4x4! ...or PreRunner?

4X4 or nothing.

 

bite the bullet!

 

love my prerunner.....but wish i would have gotten 4x4 sometimes cause i want to go in mud.

 

Don't be a pussy. Get a 4X4

 

Yeah! Don't be a pussy

 

OP-you are in Oregon man, you need 4x4 just in case up there. mudslides,snow, armegeddon. also as others have said 4x4 resale is higher up there. bite the bullet my friend.

 

Be a pussy!....

 

I GET pussy and have a prerunner, does that count for anything

 

That's what I figured... but then again if I can find a great deal on a TRD prerunner and know I would have never gotten a 4x4 for the same price, then I'll still be happy

 

This is what I did. I'm moving to Oregon so I got a 4x4. Will I use it often? Probably not. Will I use it at all? Of course I will.

 

I agree

 

I bought a pre runner at first thinking I wouldn't want 4 wheel drive, but i was wrong. Sold the pre runner in a couple years and got a 4x4. Gas is a little more, but oh well. Hobbies cost money.

 

username win^

 

Not to worry AMA covers all vehicles....Don't need ya..

 

I'm in Washington and with about an inch or two of snow and a slight hill my taco likes to get sideways. 4wd is a must in Washington and Oregon.

 

And BC

 

Remember the 3" dusting of snow we got last Jan. I was driving my 2wd Grand Cherokee over Ross Island Bridge and spun out multiple times on the little patches of slush. I had to pull over and chain up to drive up Taylors Ferry. Told myself never again. Well the Jeep has been totalled (in an unrelated accident) so I'm going and finding a 4x4 Tacoma. I'm never getting a non 4x4 again. Ill spend the extra 1500 bucks for the added bonus. Plus it will help get you to Hood during the winter

 

I have more sense than to drive over the Ross Island when it's below freezing and snowing

...No, wait. I dont. I drove over the Souvies Island bridge in my SAAB during that same storm. What we go through for a woman, right? Sigh.

 

Keep another thing in mind, a 2wd (rear wheel drive) truck will have less traction in most street driving situations than a fwd car. Snow/slush depth would be a case where that may change. Don't expect a Prerunner to out-traction your Saab in light snow/slush or ice.

FYI, I grew up in Montana, learned to drive there and only had a 4wd for about 1 year during the 15 driving years I spent there. There were VERY few cases where I didn't go, or get, to where I was going with a fwd car. Street driving of course.

For me it's never a slam dunk of snow=4wd. You're particular driving requirements, driving wants, and budget dictate which way to go.

 

If you don't get much bad weather and never go off road - get a Prerunner, they look great. When I travel to South Florida, I see way more 2-wheelers. I live in Kentucky, get some real bad winters (get 4 even seasons). Owning a 4x4 is good for me and the mileage isn't much different.