Bought a 2024 Tacoma Off-Road Premium today!

[CATOY]

You mentioned that at highway speeds it doesn't have the same power as the V6 apparently due to the torque curve correct ?

That may have been someone else as I just took it on the freeway up to 65. There seems to be a slight turbo lag, I don’t get on it at all. It feels like my 2001 4Runner as far as power. I don’t purchase this truck for its power characteristics so that probably will not be an issue. This week’s commute will give me lots more data on how it does in traffic, rough California roads and overpass power.

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[CATOY]

Opened up the moon roof today and it appears as if you have to hit the button one additional time once it stops at what appears to be fully open and it will move back an extra inch or so. It has an accordion fold on the sides when you tilt it up.

 

[CATOY]

Here's some pictures of the card key, the battery is easily replaceable.

 

[CATOY]

Ride height for a TRD Off Road. Still waiting for someone to hold the steering wheel so I can take tire spacing pictures in the front wheel well.

 

[CATOY]

Here are some more pictures of the Softek seats, I like them so far.

 

[MJE]

Here's some pictures of the card key, the battery is easily replaceable.

So is this the key? Or is this in addition to a normal key fob with buttons?

 

[Wukong]

Still waiting for someone to hold the steering wheel so I can take tire spacing pictures in the front wheel well.

Thanks for posting. Going to be a lot less guesswork for the rest of us.

 

[CATOY]

Thanks for posting. Going to be a lot less guesswork for the rest of us.

I agree, the only way to take the measurments is to have someone hold the steering wheel all the way to the lock as it will not stay there on it's own so keep that in mind if someone post numbers as it will make a difference for rub.

 

[komek]

Bummer to hear about the radio. Do you mean the am/fm actual radio or just the sound system in general?

What music source were you playing from? Sometimes the source quality can really affect sound quality.

One of my requirements for letting go of the luxury sports car life and getting a truck is it needs to have a good sound system. I never truly appreciated one until experiencing the one that came with my current car, and it made my commutes way more enjoyable. Even for simple things like podcasts.

 

[BMM123]

Bummer to hear about the radio. Do you mean the am/fm actual radio or just the sound system in general?

What music source were you playing from? Sometimes the source quality can really affect sound quality.

One of my requirements for letting go of the luxury sports car life and getting a truck is it needs to have a good sound system. I never truly appreciated one until experiencing the one that came with my current car, and it made my commutes way more enjoyable. Even for simple things like podcasts.

I'm still of the belief that this can be fixed in the settings. I will be getting my truck in the next couple days and I will follow this message up. I am pretty confident that I'll be able to make it sound as good as it can sound.

 

[stillgotomx]

The silver is a little darker than I expected. Seat is comfortable and plenty of room for me at 6’1”. The steering wheel doesn’t feel like leather and more like a cheap material that will take a bit to get used to. Visibility with the standard mirror our the back is not too good. Felt a slight turbo lag of the line and wasn’t even getting on it. This would be my first turbo as I’m accustomed to driving a supercharged car with 650hp. Plastic still on seats so can’t feel them yet. It has black Tacoma emblems on the side which I didn’t expect or have that option. The bed cam is nice!

The silver is a little darker than I expected. Seat is comfortable and plenty of room for me at 6’1”. The steering wheel doesn’t feel like leather and more like a cheap material that will take a bit to get used to. Visibility with the standard mirror our the back is not too good. Felt a slight turbo lag of the line and wasn’t even getting on it. This would be my first turbo as I’m accustomed to driving a supercharged car with 650hp. Plastic still on seats so can’t feel them yet. It has black Tacoma emblems on the side which I didn’t expect or have that option. The bed cam is nice!

ORIGINAL POST:

Just took a premium out for a test drive and it feels much bigger than my 2001 4Runner and higher than my 2007 Sequoia. Working on numbers now, will report back later with more info the digital mirror makes me dizzy glancing at it from the road.


UPDATE!

