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My 3rd gen 4wd DCSB has averaged about 21 mpg over 33,000 miles. Not sure if a 2nd gen would do that, though probably not much worse. I drove a few used 2nd gens and they were responsive, but not dramatically more torque/acceleration at low or mid rpm's than the 3rd gen 3.5. It's not like V8 vs...

My 3rd gen 3.5 Tacoma has plenty of power. Low end torque, or an automatic that wants to hold a lower gear to compensate for that lack of low end, not so much. But slap it down a few gears manually and it hauls. I've never towed with it (well, I did yank a Mazda out of a mud hole) but a few...

I have a TRD OR double cab short bed with all options. I'm 60, mostly retired, and use my truck as a daily driver plus it's our only usable 4 passenger vehicle, so use it with friends and visiting family. I bought it used and wouldn't have picked a few options, specifically the JBL audio which...

Interesting products. I looked at the Hallmark site and some of the photos are the same as Tufport's, so I assume Hallmark will just resell the same top, or at least the same design, presumably authorized and not a knock-off!

I have a Z Series with the factory tracks plus Yakima towers and two crossbars. I have put maybe 10K miles on it with my Tepui RTT mounted up, no issues.

I read that 228K trucks are affected. But my VIN showed as not recalled. Have that already built that many Gen 3's that 228K is just part of the total? And if not all trucks are affected, does anyone know the differences, or is it just factory and date, which suggests process rather than design...

I recently went from a '97 T100 with 200K to a 3rd Gen (2016) Tacoma. The new truck is nicer in every way. And I could afford it; I'm old enough that this might be my last vehicle purchase, so I decided to splurge. And, it's become our family vehicle as we sold a car and the T100 to make room...

Enjoyed your trip report on the Good Sam forum ... thanks for sharing. China Gardens is a special place if you have it to yourself.

General Tire is part of Continental, not Cooper, though given Continental's lack of true offroad tires it's possible the X3 design or even sourcing is from Cooper.

I really like where this is going! I know your goal is to offer a rack that fits over the Softopper, for load carrying and perhaps security, but what you have now with the side doors looks like it's very close to replacing the Softopper ... Either as an AluCab-style canopy, if you had better...

Where I live, you could buy a new SR5 for less than a used 3rd gen TRD OffRoad. That said, I did buy a used '16 TRDOR but with just 5K miles and in '16. At 40K, you could be coming up needing tires, brakes, and even at 35K my Bilsteins don't feel as good as they did nearly new. The e-locker is...

I remember Super Hunky from Dirt Bike magazine, but don't recall ever reading any of these Carl and Emma tales. Priceless! I did read Granville King, as well as Ed Hertfelder who is still published regularly in City Bike. Thanks for sharing ... and good luck with the 'Burb.

if you want to return it, go back to REI. If you'd like to better understand the problems and get them fixed, contact Tepui. Their service is very good. You did mention "smacking the cover" on a tree; it's pretty hard to ********** the cover without hitting the tent and that could certainly cause...

Diesel is not just on its way out in the US ... there seems to be a rising tide of concern with diesel emissions in much of Europe, as well as cost-of-ownership in the US. I've recently talked with 3 guys who switched from Powerstroke to EcoBoost (2) and Cummins to Hemi (1) and are very happy...

+1 on demos. My wife and I both ended up on non+ FS 29-ers when upgrading from 26 a while ago, although we were both intrigued by 27.5. For us, short-travel 29 just worked. FWIW friends who are faster and more skilled riders than me don't seem to care for 27.5+, at least with the full 3" size...

For what it's worth, the speedo on my 2016 Tacoma with stock gearing (V6, auto trans) and stock 265/70-16 tires is accurate to about 1 mph relative to GPS indicated speed, at 60 mph. The truck's dial speedo and digital speedo match each other exactly, as far as I can tell.

Not sure how I stumbled across this TR, but it brought back great memories of a trip I did in 1988 through the strip, from Mesquite to Toroweap in my stock Ford Ranger with skinny (195/75) P metric tires, one of which succumbed on the drive out from Toroweap. I honestly don't remember too many...

I had OEM Geolandars on my Forester, and while they were reviled on the Forester forum, I thought they worked great in snow and off-road, including hundreds of miles in the Mojave, Death Valley and the Sierras. I replaced them with a Yokohama all-season, that saw another 40K miles of similar...

I actually saw a Habitat on the road, on a white Taco on US101 northbound in Monterey County on Saturday morning. Pretty soon they'll be everywhere. Looked good!

@Crom - I understand why you put your water at the front of the bed (weight distribution, and need tailgate access for other stuff) but how do you refill the Aquatainers on a trip when they're up front? I don't have any "fixed" storage, and in fact I'm still packing differently on every trip, it...