3rd Gen 3

Greetings, new member here. Prior owner of a ‘16 mgm Limited, ‘18 slvr TRDOR, and current ‘23 LR TRDOR. Gen 3 has been very good to me, thought I’d join b4 the 4th gen truck drops later this year.

 

Welcome! That’s quite the number!

why so many if they’ve been good to you?

 

Wow
I still have my ‘16 mgm trdor, figured it would out last me.

 

Same.

my 16 only has 53k. My grandkid will get it with less than 200k on it. Also for $30k. I know what I have

 

Funny path: I traded the limited b/c I wanted an off road, then traded that off road when I had a chance to buy a ‘14 FJ. Drove the FJ a couple years, wanted to get back into a truck.

 

Welcome, man I wish I had your $$ to switch vehicles every 2-3 years.

 

Welcome, and I would guess as often as you trade, you'll be joining the 4th gen section as soon as its out lol!.
Good luck with your truck, enjoy

 

I just rolled 18k on my 2017, but I was looking at new lunar rocks yesterday.

 

Welcome. Did you remove the chinstrap, or is that not a thing any longer?

 

The TRD Off-Road and the TRD PRO trucks don't have them.

 

They look real sharp with those new headlights, the little tweaks like the power seat make these later years the best ones too

 

Which one drives the best?

 

Welcome to the forum, you’ve owned more
vehicles in the last 5 years than I have in my entire life lol

 

What a history of 3rd Gen ownership!

Reminds me of a friend we use to call "The BBD", or the 'Bigger Better Deal.'

Take that as a joke as I don't know why you traded up so often.

I've got just over 17K on my '21 Sport and I had to remove the Air Dam to install the TRD Skid. lol

Hard to believe I've had her 2 years this May 14, 2023--the OTT Tune makes it the best overall experience with 3rd Gen.

Congrats on your newer 3rd Gen!

 

Welcome. Did you have a preference between the 3?

 

No particular favorite actually. All reliable and drive pretty much the same. The ‘16 seemed just a little unfinished, ‘18 added some safety gear, and the current has pwr seats,CarPlay & LED’s.

And yet after all those years…Toyota still won’t give me a damn grab handle. Haha

 

Welcome and welcome back!!!

 

The LED headlights have issues with wet snow and freezing rain….so not optimal for we Canadians.

 

How did you do on the trade in values?

 

I don’t recommend turning over trucks every couple years, and it’s definitely not my intent moving forward. In fact simple advice is do the opposite. I saw a couple people mention/joke about that and they’re generally correct.

First Taco wasn’t the right truck for me, life happens. Only traded the ‘18 Taco b/c I had an opportunity to drive an FJ. B/c of the used market at the time, I got a ridiculous good trade, and let me tell you, that FJ was as awesome as advertised. It also literally did not depreciate the entire time I had it, so no-brainer sliding back into my ‘23. Love it, also didn’t want to be a tester for the 4th gen, plan on handing the keys over to my son in 10+ years. Good to be back.