Purchased the Off Road premium this evening. The seats look and feel great with plenty of support. The lane assist is amazing, not sure how much I will use it. It carved through the canyon on the way home. Need to read the manual to figure out how to use adaptive cruise control which will come in handy for my commute. The engine seems to have plenty of power for driving around town, haven’t beat on it yet, I’m pretty sure the salesperson did when he went to get gas.

I will take lots of pictures tomorrow and post some video. The one disappointment is the way the gas door is designed as it should have need a push to open and it’s not a locking door. The Apple CarPlay with Waze was really nice on the way home and the sound system sounds pretty good so far and I haven’t adjusted the tone or fader yet. The shocks look cool under the car. I haven’t dug through all the cubbies yet to see if it came with the deck rail accessories I think it is supposed to have.

Ended up paying just under $500 under MSRP and the only option is the premium package.

It’s nice that the Tacoma script on the sides is black as I was under the impression that they would be chrome. I need to get the black emblem for the front and I was going to get the black fill for the tailgate and may not as it looks nice with the deep letters. The area around the rear window looks like it’s unfinished while the interior at least in the dark feels and looks great other than the steering wheel. The heated steering wheel gets really hot fast more info and pictures tomorrow.

More reviews after driving the truck around town. To start, this is my first Tacoma and I previously had a 2001 4Runner and a new 1986 Toyota 4x4 back in the day so i can't compare anything to the older Tacoma.

The 10 speaker JBL stereo is horrible in my opinion, not much base and sounds really cheap. I haven't tried to use the portable speaker yet, I agree with those that have said it sounds like it's not even there when plugged in. I was surprised that the OR doesn't come with the front air dam so I am wondering there's really a noticeable difference. The adaptive cruise control with lane centering is kind of neat, not sure how often I will use the lane centering part of that. It does feel weird when it steers the wheel and it's not too hard to take over when it goes off course, I wouldn't use it when the roadway is narrow and there are parked cars. The cubby hole hole on the side of the drivers dash in the door sill with the Morse code is probably only good for a tin of mints or your chew.

The LED head lights last night were good, they project a solid line on the top which feels a little lower than it should yet they do light up the road quite well. The auto high beams goes on and off more often than it should and will probably attract the attention of law enforcement so it may not be a good idea to use it around town. When you activate the door lights for outside, there's two small ones up on either side of the third break light, a couple in the bed and one integrated into the rear tailgate latch that looks like it points down to the ground that should be helpful at night.

The heated seats and steering wheel work great and are almost too hot to leave on high full time and the ventilated seats are a little noisy and seem to go on and off at least when i had it on and the car wasn't running. The driver's mirror does present a small forward blind spot and the mirrors only slightly manually fold in. The radio tuning could use a knob and I'm still trying to get my Apple Music subscription ported over to the car while SM and Apple car play work great, especially when using Waze for navigation.

The area just under the rear window looks unfinished as well as the rocker area under the doors. The composite materials for the front is plastic and most likely will not stop anything forced into it. There's a small Toyota Trucks with mountain background Easter egg in the passenger side lower portion of the windshield. There's a bright yellow sticker in the door jam stating Caution: Load Carrying Capacity Reduced, Modifications to this vehicle have reduced the original load carrying capacity by 1kg or 2 lbs which is funny and makes me wonder if this one thing could have been what was holding up the release of these trucks.

My premium OR came with locking lug nuts, first aid kit, decent carpeted floor mats, trailer hitch pin and two accessory pigtails. Oddly enough, there looks to be two different hole depths for the trailer hitch pin.

I'm 6'1" and my daughter was able to sit behind me for a short drive yesterday, I wouldn't want to sit back there for an extended ride. There's at least an inch of head room and I suppose I can still lower my seat a litttle more. I actualy have to hop up into it which isn't bad, it may be a good climb for shorter person.

The front seats are very comfortable and the Softex seating surface is not that bad and does have a nice pattern. There are several speakers and microphones in the interior roof. The two hood latch locations don't seem to make much of a big difference and the hood is a little heavier than I expected and I really had to slam it to close.

