Want to purchase a '05 Highlander

Hi guys, I'm new to the group. I am interested in a new '05 Highlander.
To all of you Highlander owners, what do you think of the vehicle,
would you buy another? Pro's and Con's?

My wife wants a new Ford Freestyle. It looks great, but come on, it's a
Ford. Plus it's and unproven launch model. It's the Ford 500 made into
an SUV crossover. Ford crappy quality, she loves the roomy 3rd row
seat, and doesn't like the really small 3rd row seat in the Highlander,
but I keep telling her Toyota is and always has been about trouble-free
quality. We have an Explorer now, cracked block after about 40k miles,
had to replace all the ball joints, I am just fortunate to have had a
100,000 mi extended warranty, or I would have been toast.

Help me convince her, guys.

Thanks, Allen