Still in love with my army green 2021 Tacoma. Drive nice, excellent off road abilities

I love that you’re building a second GEN. Best truck ever.

My local dealer had an off-road premium hybrid for the same price as a ranger raptor. Reliability can be debated between the two models but what you get with the raptor makes it a serious competitor, I’d probably try one before the taco honestly

Can we just get the Hilux? Not the mediocre garbage that the US design team makes?!

I went from a 3rd Gen to a Gladiator about a year ago, and it can easily fit 38s with a 2-inch lift. The Gladiator wheelbase is really long at 137 inches, but with 38-inch tires, it is not a problem. The haters like to come out of the woodwork over Jeeps reliability. Well, compared to these new Tundras and Tacomas... I guess we will see. So far the Jeep is holding up better than these new generation Toyotas, I've had zero problems, and the Gladiator goes to places my 3rd Gen couldn't muster.

Great video. You know what I would like to see a Gen 2 vs them.

Speak METRIC !

Wide tires put increased pressure on suspension, See all the vehicles on the roadside? With broken front axels 13:43

I’ll be honest, using MTS as a justification for anything is a joke. I’ve had my Tacoma for several years and could count on one hand how many times I’ve used MTS. The rear locker is why you buy an OR.

Lovely review with all the live on-track comparisons and explanations of things that axrually matters! Toyota ahould review your returned vehicle for areas of improvment. The same lessons learnt from real world user environment is invaluable!

Crazy how no one is talking about how the new trd off road comes in manual also which is a big deciding factor for me!

After watching this I changed all the tires on my performance Tesla Model 3 to pizza cutters and all the tires blew out going over a railroad track.😕 There must have been something sharp on the tracks, so I replaced the tires with the same size and all of them folded and popped going around a corner. I’m going to get a lift on it and put bigger tires on and report back.

Saludos desde Brooklyn ny buen video

It's called "Highway Robbery". Goodbye Toyota 👋

Did you forget to cover the issues with the new internal bump stops?

On my titan I went with a 285/75/18. Is it the best of both worlds or the worst of both worlds? Who know but they look good and don’t rub when I turn.

Im just enjoying my 88 on 1ton axles with 22re and 90 with lsswapped on42”

To prove your date you should test skinny BFG KM3 ....

I’m not even in the market for a Taco, but yet I still watch and learn from your videos. Solid work, Kai.

great review 10/10

Jesus I just posted this video on the Toyota Tacoma subreddit and it is getting flamed to oblivion. That forum is full of boomers who hate an objective analysis. Thanks for the video

Anyone who thinks electric power steering is inherently worse has never driven a Fiesta ST.

what a cool video. While I don't want a mid size truck at all, I really enjoyed watching this video!

Great video, glad you touched on the price. People are stuck on the price tag of fully loaded models with every option possible. My 24 TRD off-road was 45k, didn’t see the need for the 8k premium package, hybrid powertrain, etc. It’s still better equipped than my fully loaded 3rd gen was and the powertrain, comfort and fuel economy are vastly better.

What's the title of your EKDSS follow up video? I can't find it.

Nope, nope and absolutely nope. I will still keep my Gen3 manual OffRoad. I experience few, if any, of these problems, especially if I have the rear locker on through the touch obstacles. Manual does not have crawl control. Stick it in 4Lo and it becomes a nearly unstoppable tank. Put a 3" OME suspension on it and some 33 pizza cutters and, short of rock crawling/mudding, I can go just about wherever a Yeep can go. I'm not paying that much for a 4banger with some plastic fantastic garbage. Just no. Unfortunately, the new Taco is for mallcrawlers and young kids, in my opinion. As far as I'm concerned, Gen3 is still the last good Taco.

People say they want cheaper trucks then complain it doesn't have optional feature X and Y.

The Fast & Furious reference is gold.

Here to represent the 2nd gens.

F&F intro is gold, nice work.

With every other Gen they take more and more away! I love my 1st Gen just hit 250k supercharged!

Your way of breaking this stuff down is truly exceptional man. Bravo. You’re far better explaining this kind of stuff than anyone else. I hope Toyota takes notice. I’m still sad we didn’t end up being Trailhunter bros 😢😆

Nice video

At least in snow narrower is better. Cuts down through it instead of floating on top.

Great work Tink! Gives us overlanders and off-roaders much to consider

When trying to compensate for some added weight and adding lift springs, which is a better coil option: Stiffer spring rate/shorter length or longer spring/lighter spring rate? I have 5th gen 4runner with approximately 300lbs of added weight and would like to achieve a 1 inch rear lift from stock height.

I don't miss the MTS bang-bang-bang, it always sounded like something about to break.

I’m here for more Tundra SCSB content

Thanks Kai for going through all the work to make this comparison. Aside from the cost, I'm glad to see the 4th Gen upgraded with all these new features. I'm sticking with my supercharged 2nd Gen for now as it's more than capable for all the off-roading I do in Hawaii.

Good review...but that was clearly a muffin not a cupcake. Not sure I can trust you now lol

So what I'm really hearing is buy a 2nd gen and all of the offroad goodies for even less

Awesome video! Would this theory apply on deep snow traction as well?

Man for 54k I can get a ZR2 cheaper than that with much better shocks, suspension and looks

Another GREAT video that shows the attention to detail and thorough job Kai and his friends do each time! I love it!

Toyota guy, and Kai guy here. These newer gen’s are complete turds. They figured out 99.9999% of yota buyers don’t even use the rig they bought. I’ll hang on to my 18 until I die. Edit - I’m shocked Kai didn’t talk about the new colors, or stupid new seats, like other reviews only cover. Bout time there’s some actual INFO here.

Early $60k for a 4 cylinder with transmission issues? 😂 Toyota isn’t Japanese anymore. Toyota peaked in the 90s.

My 2016 trd off-road with all options was $37k out the door brand new. No way it’s $18k better today.

Okay, we need more content from the tundra! lol when’s it coming?

The 3rd gen needs a TSB update to get crawl control working uphill

I am highly impressed with your presentation format. You've earned yourself a long term subscriber.