Cant decide on OR or Sport TRD, can get either at invoice, also color choice?

gb42 · Feb 25, 2016

Rock Lobster said: ↑

It's the same truck regardless of the package. Mileage will be the same.

The brakes themselves are the same but the offroad 4wd doesn't have a vacuum assisted booster. Instead it has an electric pump. The brakes feel tighter because of the pump.
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Sorry, that's what I meant by saying the brakes are better.

smitty99 · Feb 25, 2016

JoeRacer302 said: ↑

This is what I did .. I sat down and I wrote out all the things I do with my vehicle and what I wanted in my new vehicle. I assigned weighting values to each that ranged between 0-1, and they all totaled up to 1. This means maybe passenger leg room was 0.1 but off road capability was 0.25, just as an example. I then went out and test drove a bunch of vehicles and looked at available options, prices, etc., and I took notes about the things I did and didn't like about each. I then sat down and looked over my notes and gave each vehicle a score between 0-10 for how it met my needs/wants I had identified earlier. Then multiplied the score against the weighting factor, and then added the scores for each category up to give an overall score for the vehicle ... In the end my two highest ranked vehicles were the 4Runner and Tacoma. Reliability and off-road capability were high on my list, as was being able to fit in my garage ... Honestly, the 4Runner ranked higher for me, but in the end I went with the Tacoma because even with the off-road package it was going to be able $6-7k less than the 4Runner I wanted. Plus the Tacoma came with a manual which was real appealing to me ...

I know that sounds like a lot of work, but that's just how I processed it and figured out what I wanted. Maybe you don't have to go crazy with scoring and adding shit up, but it may help to at least write up what you're looking for. This way you've identified specifically what is important to you, and just that process of putting it down on paper would help you out ... You can't really just let other people tell you which way to go, you have to figure this out yourself so that you're really happy with the final decision. You are going to know what you need/want more so than any of us. Let those needs/wants guide you, not a bunch of assholes on the internet
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Such an engineer.

jsinnard · Feb 25, 2016

Love the quicksand color

JoeRacer302 · Feb 25, 2016

smitty99 said: ↑

Such an engineer.
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¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I get bored and over analyze things, it's what I'm paid to do ... make simple shit complicated

Sulley16 · Feb 25, 2016

Honestly they are both very capable trucks, when you pull up to the lot just go with what attracts you the most. Mine was love at first site.

robssol · Feb 25, 2016

I chose the sport for the hood skewp and 17" rims, not necessarily in that order But mine is a 2nd gen.
The wife loves it when we pull up to a stop light next to a full size and it looks shorter, and I'm not lifted

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#26 robssol If it ain't broke, leave it the eff alone!

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