The small rear window is probably not necessary and I don't think I will use it as much as i use the full rear window in my Sequioa or did in my 4Runner. The center console has a thin carpted piece in there and you can feel the non-flat surface under there that should have been designed flat or solid. The plastic surfaces on the doors do have some softer and gripeier materials in some spots and look okay for me.

There is very little road noise so far, I have yet to take it on the freeway so time will tell. The full tank is telling me i am only going to get around 270 miles, I sure hope it's a little more than that.

In my first 20 or so miles, I am really happy with everything with the exception of the radio.

Some More pictures...

Thanks for a really nice summary of your new Off-Road. I have one arriving here in about 2-3 weeks, and it does come with a premium package as well. I'll attach the description, and would be interested how yours compares overall. You've covered a lot; can you say anything about the digital rearview? This is a really niggly little question: is it set up for remote garage door and gate openers? My 2020 Tacoma TRD Sport didn't have that option--that's why I'm having to upgrade to the 2024 haha. Thanks.

 

[beninbeta]

Thanks for a really nice summary of your new Off-Road. I have one arriving here in about 2-3 weeks, and it does come with a premium package as well. I'll attach the description, and would be interested how yours compares overall. You've covered a lot; can you say anything about the digital rearview? This is a really niggly little question: is it set up for remote garage door and gate openers? My 2020 Tacoma TRD Sport didn't have that option--that's why I'm having to upgrade to the 2024 haha. Thanks.

Event the non-digtal rearview mirrors have the garage door opening features. Just drove an SR5 this morning with the upgrade package, $46k it has them. And it was covered in a couple of other videos that shows the digital system to have them too.

 

[Mykale220]

ORIGINAL POST:

Just took a premium out for a test drive and it feels much bigger than my 2001 4Runner and higher than my 2007 Sequoia. Working on numbers now, will report back later with more info the digital mirror makes me dizzy glancing at it from the road.


UPDATE!

Purchased the Off Road premium this evening. The seats look and feel great with plenty of support. The lane assist is amazing, not sure how much I will use it. It carved through the canyon on the way home. Need to read the manual to figure out how to use adaptive cruise control which will come in handy for my commute. The engine seems to have plenty of power for driving around town, haven’t beat on it yet, I’m pretty sure the salesperson did when he went to get gas.

I will take lots of pictures tomorrow and post some video. The one disappointment is the way the gas door is designed as it should have need a push to open and it’s not a locking door. The Apple CarPlay with Waze was really nice on the way home and the sound system sounds pretty good so far and I haven’t adjusted the tone or fader yet. The shocks look cool under the car. I haven’t dug through all the cubbies yet to see if it came with the deck rail accessories I think it is supposed to have.

Ended up paying just under $500 under MSRP and the only option is the premium package.

It’s nice that the Tacoma script on the sides is black as I was under the impression that they would be chrome. I need to get the black emblem for the front and I was going to get the black fill for the tailgate and may not as it looks nice with the deep letters. The area around the rear window looks like it’s unfinished while the interior at least in the dark feels and looks great other than the steering wheel. The heated steering wheel gets really hot fast more info and pictures tomorrow.

More reviews after driving the truck around town. To start, this is my first Tacoma and I previously had a 2001 4Runner and a new 1986 Toyota 4x4 back in the day so i can't compare anything to the older Tacoma.

The 10 speaker JBL stereo is horrible in my opinion, not much base and sounds really cheap. I haven't tried to use the portable speaker yet, I agree with those that have said it sounds like it's not even there when plugged in. I was surprised that the OR doesn't come with the front air dam so I am wondering there's really a noticeable difference. The adaptive cruise control with lane centering is kind of neat, not sure how often I will use the lane centering part of that. It does feel weird when it steers the wheel and it's not too hard to take over when it goes off course, I wouldn't use it when the roadway is narrow and there are parked cars. The cubby hole hole on the side of the drivers dash in the door sill with the Morse code is probably only good for a tin of mints or your chew.

