The vehicle is comfortable. It is spacious. It drives well in good weather and bad. It seats a relatively large family. It looks nice outside. It looks nice inside. The CD player was great at the time of purchase. It is pretty old school now. The seats are well made. However with all these benefits it simply uses too much gas to be affordable. SUV's were the "in" vehicle for a while but we soon realized they were more expensive to maintain than they were worth. That certainly applies to the 4 Runner.