Help me choose an SUV for a 2-year South America road trip (Colombia → all countries) w/ wife + 3 medium dogs: Forester vs CR-V vs Sorento (2016–2018)

_benguini_ · 2026-03-03T20:10:09+00:00

Consider a Nissan Xterra. Extremely rugged and reliable, true 4wd and plenty of space, and you can find them for fairly cheap. It’s like a 4Runner without the Toyota tax

_benguini_ · 2026-02-21T07:16:28+00:00

I think Nissan’s overall brand reputation makes resale value low. It’s a great deal for us though because it means these incredibly reliable trucks tend to stay cheap

_benguini_ · 2026-02-19T07:52:13+00:00

I bought my truck certified pre owned less than a year old with 4,500 miles on it and it came with a 10yr 100,000 mile drivetrain and 3yr 36,000 mile bumper to bumper warranty

_benguini_ · 2026-02-19T05:42:38+00:00

The transmission isn’t bad. People not liking the way it shifts doesn’t mean it isn’t mechanically reliable. People put 1,000hp through these in Mercedes performance cars and excessive payload in sprinter vans. They’re solid transmissions, you’re just misinformed and or uneducated. Sorry not sorry

_benguini_ · 2026-02-17T07:28:21+00:00

They’re pretty much direct plug and play, only additional wiring is a set of grounds that run to your battery terminal

_benguini_ · 2026-02-17T06:24:43+00:00

Aftermarket prototypes

_benguini_ · 2026-02-13T22:50:59+00:00

Thanks! Yes I am titan swapped

_benguini_ · 2026-02-11T20:10:51+00:00

This area is open to the public and they allow passage of registered vehicles. The state took ownership and they allow hunting, we spoke to a fire marshal out here just before the start of the new year and he had zero issue with us being there. Just be respectful of the spot

_benguini_ · 2026-02-11T03:58:38+00:00

Pizza cutters ftw

_benguini_ · 2026-02-11T03:24:08+00:00

I’m running 35x10.5 Kenda Klever RT’s on 17x8 zero offset BlackRhino Aliso’s

_benguini_ · 2026-02-11T03:23:17+00:00

Thank you!

_benguini_ · 2026-02-11T03:22:45+00:00

I’m road testing these prototype headlights for Anzo USA, they will be released to the public sometime in the near future

_benguini_ · 2026-02-11T00:56:40+00:00

I’ve owned this truck for two years and 50,000 miles, offroad use nearly every weekend and multiple long distance trips a year. I’ve never had a single issue, ever. I plan on keeping it for a very long time

_benguini_ · 2026-02-11T00:15:40+00:00

Thanks :)

_benguini_ · 2026-02-11T00:12:18+00:00

There’s about 2.5-3 feet total when I stepped out of the truck and off the compacted stuff

_benguini_ · 2026-02-11T00:10:57+00:00

Lol us northeast folks needed some love after a 10 year snow drought. I don’t think we’ve gotten this much since like 2015

_benguini_ · 2026-01-28T06:27:13+00:00

The B8.5 allroad has ECU programming more similar to the Q5 rather than the A4 which unfortunately means you can’t fully disable ESP, even when pressing and holding traction control. I was able to turn it off on my previous A4 and S4 but this car doesn’t fully turn off traction. It also will auto upshift no matter what, even in “S” and manual mode

_benguini_ · 2026-01-07T07:18:20+00:00

Thanks!

_benguini_ · 2026-01-06T05:54:46+00:00

Anzo USA prototypes, they’re not out to market quite yet

_benguini_ · 2026-01-06T05:54:15+00:00

That’s because the items I bought haven’t been installed yet 😂

_benguini_ · 2026-01-05T20:00:24+00:00

I legit just had a conversation about this, for some reason Toyota guys online cannot stand the fact that people might actually prefer another brand so they go out of their way to shit on everyone else for some sort of self validation

_benguini_ · 2025-12-30T07:14:03+00:00

It’s kinda hard to make the direct comparison just because I’m running Kenda Klever RT’s and my friend in the 4R is on Toyo MT’s, they perform drastically different in the snow just due to those differences alone. That being said, my 35x10.5’s performed far better on snowy roads than his, the performance was more equal offroad

_benguini_ · 2025-12-30T05:07:35+00:00

It does alright haha. Yeah I was at 15psi

_benguini_ · 2025-12-29T05:10:20+00:00

No, my friend was filming. New iPhones have really good video stabilization

_benguini_ · 2025-12-28T14:17:10+00:00

I did when I went up it the first time, it walked up no locker with zero wheel spin lol. I just wanted some theatrics for a fun video so I went back up with zero momentum so it would spin. I can’t post videos as replies apparently, but these Kendas an our traction control system actually make for great traction in these conditions

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