Any reason for me to go 4x4 over 4x2?

My 2000 Tacoma Pre runner (TRD Off Road) had a locker and it saved my hide a couple times up in Mammoth, CA where some dirt roads are like kitty litter. With that said, a 4x4 would have made me more comfortable.

 

Truth. I'm glad someone said it.

 

I can give you 4 reasons lol

 

I bought a 2006 Prerunner DCSB new...4x2.
Paid something like 6-8k less? Don't recall.

It did everything I wanted it to but I didn't push it...I did walk home from work last winter when Porkland got hit by a freak snow storm. I had lost my chains the week prior...fucking theives...I digress.

Sold it this past July in a total of 7 minutes on craigslist...bought a 2014 TRD Sport DCSB 4x4.

Pluses: I now have 4x4 and can do more (mountains, beach, not walking home from work)

Minuses: more maintanance but I take this as a hobby so...

I did't mind the 4x2...great truck.

 

Same here with the locker. I've seen some 4x2 guys hit some mean trails just being locked. Still will never be as good as 4x4 but for someone like me it's perfect.

 

For what it worth...

I didn't and don't believe I ever will need 4 wheel drive so I bought a Prerunner.

I wanted a truck. We have a RAV4 that can get the whole family around so I didn't need a double cab but wanted more room than a standard cab so the access cab was the choice for me. Wanted to be able to pull a trailer with a couple of wave runners on it so wanted a V6 and a tow package.

So why a Prerunner instead of a standard-height truck? I love the ride height. I pretty much never have to panick brake because I see what's going on up ahead of me. And to me, that comes in handy in Southern California traffic. And I can get down some nearby dirt roads to play with my RC truck at some more out of the way places. I would probably bottom out with a standard truck.

Bottom line...buy what works for you. If you will get use from a 4x4 consider getting one. If not, why spend the money?

I'm a little tired of reading so much non-4x4 bashing. We don't all need/want one. It's cool to see what you do with them but that'd be so impractical for me. I'm not trying to pretend I have a 4x4, I know my limitations, but I do LOVE driving around in my Taco and would buy the same thing again, no question about it.

 

Lol...

Plus there is that "what if" factor. I use 4x4 every chance I get

 

Agreed!

 

There's also mpg to consider.

http://www.fueleconomy.gov/FEG/bymodel/2014_Toyota_Tacoma.shtml

 

Four-wheel-drive is handy and in some cases necessary for specific jobs but also remember that farmers, ranchers and builders drove 2WD pickups for about 75 years before 4WD became common.

I farmed, did construction and then field biological research for seven years while driving a 2WD standard Toyota pickup, taking it all over the place on and off road in all types of conditions. I even did quite a bit of actual off-roading with it, including going down all of the trails at Big Bend that I later went down with a 4WD. I carried sand bags, chains, a high-lift jack, a come-along, shovel and 100 feet of cable and only got stuck once where I couldn't get myself out.

That's not to say that a 4Wd is not handy. In situations where you might have to work for a half hour getting a 2WD unstuck a 4WD can usually just move along with a flip of a switch. I use 4WD mostly in the winter when it is snowy or icy. It's nice not having to chain up to get to the post office or unchain once you hit the highway.