AC owners,do you wish you had a DC?

My DCLB won't drift as easy as an AC once the snow flys, I'll miss that.

 

I sometimes wish I had a 4 door to travel to Vegas but oh well.

 

Access Cab!!! Better looking (sexy), better ride, better in snow & Ice, faster. more power, higher demand, higher resale, better acoustics, Toyota just put more thought into the design of the access cab, The Toyota Tacoma Access Cab could quite possibly be the perfect truck, Now this is just my opinion!!!

 

Eh. Does not work like that, unfortunately. I regularly go on snowboarding trips with 3 other people, 55 lb dog (sometimes 2), snowboards, bags, other gear. There is no way to fit all that in a 4Runner, even with a roof box.

DCSB with a shell for dogs and sometimes even a roof box in addition to that.

 

Under the platform in my AC are the seats If I take the platform out I can haul people I have done this once in last 50,000 miles there is a huge amount of space back there when the area is flat. I really don't even like the looks of 4 door cars much less a saw off small truck!

 

Could this also be a result from pushing the truck beyond it's limits, with aggressive off-road use (4x2)? I wouldn't expect this in the 2014 models DC TSS sport SR5.

Then again, wouldn't a decent auto body shop be able to repair the crack and paint issue prior to it rusting?

 

Have a DC, think I could've gotten an AC and have liked it just a little more.

 

No thanks! I don't want to put bloody deer, turkey, coyote, or large slimy fish in the 4 runner when I'm hunting and fishing. The DC can haul me and 2 or 3 hunting buddies comfortably wherever we want to go off road, and allow us to haul bloody game out in the bed. I had a different truck in an AC before my DC, and would never go back.

I guess if you don't have many friends, or like to skip out on driving 95% of the time an AC would be perfect!

 

In my '10 I set up the platform over the seat "seats" ... limited access to the jack/storage areas ... 4 years I never took it out ... on my '14 I took the seat "seat" totally out ... made new platform at same height and now have full access to storage ...

'10 ...



'14 ...

 

The DC is a little overkill for me currently, but I'd rather that be the case and have the flexibility than the opposite

The AC does look nice though, FWIW

 

Don't be too quick to worry about that. My dc drifts just fine in the snow (when we get it), takes a little longer but it's easy to control and can still be fun. I went for the DCLB because I needed long bed for the quad and wanted to be able to take friends wheeling.

My wife has the ac and I can't believe how different these two are to drive. Ac feels like a sports car compared to my dc, but the dc is a much better travelling vehicle, better ride, way better fuel economy. Wife's truck is the TRD O/R and it is geared much lower than mine. She's about 1000rpm higher at 70 mph.

The other issue I have with her truck is that if you are in a tight parking spot (like almost anywhere but Costco) it's really a pain in the ass to load stuff into the cab.

 

Is that true? Is it your particular set-ups that make that so?

 

I haven't crunched numbers so it's not completely official, but rpms on the hwy don't lie. On longer highway trips mileage difference is significant. Hers is also a six speed where mine is an auto. I also find the auto seems to multiply the torque of the engine, the truck is always up shifting when I'm just toodling around town, keeping the revs around 1000-1200 when driving easy. Wife's truck doesn't like to rev that low, it seems.

Again, the qualifier that I have not crunched numbers, I'm more of a seat of the pants feel kinda guy.

Someone is sure to contradict me with a list of stats etc...

 

The only advice here I can give is, that if you have kids, or planning to have some. Go with DC it will save you a lot of hassle later.
Surprisingly my wife is biggest supporter of my DC Tacoma. We have multiple vehicles including biggest Toyota SUV out there, however when we have to go to tag sales, with our two youngest kids, guess which truck we take ?
When we have to go to home depot or garden center guess which truck we take.
Stroll on the beach with toys full of sand, crabs and chunks of chocolate chip cookies, Of course Tacoma again.
If I was single I would own Regular cab if I needed more room inside the cab for some outdoor sport I would get Access Cab but once married a DC is a must.

 

You can haul a lot more beer with a double cab and a long bed

 

1st gen access can here. The bed length is ideal for sleeping in. I rarely carry more than one other person. I've never wished for a double cab.

 

Can't fit a dirt bike in a dcsb with the tailgate closed. I'm ocd about things being tucked away and secure. Also, it may just be my perception, but I feel the tailgate up adds rigidity to the whole bed assembly. I minimize tailgate down driving, hence my 6' bed choice.

 

I'll give you that. Took mine on some state forest trails around here the other day. Got out constantly to make sure I wasn't going to hit in the middle due to the really long wheelbase. Ended up getting to a gate at one point and must have made a 20 point turn to go back in the other direction. Daily driving, parking, etc. I don't notice the extra length. But when you're trying to turn a 19 ft long truck around on a relatively narrow trail with enormous ditches on either side every bit of extra length is noticeable. A shorter truck would have undoubtedly been easier and I wouldn't have been second guessing myself constantly.

For the amount I go off road, though, it's not a big deal. Most places I take it are old logging roads anyway with enough space where the length isn't as inconvenient.

 

Caulk me up for DC/SB owners who wished they has a DC/LB.... now I do.

 

The bad of an AC:
I went from a ranger ext. cab to a taco DCLB and love the change. my dog can sit in the back and poke her head out the window when i roll it down, cant do that in an AC. Also when i pull my boat to the launch i can get more people in my one vehicle so my friends dont have to search for a parking spot for an extra vehicle. love having subs behind the seat so i can still get my friends/whatever crap i want in there and still have a loud system that is hidden and protected.

The good of the AC:
At the same time, my DCLB is harder to park in small lots. It's doable, but takes more caution. Also it barely fits in the garage so when i wanna do work in there i have to pull it out. If i had an AC, i could probly leave it in there. Also my DCLB wont drift as well on the MN lakes. My ranger was a blast to drift in, and an AC taco would be too. Perfect size to whip that back around and keep it there. The long wheelbase of my DCLB takes most of the fun out of that.

Overall though, it sounds like you are having doubts that the AC is enough for you. Thats why you put this post up in the first place. And that tells me that you will wish you had a DC down the road. Just get the DCLB, the DCSB is weird looking and way less useful to haul stuff, despite what other say on here. I wouldnt wanna haul an 8' sheet of plywood in a DCSB... near half the board sticking out... and i couldnt fit my 2 man flipover fish house in a DCSB.. it's 6 ft long and i have to get the tailgate up so my other little fishing stuff wont fly out.