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Just picked this up a little over a week ago. I purchased it to haul bikes and be a weekend warrior support vehicle for the family, but I'll be damned if I don't want to drive it every day! Over the first 500 miles I've averaged 18.0mpg. The truck is an XLT 4x4 with sport pkg., 3.5 ecoboost...

Sync3 works great in my F150. It also has Apple CarPlay, which I also like. I've heard the older units, especially MyFordTouch, had issues, but this one works great. With the Sync I like being able to have my music, phone and navigation all on the screen at the same time. I didn't think the...

I think this Ranger is just about perfect. I love the looks and think the 2.3T was the right engine for the job. There are no reliability issues with the 2.3 eco boost except in the Focus RS, but that has been explained and Ford is fixing it....shouldn't be a problem for the truck. If similar...

Looking good. I really like how the front fenders turned out. You achieved your goals to have them still look like FJ fenders, nice work!

Thanks for sharing!

Looks good to me!

This is an amazing trip report for me to read, as it brings back some great memories. My family is from Deadwood/Lead area (my grandpa worked in the mine) and I grew up in Alabama, so a lot of your trip was my yearly family vacation. I look forward to a trip like this with my boys in the near...

Hey, a local, cool! Great trip report and I appreciate the product reviews. My boys are old enough now, so it's time to start traveling!

Safe travels!

Apparently those of us who are ready for the new Ranger all have similar tastes. I'd like to join the club. I agree that a mini-Raptor isn't necessary, just make a tough truck that's 80% the size of an F-150 that can get mid to high 20s mpg with a turbo-4. Kind of like a Ridgeline with just a...

Miles travelled?

Looking great Meili. That number at the bottom of some of your posts.....is that how you're tracking spend on the project? Keep it up, it's really coming together and I hope the utility bed works as well as it looks, because it looks amazing on there.

Toyota's tests don't replicate highway driving, they are absolutely thrashing the engines during durability testing. Tests include things like being taken to high temperatures and then pumping ice cold water is through them, loaded up and run for hours at high RPM, etc.. What this shows me is...

Nice! Looking forward to more.

Yeah, that's a smaller tire than my Outback has, stock. This won't be an FJ replacement, but maybe a RAV4 based version of one.

I'd like to know this as well, as I've often been told the same regarding speedo vs. odometer.

I drove them both and then sat behind the drivers seat. Rear leg room measurements are a black art, both complex and not as standardized as I would expect. Although I would think Toyota would measure all of their cars the same, it is common for the numbers to be confusing and the advice often...

I've driven both in the past week and I would get the 4Runner, hands down. I'm not sure where the rear seats were set when measured for the previously posted specs, but the 4Runner obviously had more rear leg room. The one I drove had the optional 3rd row, so the second row could be moved fore...

I hope the oracle continues to wish you well on your journey, as do I.

Black trim looks good. I think if you did the portion behind and around the front plate, it would finish the look. Nice 4Runner, I'm a fan.