Luddites will be luddites. People seem to forget that no matter how "old school" the 5th gens are, they're still packed to the brim with electronics. Everyone talks about these worse case scenarios but I've yet to hear of someone be stranded in the middle of nowhere because of a key fob - isn't part of this lifestyle being proactive with preparation to begin with? If it's such a concern, then mitigate that concern by carrying a spare battery. There's a lot more in these vehicles that can fail from hard use, and I doubt it's the ignition system. Also, if the "driving nannies" really make your daily life difficult, all of the TSS features can be permanently turned off using Techstream if one so desires.
Either way, people need to stop shaming tech upgrades just because they don't need it or don't like it, or need to justify their purchase for not having it. This is the 21st century, and there's no way to avoid such things. At the end of the day the purpose and ability of the 4Runner remains the same, and doesn't look like that's going to change for the foreseeable future.
My only gripe with these updates is the damned garrish location of the TSS radar. I welcome the attempt, but the implementation seems like a bit of an afterthought - there's that huge Toyota logo bar in the center of the grille they could've utilized - if they can fit it in the round emblem on every other Toyota and Lexus equipped with the system, I find it hard to believe they couldn't put a little extra engineering to make it a little more discreet.
