Hunting a TE is like hunting for unicorns

I'm in central FL right now but building a farm about an hour west of Knoxville TN. I'm back and forth a lot until it's finished, hopefully by summer.
 
If I get a TE, it'll likely get seat heaters and a remote start immediately. But if I'm going to get a TE, I want the KDSS. The nav I could take it or leave it but it's actually not priced bad so, I'd prefer to have it. Not a deal breaker though.

Looking for colors: black, magnetic grey metallic, or silver.

If I can't find what I'm looking for, I'll get an SR5 w/ leather (for the heaters) and put my own suspension in it.

I would like to ask a technical question regarding multi terrain select function. That is simply software, correct? There are no extra bits of hardware, aside from the dials, different than a 4wd w/ atrac system right? Correct me if I'm wrong.
 
Had my choice of half a dozen TE's...but they only had one Salsa red...seemed like all the other T4R's were black, silver, or white...:redbrick:
But that was late September when I got mine....
 
TE's are only hard to find if you live in a place where TE's are not normally sold. Our dealership always has one or two on the lot along with 6-8 SR5's and LE's. NEVER any 2WD's. If you live in a place where you have not much snow, no 4 distinct seasons, no mountains and 2WD 4Runners are offered chances of finding a TE locally are usually slim.

^^This. Trying to find something other than a TE on my local dealer's lot will require the virgin. After the last 10-12 inches of snow fell, the dealer's TE inventory was reduced in half. :D
 
This Salsa Red TE with Nav and KDSS has been sitting at Carmax in Laurel, MD for the past few months.

2011 Toyota 4Runner Trail in Laurel, MD- 7694299 at carmax.com

I nearly picked it up myself until I decided on a LE instead. I think it has all the options you want if you're in the area to grab it ;) You can get the factory remote start or the Pursuit extended remote start that works with the 4Runner w/o any issues.
 
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Can be done...:hungry:
 
It is computer software, plus Crawl Control come with TE's, along with A-Trac and locking the rear diffs.
 
Finally found a TE near me in August. Came with remote start from factory, not sure if they stopped that option for 2012.
 
Not really, when I choose the mogul and rock the KDSS is even smoother geared toward that.
that's a placebo effect, really. multi-terrain select adjusts the amount of wheel slip the 4WD system allows, but doesn't affect KDSS in any way. KDSS is purely mechanical/hydraulic.
 
Score!!!

I just picked up my first 4runner. 2011 Salsa Red Trail with KDSS.
Traded in my 06 TRD Taco for it. Couldn't be happier!
 

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