for small items, as so bottle keepers. For passengers behind there is individual climate. Not management, but a hole from which blows.

As for me its velour interior is better than leather because your bottom part of a body does not sweat in the summer and doesn't frost in the winter. The light is - excellent. If you switch on all anti fog headlight and beam light of xenon - you won’t feel problems with visibility.

Marvelously, for its 3 liter automatic gearbox, on city the fuel rate, in view of standings in traffic jams, in the winter, with engine warming up it is enough 14-14,5L per 100km, for summer with working conditioner it is enough 13,5L. And the engine don't loose its power while air conditioner on. The brakes - very smoothly, IHMO BMW had worse brakes. Driving my car it is very pleasant at 120 km/h speed to turn and before some 30m smoothly, without squeal, but intensively to brake, enter into turn during braking and to leave it of 30 km/h speed. In winter time I forgot about problems with snowdrifts and pass abilities while icy and high snow level.

It has good reliability, I own it for almost 2,5 years and for all this time nothing were broken, only the consumables swapping and all. I can't say something about its safety because successfully there were no opportunities to check it for me. I can advice this car as for family as for individual comfort driving. It is just super!

Added on 03-25-2006 by rmcexmgx

By rmcexmgx on 03-26-2006:

Cool car story man. I like Toyotas but I am crazy Honda's fan. I want try something other but I am afraid of it won't be so cool as my current every-days car... Maybe it worth to try some European or American marquee? This is the question.

By rmcexmgx on 03-26-2006:

Really I have respect for your choise but anyway my car is the best. You can check information about it in my car story I recently posted. Just look it through!

By rmcexmgx on 03-25-2006:

This is car story about the Japanese version of the Lexus RX300 I think. This car gave itself a good account like reliable and easy maintained car. May be my next auto will something like this Toyota car.

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