I am not sure if the VVTi really matters. I know that it is a good and welcome improvement on power and mileage, but since I never owned a VVti 4runner, I can't tell you if makes a night and day experience while driving. My truck with the V8 is very powerful, it is very quick on its feet and does not give the feeling of a sluggish boat/suv, which is why I loved 4runners in the first place.
By the way the truck says Sr5, but it has a moon roof, automatic rear window and some holes on the front bumper where it looked like there was some sort of a bumper protector/extender type thing at some point. Does that make it an SE or SR5 came from the factory that way? My fenders are not body color by the way.