Wutangz_Taco
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Hey, all. New to the forum. Don’t flame me for this thread. I live in the mountains of Colorado surrounded by amazing and difficult forest service roads available to access camping, hiking, and recreating.
A few years back we bought a F-150 Raptor 3rd Gen and it has been great. Our circumstances have changed, however, and I now find myself in a situation where the Raptor is just too big for many of these roads.
Circumstances changed meaning we moved to the mountains full time. It was an awesome commuter actually!
Due to this, I started a search for a new truck and basically narrowed it down to the two choices in the thread title. I don’t love the Ford and never have, though the ride quality and 35s of the Raptor are awesome. We have a ‘16 4Runner TRD Pro that is bulletproof and this led me to look for a Tacoma. I could be swayed to a trail hunter, but like the look of the Pro and hate the high air intake and its noise. The Canyon has 35s, real rock rails, and high quality skids making it hopefully bullet proof off road.
After some internet searching, I managed to find a Pro allocation unspoken for at MSRP at a dealership close to my childhood home. That is being built this week or next. Today, however, I found a Canyon AEV optioned as I wanted within 3 hours of my current home (Pro would be 1000 miles away and I would make a trip out of it to see family, etc.). The Canyon will be on the lot in a week. The final numbers are basically identical on each deal.
What do I do? I leaned Toyota for reliability reputationally and via personal experience, but the capability of the AEV edition means I’m pretty much set out of the box.
Curious where others would lean, noting this is a Tacoma forum. Would love any thoughts. TIA.
A few years back we bought a F-150 Raptor 3rd Gen and it has been great. Our circumstances have changed, however, and I now find myself in a situation where the Raptor is just too big for many of these roads.
Circumstances changed meaning we moved to the mountains full time. It was an awesome commuter actually!
Due to this, I started a search for a new truck and basically narrowed it down to the two choices in the thread title. I don’t love the Ford and never have, though the ride quality and 35s of the Raptor are awesome. We have a ‘16 4Runner TRD Pro that is bulletproof and this led me to look for a Tacoma. I could be swayed to a trail hunter, but like the look of the Pro and hate the high air intake and its noise. The Canyon has 35s, real rock rails, and high quality skids making it hopefully bullet proof off road.
After some internet searching, I managed to find a Pro allocation unspoken for at MSRP at a dealership close to my childhood home. That is being built this week or next. Today, however, I found a Canyon AEV optioned as I wanted within 3 hours of my current home (Pro would be 1000 miles away and I would make a trip out of it to see family, etc.). The Canyon will be on the lot in a week. The final numbers are basically identical on each deal.
What do I do? I leaned Toyota for reliability reputationally and via personal experience, but the capability of the AEV edition means I’m pretty much set out of the box.
Curious where others would lean, noting this is a Tacoma forum. Would love any thoughts. TIA.
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