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Post by orangedw on Mar 3, 2024 12:41:37 GMT -5
I wish the northeast had more areas where you can “off road”. The entire top half of NY State is basically wilderness, but I don’t know of anything beyond campsites and snowmobile trails. I’ve often heard that taking a vehicle on a snowmobile trail is risky because of some studs that can fall off snowmobiles and litter the trails and puncture your tires. No thanks. i dream of taking this thing out West where there are way more off road trails, and exploring Colorado-Utah-Nevada-Southern Cal. Problem is it would take forever to get to Colorado and I care nothing about seeing anything between here and Colorado. Have made the trip many times from there to here, and couldn't agree more. Not much to see at all, you just want to get there. Yeah if you ever got out here, I'd show you some pretty crazy stuff to go on, and not even close to the worst of thinking you'll never make it out lol. Yeah going out by yourself can get risky. That's why people get winches to get themselves unstuck. I've been so far away solo, maybe 6 hrs from somewhere. I might as well have been on a different planet, it was pretty weird. That'll make you check all fluids, tires etc. like no other. Always keep, jump starts, jacks, jugs of water, survival stuff including a good saw. If a tree falls on the trail and that's your only way out, you're screwed without one. A saw! I would not have thought of that one!
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Post by JazzNC on Mar 8, 2024 15:13:35 GMT -5
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Post by orangedw on Mar 12, 2024 19:47:02 GMT -5
I wish the northeast had more areas where you can “off road”. The entire top half of NY State is basically wilderness, but I don’t know of anything beyond campsites and snowmobile trails. I’ve often heard that taking a vehicle on a snowmobile trail is risky because of some studs that can fall off snowmobiles and litter the trails and puncture your tires. No thanks. i dream of taking this thing out West where there are way more off road trails, and exploring Colorado-Utah-Nevada-Southern Cal. Problem is it would take forever to get to Colorado and I care nothing about seeing anything between here and Colorado. Have made the trip many times from there to here, and couldn't agree more. Not much to see at all, you just want to get there. Yeah if you ever got out here, I'd show you some pretty crazy stuff to go on, and not even close to the worst of thinking you'll never make it out lol. Yeah going out by yourself can get risky. That's why people get winches to get themselves unstuck. I've been so far away solo, maybe 6 hrs from somewhere. I might as well have been on a different planet, it was pretty weird. That'll make you check all fluids, tires etc. like no other. Always keep, jump starts, jacks, jugs of water, survival stuff including a good saw. If a tree falls on the trail and that's your only way out, you're screwed without one. Got a nice seasonably warm and sunny day for the first time since I bought this thing….put the back window down and opened the sun roof. Who needs a Jeep? That breeze felt incredible, but not in the noisy “too much” way that rolling the windows down can cause. It was perfect. Absolutely love the back window rolling down feature - I can’t figure out why more car companies don’t do that? I believe it’s just the 4Runner, Tundra, and old Sequoia’s that have it?
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Post by orangedw on Apr 28, 2024 8:27:45 GMT -5
Been paying a lot more attention to what people are driving, since researching for my vehicle last fall.
Really striking how the only American made vehicles people seem to drive are big trucks and big SUVs. Seems the American brands are not even competitive with crossovers or midsize SUVs, and do any of the American companies even make cars anymore?
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Post by ssbriefcase on Apr 28, 2024 9:09:37 GMT -5
Have made the trip many times from there to here, and couldn't agree more. Not much to see at all, you just want to get there. Yeah if you ever got out here, I'd show you some pretty crazy stuff to go on, and not even close to the worst of thinking you'll never make it out lol. Yeah going out by yourself can get risky. That's why people get winches to get themselves unstuck. I've been so far away solo, maybe 6 hrs from somewhere. I might as well have been on a different planet, it was pretty weird. That'll make you check all fluids, tires etc. like no other. Always keep, jump starts, jacks, jugs of water, survival stuff including a good saw. If a tree falls on the trail and that's your only way out, you're screwed without one. Got a nice seasonably warm and sunny day for the first time since I bought this thing….put the back window down and opened the sun roof. Who needs a Jeep? That breeze felt incredible, but not in the noisy “too much” way that rolling the windows down can cause. It was perfect. Absolutely love the back window rolling down feature - I can’t figure out why more car companies don’t do that? I believe it’s just the 4Runner, Tundra, and old Sequoia’s that have it? Yeah the rear window is a cult phenomenon. Before the reveal of the new Gen6 4runner was out, the crazies started a thread to boycott the new one if it didn't have the roll down window. It's remained. DO NOT go down a dry dirt road with it down! Ask me how I know. The way air flows back there while driving, it actually pulls the dust up into the cab. Man I did it once and I'll never make that mistake again. It took months for me to get it all clean.
