for those who bought a trend, sorry to say that you can not just plug a rear view camera since that was disabled. only way to have a rear view camera is either a separate dash cam or a 3rd party item called lockpick myford2
MyFord Touch 2 Lockpick
i bought both and when both items are here i will try to see which is better.
i have a red 2.2 trend and it is very good in acceleration. i have friends who owns a montero gls v and a fortuner 2.5 vnt.
we raced in a deserted stretch of hiway. monty and everest pulls fast and neck to neck but past 100 the monty overtook me with just a car lenght only and he cannot really pull away. we stopped at 140. the fortuner was a no brainer. from the start it was left behind.
i am happy with the everest. going up mountains was easy. i live in isabela and sta fe was easy.