Mild Off-Road in the Sport?

I'm between a 2016 Sport in BBP or a 2017 OR in Inferno. Both in the M/T. I'm leaning towards the Sport because I like the BBP and Inferno trucks equally, but the Sport is quite a bit closer to me. I'd have to go ~200 miles for the OR Inferno truck.

I have never done any real off-road driving, but I'd like to give it a go once I get this truck. That said, I doubt it'll ever be anything hard core.

Which truck would you go with in this situation? I'm torn between looks as I do like the hood scoop and color matched features of the Sport, but the OR I'm looking at has the orange dash and stitching which I dig.

 

There is absolutely no reason you can't off road in the sport. I do it all the time. it doesn't have all the fancy off road bells and whistles that the OR does. but it will still do it.

 

And you can always get aftermarket lockers if you want.

 

Hell, I (and plenty of others) go off road in the SR. It's a truck, have fun with it.

 

95% of the users on this page have never driven a trail that couldn't be done in an open differential 4x4 (SR5, Sport).

You'll be fine in either truck. Put quality all terrain tires on it and have fun.

 

4x4 is a 4x4 no matter what the bedside decal says.

Lord have mercy Toyota marketing is terrible.

 

Good opinions here. The Sport sounds like it'll serve almost 100% of my needs better.

 

I would only get the TRD Sport if you, like ... need a basketball partner or something.

 

Is a locker beneficial in the snow? I live in Western NY and was thinking the OR might be beneficial in our winters. Or is it more pertinent to have 4x4 and good tires?

 

outside of a locker, not much difference in the 2

 

The only thing the OR has that the Sport doesn't have is a rear diff locker and better shocks....

The rear locker meh... not needed IMHO - get new shocks and it will ride like the OR problem solved and you have a skewp - get a pro grill and look like a Pro Bro!

 

The OR does also give you some gadgets like crawl control and incline meter etc. But they certainly don't stop a 4x4 without them from trail riding. Like Mxpatriot said, good tires and 4x4 are all 95% of people need. if your not sure you need the OR, your probably not one of those people that do.

 

Actually Toyota marketing is great

Making us pay 40k for trucks with stickers on them with fake scoops, when in reality 25kSR would be perfect for most

 

You will be fine. Good tires will also go a long way too.

Lots of people off road in Jeeps, and a whole lot aren't Rubicons.

Have fun!

 

you can take it on graded fireroads with caution, once that turns into gravel though or sand you need stop and turn around.

 

Sure.

But they can't sell a 4x4 Sport to someone who wants a 4x4 because they think it won't off-road unless TRD OR. That's a huge failure.

 

The OR M/T doesn't have Crawl Control or MTS so the locker and cosmetic options are really the only difference between the Sport and OR M/T.

 

And Crawl... Stiffer suspension on the Sport...

 

Guess it's a matter of perspective

To me failure is if s Tacoma buyer goes and buys a canyon or ridge line

What is happening is 4x4 sport being bought by bros to go to Starbucks

4x4 or with higher resale being bought by folks who actually use 4x4


Toyota marketing is keeping it in the family

 

I was asking specifically about the manual trans. Not crawl or MTS. So basically the suspension and locker.