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I'm thinking that quiet is an aid with a long drive. More support for the idea occurred when I've done same trips close to each other between the Tacoma and our car. Both have good seats and as the time builds I'm convinced the quiet is helpful for not being as fatigued.

I guess that makes me the work crawlers crowd. I get the fun people have with mods but find my stock TRD OR pretty great for someone usually off road 1-6 days a week. I've had modified 4x4s, more extreme tires, and I also don't want to stand out so wish everyone fun in their pursuits but I'm...

Those ejector seats were a mistake. My pickup is work and any/all weather oriented so purposely looked for no moon/sun roof and was dumb enough to test them while my wife was a passenger. Also, my friend should not have tested the smoke and oil slick buttons while a state trooper was behind us...

I think that's same brand as my wallet here. That space is plenty useful. In addition to a refillable bottle of sanitizer it will hold a wrapped snack, glasses, passes, and more. Fairly often criticism of the 4th gen interior have me thinking the owners did not try as many alternatives as we...

Unless work required the van, whatever my wife and kids did not want to drive. About 20 years ago I just lost having some care and ego or identity stuff strong for lots of people with vehicles. Something good became mostly about function, safety and reliability. For a time I was partial to...

Sorry, I had to use the laugh icon on that one from this hands on and close experience. The gen 4 Tacoma is a leaps and bounds improvement over my two prior generation Toyotas experience. Associates who got the Cybertruck and Bronco have had all of the SFQ problems known and discussed about...

The new book Abundance by Klein & Thompson covers complex dynamics underlying some problems being complained about. I don't lean or sit at the extremes where most are these days so when reading two of the Klein books kept thinking it is too bad many might dismiss them for Klein also being an...

There's a lot of success envy, and if not that, people short-sighted on things you bring up. Now at retirement age and seeing younger people move in our neighborhood I see some question how they do it as well as catch jealousy. Getting to know them has been fun, and their reality is really...

Far different matters were on my mind and in my analysis considering same two vehicles. The Limited doesn't have a long bed available. Coming from a period with a van and wagon and doing a whole lot of shopping for a broad range of vehicles, the short beds came up mostly goofy and useless. If I...

Same here for the pickup truck. Our car was a 0% and $0 down promotion purchase so an exception to our general rules about finance. We still pay our mortgage that's at all time lows for same money earning more in savings. There have been times in life when I've had debt but I was trying to be...

That is a ball of confusion for me. Two dealers near and the one where I made the purchase all offered reasonable adherence and options for what Toyota includes. That's also confusing because there's little evidence that many people are spending that much. It's only halo models that get so...

I get what you mean by bed space there, but will offer this suggestion if one has a very work oriented pickup and needs height too. You can get swaged or looped end cables like people might recognize as bike locks but 15 to 20 ft lengths and lock them to the D rings in bed. The commercial vs...

Is this for looks or function? Lower profile tires for a Sport vs OR is a specific advantage or reason for that model. Putting big off road tires on a rig without lockers is still a disadvantage. All the BFG series are great but you might want to consider the Trail Terrain model if you're after...

More and more I start to wonder if my age is showing not being reactionary like many, but for how many don't know how good modern vehicles are.

In addition to mind like others smoother when warm, my experience with other makers' 8-10 speed automatics seems quite the same. For examples, the Acura car and GM I think Allison automatics in heavy duty pickups.

Yes to the fuel requirement and all changing the oil too often does is waste money and creates the environmental negative externalities. Our personal experience mirrors studies and data. The 3 of 5 Toyotas we've had for 12-22 years were all serviced per their owner's manuals. I once was in fleet...

At work we have Pelican and similar, but I also steered away from some side mount and molle panel stuff so I could have that full open and easy to clean bed (my first post). These or similar were not $20 when I got a pair. One over and one behind a cargo box holds them well. They take up little...

Thank you. I can say what I did for how polarized people are and that dealer dividing their stores by US, Japanese, German and Korean brands. Our VW and several are/were not as expensive as my Tacoma and lots of them. I don't have good answers for that matter of polarization I brought up and so...

Your budget and expectations come to mind. In my case I need maximum flexibility. I use the truck with a Fas-Top (tonneau and Topper in one) so open bed plus two sorts of covers. For decades I've used the OG better mouse trap Rubbermaid Action-Packer boxes in two sizes. Two are still holding up...

It remains hard to understand you, and you don't seem to accept the advice and instructions that generally do well to solve problems. You post was in mind yesterday when our German car under warranty air conditioning stopped working and we have a 1000 mi trip in 10 days. For sure it was...