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Post by orangedw on Apr 28, 2024 9:23:35 GMT -5
Got a nice seasonably warm and sunny day for the first time since I bought this thing….put the back window down and opened the sun roof. Who needs a Jeep? That breeze felt incredible, but not in the noisy “too much” way that rolling the windows down can cause. It was perfect. Absolutely love the back window rolling down feature - I can’t figure out why more car companies don’t do that? I believe it’s just the 4Runner, Tundra, and old Sequoia’s that have it? Yeah the rear window is a cult phenomenon. Before the reveal of the new Gen6 4runner was out, the crazies started a thread to boycott the new one if it didn't have the roll down window. It's remained. DO NOT go down a dry dirt road with it down! Ask me how I know. The way air flows back there while driving, it actually pulls the dust up into the cab. Man I did it once and I'll never make that mistake again. It took months for me to get it all clean. Yeah, I saw lots of videos and comments on YouTube speculating if they’d keep the roll down window on Gen 6. Seems a no brainer to me. Recently made a long drive to visit family in Virginia and NC. Had that window down on those 70-80 degree days - I love it. All the ventilation and hardly any of the noise of rolling down a regular window. That dry dirt road is a good tip for when I start doing some summer camping! Other than a stretch of bad and slow traffic in northern PA/southern NY, I absolutely loved making that road trip though. I’ve always just gotten on a flight in the past, but really enjoyed driving through the Virginia mountains in this - 4Runner is making driving fun for me lol.
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Post by ssbriefcase on Apr 28, 2024 9:34:32 GMT -5
Been paying a lot more attention to what people are driving, since researching for my vehicle last fall. Really striking how the only American made vehicles people seem to drive are big trucks and big SUVs. Seems the American brands are not even competitive with crossovers or midsize SUVs, and do any of the American companies even make cars anymore? My lane is SUV's and light trucks. I'll say, American made vehicles in that segment has come a long way in features and they're still cheaper. Since the 4runner reveal last month, and of course the new Tacoma, they are very expensive now. A TRD Pro (the top trim level) Tacoma is $66K, the TRD Pro 4runner pricing isn't out yet, but it's going to be at least $68K. You can get a Ford Ranger Raptor for $60K, and a Chevy ZR2 for $52K. To go down the rabbit hole, the Ranger Raptor and the ZR2 comes with rear and front lockers stock, the 4runner and Tacoma do not, which is huge off road, it doesn't get much more equipped than that. Now build quality and reliability are what Toyota has to hang their hat on, because feature wise and off road capable, Americans have caught up in that segment. I've been waiting years for the new reveal for the 6th gen 4runner and the new Land Cruiser 250. Now they're here and I'm not completely sold on either because they're too much alike and the expensive price points are all over the place. There's features on the LC that I wanted better. The new Lexus GX550 is basically what the real Land Cruiser 300 is everywhere else in the world except here, we get the smaller LC250. For as much $ for all these vehicles, they've almost pushed me into just getting the Lexus. Dealer called me a few weeks ago asking if I still was interested in the new LC250, and I passed on it. I'm going to stick to the old plan of "never buy a first year of a new model vehicle". I'm going to wait for the '25's and see what tweaks Toyota does to these and shows they learned some lessons.
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Post by orangedw on Apr 28, 2024 12:00:24 GMT -5
Been paying a lot more attention to what people are driving, since researching for my vehicle last fall. Really striking how the only American made vehicles people seem to drive are big trucks and big SUVs. Seems the American brands are not even competitive with crossovers or midsize SUVs, and do any of the American companies even make cars anymore? My lane is SUV's and light trucks. I'll say, American made vehicles in that segment has come a long way in features and they're still cheaper. Since the 4runner reveal last month, and of course the new Tacoma, they are very expensive now. A TRD Pro (the top trim level) Tacoma is $66K, the TRD Pro 4runner pricing isn't out yet, but it's going to be at least $68K. You can get a Ford Ranger Raptor for $60K, and a Chevy ZR2 for $52K. To go down the rabbit hole, the Ranger Raptor and the ZR2 comes with rear and front lockers stock, the 4runner and Tacoma do not, which is huge off road, it doesn't get much more equipped than that. Now build quality and reliability are what Toyota has to hang their hat on, because feature wise and off road capable, Americans have caught up in that segment. I've been waiting years for the new reveal for the 6th gen 4runner and the new Land Cruiser 250. Now they're here and I'm not completely sold on either because they're too much alike and the expensive price points are all over the place. There's features on the LC that I wanted better. The new Lexus GX550 is basically what the real Land Cruiser 300 is everywhere else in the world except here, we get the smaller LC250. For as much $ for all these vehicles, they've almost pushed me into just getting the Lexus. Dealer called me a few weeks ago asking if I still was interested in the new LC250, and I passed on it. I'm going to stick to the old plan of "never buy a first year of a new model vehicle". I'm going to wait for the '25's and see what tweaks Toyota does to these and shows they learned some lessons. Yeah the LC and new 4R do seem very similar. I’ve been watching a ton of YouTube videos on those and the Lexus GX too. My dad loves my 4Runner is considering a 4Runner(5th Gen) or maybe a Lexus now too, so I’ve been trying to help him. Another thing with my road trip is I saw so many 3rd and 4th Gen 4Runners along the way, particularly in Virginia. Speaks to their longevity, especially in those climates that don’t have to use that road salt garbage.
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