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Thanks so much ridetime! We are both in our early 80's, and I'm sure the wife will need them. She struggles a bit with our '21 Highlander, and it has the fixed boards. What she really misses is the window pillar handgrip as we had on a 4Runner. Would like to consider a Land Cruiser, but no power...

OP, we are in your age group, and beyond. How do you find the power running boards? Would you assess them as dropping a bit lower than standard/fixed running boards?

True, a Jeep is noisy and unreliable, but in the extreme rough, especially mountain trails with switchbacks, a short-wheelbase Rubicon would be my choice over a Taco. This said, not going to own another. For that matter never anything from Stellantis.

Impressive for city driving and not a hybrid. In addition to ECO mode, were you light on the pedal? Looking forward to the results from Normal and Sport.

They are also on the Toyota website, available to configure. The First Edition is pricy! Given this, will be seriously considering the GX550.

There was a test done on a YouTube post where they attempted to accurately measure with/without the air dam. Probably not conclusive, but as I recall it was about .7/miles/gallon difference. Regardless, I would take the ugly air dam off!

Easy goes it! The break-in recommendations are for a valid reason.

Pulling a trailer? :)

In the bone-dry scorching hot desert SW U.S., or any dry climate for that matter, I think these would be much preferred to leather. Owned a RAV4 where, in spite of treatment, the leather seats deteriorated badly.

One really needs the Torsen to alleviate binding of the drive train when turning, or if tires are of slightly different size front/rear. Modern transfer cases all use a chain internally, not a good thing in my opinion, but the way it is, and this is especially where a Torsen helps reduce...

Wow! It now appears the full-time 4WD (center Torsen differential), will only be available on the Limited hybrid! What is happening, Toyota? Well, at least I will not have to ponder between the hybrid or non-hybrid. I shudder to think what the Limited hybrid will cost! $60K?

For me, in the snow/ice the only way to fly is Limited Hybrid with the Torsen differential to have full-time 4WD. Not sure re the new Taco, but traditionally the SOP from Toyota with their part-time systems is to disengage 4WD over 55 MPH.

But, but, you will have a better chance of not ending up in a ditch with your new Tacoma! Whatever you decide, enjoy!

Kielly, full-time 4WD is the only way to fly in snow/ice country. For one thing, part-time 4WD is recommended by Toyota to be disengaged at speeds over 55 MPH. So, the scenario is when one is traveling down the highway at, say, 70 MPH, especially on an up-grade, and one encounters an icy...

RATS!!!

Hopefully the online specs are in error, but presently it shows full-time 4WD only available on the forthcoming hybrid Limited, and not on the presently available gas-only Limited. Will be checking with my dealer to see if they have any further information, but could have sworn the full-time...

Right on komek! I think our next vehicle will have cooled seats. Ready to commit to a Land Cruiser, or more likely, the new Lexus GX. Getting one might be another story. Tried to talk the wife into a (white) Taco Limited, but not getting very far with that. :(

As a desert rat, where the summers are scorching, not a cloud in the sky, I prefer lighter seats/interior. Also prefer a light vehicle exterior. For obvious reasons, predominantly white vehicles in the desert SW US.

That would be the clincher for me, if the GX engine is built in Japan! I hear you re the MPG, but we only log about 3K/year, so not too much of a consideration.

Same here. Difficult to keep them sorted out in my aged brain! A flood of videos for the GX550 have recently hit the web, and I am swamped with them!