I just got my 2011 SR5 4x4 this weekend. After a two
year hiatus from my last T4R (2004 SR5 2WD bought
new and drove for 130k miles) it was like coming
home. Everything seemed intuitive and felt right.
I trade in my 2004 when I moved to PA in 08 and
needed something 4WD for the snow. I bought an 03
Range Rover with 50k miles on it and it was a fun car
for a while, did a little offroading (driving in the snow
was like driving in the rain, it handled great). But
over the last two years I got to the point where I
knew I needed to get something else before crap
started failing on the RR, so I went back to my roots.
The 2011 T4R SR5 4x4 (salsa red) has been awesome
(at least for the past three days and 800 miles). We
picked it up in Chicago and drove back to Arkansas.
I asked our 18-month old son "do you like our new
car?"
- "noo"
Me- "really?" (thinking- What the heck?!? Well you'll
learn to like it, 'cause in 14.5 years it's the car you'll
be driving )
- "noo"
I asked him again later if he was ready for bed and he
said "NO" and I realized he wasn't saying 'no' about
the car earlier he was saying 'new'. He needs to learn
enunciation.
Anyhow, I really like the 5th gen T4R but have a few
minor dislikes:
- the stupid eco light - turned that trash off about
seven minutes after leaving the dealership (silly
Obama mandated inititive, I'm sure )
- rear windshield wiper range
- cruise control downshifting if it gets 1/10th of a
MPH below where it was set (same as on the 2004),
so aggervating.
- not being able to read the raido display with
polarized sunglasses or if the lights are on before
total darkness outside.
- running boards not standard
- not having auto-dimming mirrors or seat-memory.
All in all, as I said above, getting into the truck felt
like coming home, after the range rover. I put 130k
miles on my 2004 4runner in college from 04-08 and
would probably still be driving had it been 4WD, now
I'll get the next 15 years to see if that therory hold
true.
year hiatus from my last T4R (2004 SR5 2WD bought
new and drove for 130k miles) it was like coming
home. Everything seemed intuitive and felt right.
I trade in my 2004 when I moved to PA in 08 and
needed something 4WD for the snow. I bought an 03
Range Rover with 50k miles on it and it was a fun car
for a while, did a little offroading (driving in the snow
was like driving in the rain, it handled great). But
over the last two years I got to the point where I
knew I needed to get something else before crap
started failing on the RR, so I went back to my roots.
The 2011 T4R SR5 4x4 (salsa red) has been awesome
(at least for the past three days and 800 miles). We
picked it up in Chicago and drove back to Arkansas.
I asked our 18-month old son "do you like our new
car?"
- "noo"
Me- "really?" (thinking- What the heck?!? Well you'll
learn to like it, 'cause in 14.5 years it's the car you'll
be driving )
- "noo"
I asked him again later if he was ready for bed and he
said "NO" and I realized he wasn't saying 'no' about
the car earlier he was saying 'new'. He needs to learn
enunciation.
Anyhow, I really like the 5th gen T4R but have a few
minor dislikes:
- the stupid eco light - turned that trash off about
seven minutes after leaving the dealership (silly
Obama mandated inititive, I'm sure )
- rear windshield wiper range
- cruise control downshifting if it gets 1/10th of a
MPH below where it was set (same as on the 2004),
so aggervating.
- not being able to read the raido display with
polarized sunglasses or if the lights are on before
total darkness outside.
- running boards not standard
- not having auto-dimming mirrors or seat-memory.
All in all, as I said above, getting into the truck felt
like coming home, after the range rover. I put 130k
miles on my 2004 4runner in college from 04-08 and
would probably still be driving had it been 4WD, now
I'll get the next 15 years to see if that therory hold
true.
