We looked at the Nissan Xtera. Talk about junk. The build quality, down to the hinges on the liftgate were trash. Almost as bad as my 06 Chevy 1500. But that was dirt cheap.

Jeep is an even bigger pile of crap. Nothing of decent quality has come out of Jeep since they killed the Cherokee. So no go there.

And Mazda/Ford... Uhhhh, nope -- I need a truck that will go past 40K... so nothing.

Our second choice, believe it or not is the Honda Element (but it is much smaller and may pose an issue for lack of room) -- Behind that is the 4Runner which I do like - tme tested -- but doesn't look like "much"...

To be honest, the only thing I have against the Hyundai is that the fact that I don't care for the way they are built or look. They just haven't gotten to the Honda and Toyota quality level yet.

Honda Element Thoughts?