Is TRD Off-Road worth it?

Your getting carried away with yourself now. Let me guess, you drive a Ford?

 

I've got a bridge I'd like to sell you.

 

And some oceanfront property in Arizona

 

99.5% of 4x4 TRD ORs I see are excellent looking pavement princesses. There's a good video of a guy visiting all the national parks in utah on a 2016 TRdOR. I think he turned on diff lock once or twice. If you do that kind of offroading, get a trdor. If not, a reg 4x4 will be fine.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcqyZf_u6tE

 

Saw this. It was definitely a commercial for Toyota, but it's still a really awesome video.

 

Better to have it and not need it!

 

I went from a 2014 DCLB sport to a 2016 OR DCSB. I can honestly say I'm happier with with the OR. My biggest gripe with the sport was that damn scoop. It did look nice, but it's amazing how much it obscured the front end view. That, coupled with it being a long bed in Portland, made parking anywhere a hair raising event. As far as off roading however, I have never once been in a situation where I needed to turn on the diff lock. But that's an Oregon thing. On the west side, you really only have the logging roads. I just did a 1600 mile round trip from Portland to Fresno through the Siskiyou pass in the dead of winter. I did the same trip last year in the 2014 sport. I'm glad to say the combination of engine breaking, some bad ass stock tread, and a shit load of caffeine, I sailed right through that.

 

Mine rides very slightly rougher than the 2013 DCSB SR5 I had, but like riding on a cloud compared to our 2007 QCSB Ram 3500 CTD.

 

I had an 08 TRD OR. Never used the Locker. I thought of it this way.

I don't go off roading. I don't need a truck for snow. So a 2WD Sport was the best option. I happen to like the scoop better than the Black Tupperware on the OR. Came down to aesthetics. Back in the 90's out west I did go off road and had a 4WD Tacoma. Wasn't something I liked to do. Down here 2WDs outsell 4WDs. Many 2WDs believe it or not, can traverse a dirt road....and even snow.

 

I went with the '16 TRD Sport. Dealer had one Sport and a few TRD OR's in the DCSB config. Honestly, I choose the Sport purely for aesthetics. Agree that the OR fenders look like tupperware, and just like the overall look of the Sport better; wheels, hood scoop, color matched flares, etc. Plus, I'm not going to take a $33k+ truck on any serious offloading, even if I did buy the OR. Just find that kind of ridiculous. I'd rather buy something older and build it specific for OR conditions and not worry about thrashing on it, instead of taking a brand new truck on stuff like that. My OR extent is trailheads, forest service roads, logging roads, occasional beach camping, road trips up and down the west coast, Utah and Colorado, etc. I really could have got away with the SR5, but took the Sport for looks because I could. Any configuration of the Tacoma would have been just fine for me and plenty capable. I probably didn't even need a truck, given that my '12 Subaru Outback got me everywhere I even needed to go, including some pretty hairy (relative) trails to get back to some trailheads in Colorado. I just WANTED a truck, more towing power than the Outback, and more capability all around, and a separate area for gear, dirty dog, etc.

I'll be the one to say it, I bet 95% of the people who buy any incarnation of the TRD, be it the Sport or the OR, rarely will take that truck on stuff that's super nasty. I think most of us just WANT the TRD so we get it, but are afraid to admit that most of us aren't going to use it in real "off-road" conditions, including those that add a lift kit and bigger tires, etc. It's more about looks than anything else.

 

That's not gnarly. You should see the roads around here

 

Needed a 6' bed......wanted a hood scoop!

 

Love Mine !!

 

Well, I wanted the TRD for the interior stuff, a 4x4 since we get snow/ice here and I'll do some light off-roading in NM and Co. Probably won't ever need the locker or crawl control, but thought the scoop looked dumb and I don't want it in my field of vision. Ergo, TRDOR was the choice.