Embarking on a 12 hour road trip in my tacoma.

Sunday my girlfriend and I will be leaving from pa to South Carolina for vacation in my 2023 tacoma sr5 . I’ve never driven this truck this many hours/miles this far. Do you guys find these trucks to be comfortable on super long drives like this? I’ll admit it is a bit rough driving locally lol. Guess we’ll be finding out soon.

 

My max road trip so far has been 32 hrs one way, 7 hrs being on winter/ice roads that are poorly maintained.

I find the truck comfortable. I’ve never had an issue to date.

 

I personally find that my truck is not nearly as nice on long drives as other vehicles I've had. Not to say that it's bad, but it isn't good. I just finished a 16 hour trip the other day to Brooksville, ME from Elkins, WV. I'll have another 16 in it this weekend headed home to Dayton, OH. That kinda drive isn't pleasant in any vehicle, but I've driven better. I've done 18 hours straight from Dayton to the black hills in south Dakota in my '22 Tacoma, a '20 Subaru Forester and a '15 Ram 1500. The ram was definitely the winner comfort wise.

 

If you are Hank Hill'n it (non existent buttocks) , its going to be very uncomfortable for that long of a drive.

 

Thank you

 

Haha I have small butt

 

you dont have to have a JLo butt..... but it helps haha

 

Hahaha

 

Jesus 32 hours from where to where??

 

You're quite welcome, good luck on your trip!

 

Stop and stretch regularly. I find the seat and seating position much better in my '22 than my 2nd gen. However both pale in comparison to comfort of the seats from my '99/3rd gen 4runner. To the point I'm considering attempting a swap. I've done several trips from the carolinas to different parts of PA, 10-12hr straight through drives. You'll be fine.

 

Yeah, that'll be no problem. I did it several times my gen 2 and my gen 3 is more comfortable than my gen 2. Technically you could do it with just one stop for fuel, restroom and eat, but more realistically you should probably stop a few times. The range on one tank of fuel is way longer on my gen 3. I averaged 23.7 mpg on a recent road trip in my gen 3. The gen 2 got way worse gas milage with any kind of driving.

 

Originally I couldn't drive more than an hour before getting achy due to the lack of thigh support.

I modded my seats with the Desert Does It front seat jackers, for me it made a world of difference. My longest trip has been just under 700 miles in one day.

Your truck has a power seat I believe, it should be less bad.

That said, overall I find the Tacoma to be just acceptably comfortable no better than that, kind of a disappointment for the money you spend.

Fortunately I enjoy driving it.

 

Gues the Atkinson cycle and dual injection help with better gas mileage

 

Tulita, NT to Kelowna, BC driving through Edmonton, AB.

The first leg of the drive, I had to drive between 10-15 kph due to massively potholed, damaged winter/ice road. Pretty unbearable.

 

It's mostly about keeping your foot off it, and averaging around 55-60. Rolling hills through maryland I was getting (tank fill level ÷ miles traveled) just over 21. But on the interstate at 75+ I'm averaging 15.5mpg.

 

Seat comfort is mostly a completely personal thing. I’m guessing you are very young and thus will ace this.

 

Just 12 hours is a nice short day drive. Put some gas in and go, nothing to worry about.

 

Get yourself an inflatable back pillow. Your back will last much longer with it. That is where my seat gets me after about 3 hours.

 

Personal best was 16 hours from Dover-Foxcroft Maine to Charlottesville VA, pulling a Tab 320S Boondock trailer. Wasn’t uncomfortable. I use a lumbar support pillow though. I don’t think the seats have enough back support.