We had a gas guzzlin Chevy Trailblazer LTZ. My wife is 5ft 2 and loves the idea of 'kickin azz' in her monster truck. The sucker had 84k miles on it and i was starting to get nervous that it was gonna start breaking down, as Chevy's tend to do at 80 or 90k.



So we traded it in, but with the miles and gas guzzlin habits, we only got 8500 trade in for it -taking a whopping 7k loss. . I took her to look at a Mercury Mariner and we thought about the FEH. She thought they were too tiny and pouted.

Still in love with her muscle machining ways, I then deduced that we go look at the 268 HP Toyota Highlander . Now, this sucker gets 29mpg EPA , top end limited 4x4. This made me happy.

So my wife now has a state of the art 'kick butt' machine still -but is friendlier to the environment and has good mileage and more than likely excellent resale value. The 2600 tax credit didnt hurt either.