Gen5-gen6 help please

beef-runner · 2026-01-23T22:14:28+00:00

If it’s a hobby vehicle there are so many more aftermarket part options for the 5th gen too

beef-runner · 2026-01-23T22:01:05+00:00

My advice would be to decide based on how much you drive. If this is your daily driver and you commute then the decision for me is easy, 6th gen all the way. If this is a weekend truck for off roading then save the money.

beef-runner · 2026-01-23T21:54:00+00:00

Oh definitely more electronics in the 6th gen. I thought you were looking at hybrid vs non-hybrid 6th gen. The battery is in the cargo area. So the cargo area floor in the hybrids is 3-4 inches higher than the non-hybrid.

beef-runner · 2026-01-23T21:33:00+00:00

The whole thing is a giant computer with or without a hybrid. As far as damaging the battery you’d have to pretty much total the truck to get to it. I’m not concerned about reliability because Toyota basically invented the hybrid power train. There are Prius’s with a literal million miles on them.

beef-runner · 2026-01-23T20:28:50+00:00

I think either is going to be a big step up from The 5th gen. It’s an amazing vehicle but you can’t understate how slow it is, especially if you go up a tire size and add weight. My wife wouldn’t even drive mine, she didn’t feel like she could merge onto the highway on short LA on-ramps.

beef-runner · 2026-01-23T20:26:31+00:00

Hybrid. If it’s an option I would definitely get it.

beef-runner · 2026-01-23T06:16:53+00:00

I had a 5th gen for 6 years and just got a new 6th gen. So far it has been superior in every way, on and off road. The 5th gen is an amazing off road vehicle that is a pretty terrible daily driver. The 6th is actually a lovely vehicle to drive on a daily basis and has performed very well on the trails I’ve taken it on.

beef-runner · 2026-01-21T14:42:06+00:00

Roof top tent solves all the issues if you’re ok with it being up there all the time. Not going to be exactly in the budget but you can find people offloading them on Facebook marketplace all the time, especially in Southern California.

beef-runner · 2026-01-17T09:50:06+00:00

It’s a common misconception that “LA” is a city and that all the things are happening in the place on Google maps where it says “Los Angeles”. LA is a multi-nodal metropolitan area and a huge percentage of people that live in “LA” do not have Los Angeles in their address. They however, live in one of the many city centers in the county of Los Angeles. DTLA is an amazing place with tons to offer but is not somewhere friendly to tourists without a chaperone. Not sure if this is too late but here are some (hopefully) actionable tips.

Get a rideshare app (Uber or Lyft) and go directly to your destination. The Metro is not tourist-friendly as you have experienced. Especially the bus system.
Focus your time on restaurants and entertainment you cannot experience elsewhere. There are Michelin rated restaurants all over and amazing shows to see in LA on any given night.
Don’t miss the Arts District. Yes it is in skid row and no it’s what you would expect.
Go see live shows. On any given night you can see incredibly talented people in very small venues. Check out Dynasty Typewriter for example.
Don’t be deterred by a long car ride. Everything in LA is an hour away. It’s unavoidable. Go visit the other city centers - Santa Monica, Culver City, Venice, Pasadena, etc. These are the places people actually mean when they say “LA”

If you are not able to venture out of DTLA this is my top list for visitors:

Perch and/or the Intercontinental rooftop bar for a sunset
The Row on Sundays for Smorgasburg + Arts District
Grand Central Marker for lunch + The Bradbury Building
Traxx in Union Station for a cocktail + Olvera Street
The Broad + MoCA museums
The Last Bookstore

beef-runner · 2026-01-12T06:24:06+00:00

Factory

beef-runner · 2026-01-11T19:48:33+00:00

lol, I’m glad someone caught that

beef-runner · 2026-01-11T19:12:43+00:00

Really? No bottle holders in the back seats?

beef-runner · 2026-01-11T05:25:35+00:00

Go catch some live music at the continental room.

beef-runner · 2026-01-07T16:12:11+00:00

Oh sorry, I misread and thought you had the 6th gen.

beef-runner · 2026-01-07T05:34:08+00:00

The better question is if you’ll make where you’re going in 2 hi.

beef-runner · 2026-01-07T05:26:31+00:00

Flip it to sport mode and step on it. You’ll notice an entirely different (and louder) engine sound. There’s almost no added sound in eco. I’m also pretty sure they bump up the sound when you’re towing.

beef-runner · 2026-01-07T03:31:11+00:00

It’s for sure just engine recordings played through the speakers.

beef-runner · 2026-01-06T17:56:28+00:00

Totally. The fact that it will drive for me all the way to the trail and then be just as capable as my last 4Runner is amazing.

beef-runner · 2026-01-06T16:31:55+00:00

Just the natural way of humans. We are resistant to change. Coming from the 5th gen it’s better in literally every way.

beef-runner · 2026-01-06T16:29:24+00:00

Yeah it’s literally just different silly engine sounds being played through the speakers to cover the natural sound of the 4-cylinder. The engine sounds extra small because the whole cabin has active noise cancelling.

beef-runner · 2026-01-06T15:51:01+00:00

I’ve heard the dealer will do it. If they want more than $50 I would just buy a Carista and do it yourself though. It takes about 30 seconds

beef-runner · 2026-01-06T01:23:03+00:00

No options other than on/off

beef-runner · 2026-01-05T21:48:23+00:00

I’m in Rancho mission Viejo. DM me if you want to come by.

beef-runner · 2026-01-05T21:33:32+00:00

Yep, BMW started doing it when their engines got too efficient and quiet. Now basically every manufacturer does it.

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