Anyone in Canada getting any dealer updates?

[Dansflhti]

I test drove a Solar Octane Off Road yesterday. I didn't test out any of the tech, I just wanted to check out the power delivery and highway manners. I can happily say I came away happy. The 4 cyl turbo is sweet,much nicer than my 2022 sport 3.5. It accelerates smoothly and quickly. No motor roaring to get up to speed on an on ramp..it does sound like a 4cyl,but thats ok..just smooth and deliberate power. I think I could feel that it doesn't have the torque of the GM twins,but that might all be in my head. The highway drive is awesome...tracks straight and stable..not like my 22 Sport or 2020 Off Road. No crazy trans shifting..once it got in top gear it stayed there. Now I can't wait for my Sport+ to arrive mid-April. One thing I don't love is the light gray/black seats. I can see them looking pretty bad from dirty dog paws in a short period of time . I have a cover for the back seat now in my truck..but sometimes he likes to ride shot gun.

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[Dansflhti]

 

[BMM123]

I test drove a Solar Octane Off Road yesterday. I didn't test out any of the tech, I just wanted to check out the power delivery and highway manners. I can happily say I came away happy. The 4 cyl turbo is sweet,much nicer than my 2022 sport 3.5. It accelerates smoothly and quickly. No motor roaring to get up to speed on an on ramp..it does sound like a 4cyl,but thats ok..just smooth and deliberate power. I think I could feel that it doesn't have the torque of the GM twins,but that might all be in my head. The highway drive is awesome...tracks straight and stable..not like my 22 Sport or 2020 Off Road. No crazy trans shifting..once it got in top gear it stayed there. Now I can't wait for my Sport+ to arrive mid-April. One thing I don't love is the light gray/black seats. I can see them looking pretty bad from dirty dog paws in a short period of time . I have a cover for the back seat now in my truck..but sometimes he likes to ride shot gun.

I can't wait until I get mine tomorrow, I'm going crazy, been waiting since October

 

[Kielly]

I can't wait until I get mine tomorrow, I'm going crazy, been waiting since October

Try waiting sense June lol. What area are you located?

 

[BMM123]

Try waiting sense June lol. What area are you located?

Southern ontario, what area are you?

 

[Kielly]

Southern ontario, what area are you?

That makes sense, Ontario seems to be selling them like hotcakes so far lol. Alberta, I've only heard of one in the Calgary area selling so far, a dealer in Sask has a ETA delivery of the 8th, still hasn't arrived to my knowledge. Hopefully soon, this wait is killing me and the gas I'm burning everyday to do a drive-by will eventually add up to the cost of the truck lol.

Congratulations! Hope you enjoy.

 

[BMM123]

That makes sense, Ontario seems to be selling them like hotcakes so far lol. Alberta, I've only heard of one in the Calgary area selling so far, a dealer in Sask has a ETA delivery of the 8th, still hasn't arrived to my knowledge. Hopefully soon, this wait is killing me and the gas I'm burning everyday to do a drive-by will eventually add up to the cost of the truck lol.

Congratulations! Hope you enjoy.

Tomorrow can't come soon enough lol

 

[bayman]

I just dropped by my dealer here in St. John's to go over the monthly allocation report they received yesterday. They have more than 20 allocations assigned to customers with deposits from last year arriving early April.

They do not have a Blue Crush Metallic in regular Sport that I wanted, but have a Black available with black/white interior with white trim. I dropped by to compare with a Tundra Capstone in the showroom with white interior and trim, but the Tundra has so much more white than I see in these Tacoma pics from the configurator.

What's everybody's thoughts on that white seat and trim? It's the highest part of the seat back and it's the part that seldom gets leaned against... Especially the head rest. Can't say for sure how I feel until I see it in person.

At this point, I put my name down for the Black with the option to keep my name on the allocation list for next month. The only issue is that if one becomes available in BCM next month, I will have to wait another month (May) for delivery. The dealer is also seeing if they can swap allocation with another dealer to get a BCM Sport model.

I just drove by the auto carrier lot at the container terminal downtown and Newfoundland's first new Tacoma has hit the ground. The BCM Sport+ should be trucked to the St. John's dealer in the next day or so and it will be kept for demo drives.

It's finally getting closer

 

[BMM123]

That makes sense, Ontario seems to be selling them like hotcakes so far lol. Alberta, I've only heard of one in the Calgary area selling so far, a dealer in Sask has a ETA delivery of the 8th, still hasn't arrived to my knowledge. Hopefully soon, this wait is killing me and the gas I'm burning everyday to do a drive-by will eventually add up to the cost of the truck lol.

Congratulations! Hope you enjoy.

No kidding, I've done the drive by too many times, not to mention the hours I've spent researching lol, I don't know what I'm going to do with all this time I will be gaining

 

[Kielly]

Talked to me dealer today. He's still expecting delivery Feburary but the manager wants to showcase the truck for a couple weeks as it's the first Tacoma to hit the lot so I SHOULD take delivery March, and it's the exact trim transmission and color I wanted. Definitely excited to get some clarification sense November

 

[MisterFlabby]

Talked to me dealer today. He's still expecting delivery Feburary but the manager wants to showcase the truck for a couple weeks as it's the first Tacoma to hit the lot so I SHOULD take delivery March, and it's the exact trim transmission and color I wanted. Definitely excited to get some clarification sense November

That’s kinda dumb, idk if people will test drive it or not since you got the manual, but hey good on ya!

 

[Nedloh227]

Talked to me dealer today. He's still expecting delivery Feburary but the manager wants to showcase the truck for a couple weeks as it's the first Tacoma to hit the lot so I SHOULD take delivery March, and it's the exact trim transmission and color I wanted. Definitely excited to get some clarification sense November

Just me, but I would be wary of this... Are they going to allow test drives in it? I wouldn't want my truck to be the designated test drive truck before I got it.

 

[lxs123]

For Vancouver / Lower Mainland the first SR5 trim taco should be arriving on February 28th, at least thats what my dealer in poco told me. For some reason BC is the last province to get them. Premium package off road should be arriving at the end of March.

 

[Kielly]

Just me, but I would be wary of this... Are they going to allow test drives in it? I wouldn't want my truck to be the designated test drive truck before I got it.

That’s kinda dumb, idk if people will test drive it or not since you got the manual, but hey good on ya!

This is weighing on my mind and it will be a question I'm definitely going to ask before paying full price. I have hope that it won't be, or at least many people won't due to it being stick shift but then I also worry about people who THINK they can drive stick taking it out and tearing the hell out of it.

We'll see.

 

[Kielly]

From what I understand from the conversation though it's simple a show truck for the show room floor, I do believe dealers are supposed to also recieve demo trucks for test rides, some arriving AFTER their first truck allocation hits dealers.

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