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4x4 or 4x2

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by StarGazer, Aug 29, 2010.

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What do you drive?

Poll closed Sep 28, 2010.
  1. A 4x4

    182 vote(s)
    65.7%
  2. A 4x2

    95 vote(s)
    34.3%
  1. Aug 29, 2010 at 1:12 PM
    #21
    rhodehard09

    rhodehard09 sometimes nonsense is the only sense someone has

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    Ryan
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    I drive a 4x4. because i off road alot. if i didn't, i'd have bought a prerunner, for the gas mileage......
     
  2. Aug 29, 2010 at 1:50 PM
    #22
    ColtsTRD

    ColtsTRD Well-Known Member

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    TRD Off Road Prerunner...it does great for all the off roading I do :)
     
  3. Aug 29, 2010 at 1:53 PM
    #23
    straycat241

    straycat241 maXXXed out mid travel

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    trd pre runner here :)
     
  4. Aug 29, 2010 at 1:58 PM
    #24
    chopper

    chopper ky taco

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    dura tracs, debadged, weathertech floormats, removed mudflaps,black paint wheels,k&n air intake.
    Must have 4x4 where I live.
     
  5. Aug 29, 2010 at 1:59 PM
    #25
    T0LLPHR33

    T0LLPHR33 Well-Known Member

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    S1N C1TY...(from Hilo, HI)...
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    I'd rather spend the extra $$$ for a 4x4...have it and not need it then need it and not have it...just MHO...
     
  6. Aug 29, 2010 at 2:21 PM
    #26
    toyo freak

    toyo freak Another Toyota Enthusiast

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    4x4....cause my parents bought it for me. We hunt alot, and the world is unpredictable so its better to have it and not use it, than to need it and not have it. I would have gotten a 2wd w/ locker but 4 wheels better than 2
     
  7. Aug 29, 2010 at 2:46 PM
    #27
    HondaGM

    HondaGM CallSign Monke

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  8. Aug 29, 2010 at 3:56 PM
    #28
    crf69

    crf69 scraping my emblems off my plasti-dip

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    ummm yeah
  9. Aug 29, 2010 at 3:59 PM
    #29
    jpmorrisvb

    jpmorrisvb Well-Known Member

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    Clazzio seat covers, KB Voodoo Powder Coated Tailgate Cap, OEM running boards, ImMrYo Rear-View Mirror Lift Bracket, 35% Tinted windows, EGR window vents, color matched door handles and tail gate lift, WeatherTech FloorLiners, OEM bed mat, sound dampening on rear wall and rear doors, on anytime foglight mod
    I have no need for a 4 x 4. The 2WD suits me well. I drove a 2WD in Saratoga County (NY) for 3 winters .... back snowy roads at all hours of the day and night to the Nuc Prototype I worked at with no problems.

    Juswt my 2 cents ..... :D
     
  10. Aug 29, 2010 at 4:06 PM
    #30
    005Tacoma

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    Didn't need a 4x4. Everywhere I go is paved so a 4x2 suited my needs.
     
  11. Aug 29, 2010 at 4:11 PM
    #31
    PA452

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    I needed it last February.

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  12. Aug 29, 2010 at 4:12 PM
    #32
    BuckNakedBooda

    BuckNakedBooda There's no place like 127.0.0.1

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    Absolutely agree about the Prerunners. Beautiful trucks but like you I also went with a 4x4....
     
  13. Aug 29, 2010 at 4:15 PM
    #33
    snorola

    snorola Well-Known Member

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    4x4 strictly because of the snow

    if i lived somewhere it didn't snow or snowed a lot less I would have a lowered x-runner for sure :cool:
     
  14. Aug 29, 2010 at 4:40 PM
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    Tacomanator

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    King 2.5" extended travel coilovers with compression adjusters, Camburg UCA's, King 2.5" rear shocks, TRD 1st gen CAI.
    prerunner. dont need 4wd for the wheelin i do. although, there were a couple of times i wish i had 4wd, but i still didnt get stuck.
     
  15. Aug 29, 2010 at 6:01 PM
    #35
    joesilvertac08

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    4x4 here, you got it:burnrubber: ,when you need it.
     
  16. Aug 29, 2010 at 6:13 PM
    #36
    genxer36

    genxer36 Lord of Tomfoolery

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  17. Aug 29, 2010 at 7:37 PM
    #37
    StarGazer

    StarGazer [OP] Well-Known Member

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    I've done so many mods to this truck it turned out to be a Dodge Ram 2500! WOW was that expensive!!
    That was three years ago! ;) But did you vote anyway?
     
  18. Aug 29, 2010 at 8:43 PM
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    ppham444

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    4X4 for snowboarding on the mountains during winter!
     
  19. Aug 29, 2010 at 8:59 PM
    #39
    NelsonTacoma

    NelsonTacoma This is my derpawayinator!!!!!

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    My Tacoma is 4x2, but I also have a 4Runner that is 4x4, so that's why I didn't get the Tacoma in 4x4, plus I live in southern AZ almost never need 4x4 unless doing hard core off roading. Which is what the 4Runner is for.
     
  20. Aug 29, 2010 at 9:17 PM
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    ilove_taco_ma

    ilove_taco_ma Well-Known Member

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    nothing, all stock expect got a OE replacement air filter K&N.
    4x4 is in my blood
     

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