The LED head lights last night were good, they project a solid line on the top which feels a little lower than it should yet they do light up the road quite well. The auto high beams goes on and off more often than it should and will probably attract the attention of law enforcement so it may not be a good idea to use it around town. When you activate the door lights for outside, there's two small ones up on either side of the third break light, a couple in the bed and one integrated into the rear tailgate latch that looks like it points down to the ground that should be helpful at night.

The heated seats and steering wheel work great and are almost too hot to leave on high full time and the ventilated seats are a little noisy and seem to go on and off at least when i had it on and the car wasn't running. The driver's mirror does present a small forward blind spot and the mirrors only slightly manually fold in. The radio tuning could use a knob and I'm still trying to get my Apple Music subscription ported over to the car while SM and Apple car play work great, especially when using Waze for navigation.

The area just under the rear window looks unfinished as well as the rocker area under the doors. The composite materials for the front is plastic and most likely will not stop anything forced into it. There's a small Toyota Trucks with mountain background Easter egg in the passenger side lower portion of the windshield. There's a bright yellow sticker in the door jam stating Caution: Load Carrying Capacity Reduced, Modifications to this vehicle have reduced the original load carrying capacity by 1kg or 2 lbs which is funny and makes me wonder if this one thing could have been what was holding up the release of these trucks.

My premium OR came with locking lug nuts, first aid kit, decent carpeted floor mats, trailer hitch pin and two accessory pigtails. Oddly enough, there looks to be two different hole depths for the trailer hitch pin.

I'm 6'1" and my daughter was able to sit behind me for a short drive yesterday, I wouldn't want to sit back there for an extended ride. There's at least an inch of head room and I suppose I can still lower my seat a litttle more. I actualy have to hop up into it which isn't bad, it may be a good climb for shorter person.

The front seats are very comfortable and the Softex seating surface is not that bad and does have a nice pattern. There are several speakers and microphones in the interior roof. The two hood latch locations don't seem to make much of a big difference and the hood is a little heavier than I expected and I really had to slam it to close.

The small rear window is probably not necessary and I don't think I will use it as much as i use the full rear window in my Sequioa or did in my 4Runner. The center console has a thin carpted piece in there and you can feel the non-flat surface under there that should have been designed flat or solid. The plastic surfaces on the doors do have some softer and gripeier materials in some spots and look okay for me.

There is very little road noise so far, I have yet to take it on the freeway so time will tell. The full tank is telling me i am only going to get around 270 miles, I sure hope it's a little more than that.

In my first 20 or so miles, I am really happy with everything with the exception of the radio.

Some More pictures...

I really hate to hear that the premium sound system isn’t good. I also have an off road premium coming and I was really hoping it would be worth the extra money. Guess I’ll be paying more money to swap out all of those speakers. That’s crap for the amount of money it costs.

 

[CATOY]

Thanks for a really nice summary of your new Off-Road. I have one arriving here in about 2-3 weeks, and it does come with a premium package as well. I'll attach the description, and would be interested how yours compares overall. You've covered a lot; can you say anything about the digital rearview? This is a really niggly little question: is it set up for remote garage door and gate openers? My 2020 Tacoma TRD Sport didn't have that option--that's why I'm having to upgrade to the 2024 haha. Thanks.

It has the standard three door button for doors or gates. There is also adjustments on rear night and side to side view. Tge mirror took a little getting used to and one of the reasons I chose the premium package as the rear view is much better than the standard view. I will post pictures later on what it looks like when a car is right behind you as it appears as if they are under bed when they are actually a couple feet behind you. Drove through drive through to get some good examples.

 

[CATOY]

I really hate to hear that the premium sound system isn’t good. I also have an off road premium coming and I was really hoping it would be worth the extra money . Guess I’ll be paying more money to swap out all of those speakers. That’s crap for the amount of money it costs.

I still need to go through all the settings that some have suggested. Driving the car some more after my post and I guess it’s not as bad as I thought. The potable outside the car is okay, not much bass like some of my other portables.

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