2020 4Runner - 2WD vs full-time 4WD?

Here in Canada only Limited (7 passenger) and Nightshade (7 passenger) have leather seats.

Although I've never used locker/crawl control, it seems like something I WOULD in fact be using going up some difficult forest service roads and stuff like that?

Rear locker and crawl control is good to have. Use your rear locker when you're stuck, but you can also engage it for extra traction when climbing in 4L.

Between the TRD OffRoad and SR5 (Canadian Editions), the additional features on the OffRoad offer better value for not a lot more $. It depends on your budget, but those extra modes are nice to have for whatever situation you may encounter. You get the cool 4WD shift lever, and also the awesome hood scoop with the TRD Offroad too. Softex with red TRD stitching is nice too.
 
Rear locker and crawl control is good to have. Use your rear locker when you're stuck, but you can also engage it for extra traction when climbing in 4L.

Between the TRD OffRoad and SR5 (Canadian Editions), the additional features on the OffRoad offer better value for not a lot more $. It depends on your budget, but those extra modes are nice to have for whatever situation you may encounter. You get the cool 4WD shift lever, and also the awesome hood scoop with the TRD Offroad too. Softex with red TRD stitching is nice too.

Haha I gotta be honest, any of the "looks" features I don't care about - hood scoop for example is pure... decoration?

But yeah the functional features seem worth it for the offroad. Once you go beyond that, you start paying a lot more for not much more... or even swapping out some of the things you want.

I want to squish the offroad trim with the creature comforts of limited! (parking sensors, full-time 4WD...) otherwise it does seem the offroad is best buy.
 
Kaitlyn, I'm local to you and have a limited. I've driven most roads up Squamish Valley/Elaho/Ashlu in my limited w/ the 20" wheels still (just waiting for the treads to go and I'll be moving to a 17" wheel). I'm not really understanding what you mean by your friend using crawl control just on the FSR's? Unless your going over some extreme terrain, which I wouldn't consider any FSR around here extreme, you would not need to use crawl control or even 4lo. Heck, with the Limited full time 4wd system I have only had to move it into 4Hi a select few times and that's mostly just to use it as you should engage the system once in a while. I also travel with a tent trailer on these roads so the 4wd system is great for engine braking. Otherwise, its just a road with some rocks and potholes.

Don't get hung up on the wheels, most dealers around here will swap them out for you. Lots of limited in town on TRD Pro wheels that the dealer has installed. Also if it bothers you aesthetically, the front end swap is easy. It bothers me and am slowly building up the parts to do the swap as was always my intention. I never wanted the limited but the wife did so....you know how that went.

Now I'll soon be at the best of both worlds. Non-limited trim pieces but the nice bells and whistles of the limited. Push button, auto climate, leather w/ heating and fans for cooling, parking sensors, JBL system, etc etc.

Here in the lower mainland the fulltime 4wd is nice with the all the rain and varying weather you can encounter on a road like the Sea2Sky.

To summarize, unless your going to be doing the Whipsaw or crawling around Stave or some extreme trails around here you are not going to need the lockers or terrain select.
 

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My experiences are like the others. I’m on my 3rd Runner, a 3rd gen and now 2 5th gens. Current one is an ORP, the other a standard SR5. Had the first 2 runners in snow so deep that I couldn’t believe it was not getting stuck. No low gear no crawl control, just 4H. It hasn’t been that bad since I got the 18 ORP to test the crawl or multi terrain features. I can tell you though the ATrack is excellent.
For what you describe, the SR5 would be just fine. The other models will make you “feel” better. I do agree with the others that you need to learn how the 4WD system works and test it before you really need it. Being familiar will lead to confidence. These trucks are bruts and I would have nothing else!

Bob


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Haha I gotta be honest, any of the "looks" features I don't care about - hood scoop for example is pure... decoration?

But yeah the functional features seem worth it for the offroad. Once you go beyond that, you start paying a lot more for not much more... or even swapping out some of the things you want.

I want to squish the offroad trim with the creature comforts of limited! (parking sensors, full-time 4WD...) otherwise it does seem the offroad is best buy.

Does the Offroad come with heated seats?
 
Although I've never used locker/crawl control, it seems like something I WOULD in fact be using going up some difficult forest service roads and stuff like that?

Lockers, MTS, CRAWL, etc are very powerful tools in the hands of knowledgable users, but I think you'd get more miles (or KM?) out of something like this:

Off Road Driver Training — Overlanding BC

Not sure how great these are, but some training is better than none, they're near you, and they're experienced with the roads you plan to travel in your 4R.

Adding advanced features to your 4R can make you a more capable driver, but the most capable drivers are more highly skilled at the Go/No Go decision than even their car's mechanical features.
 

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