Gen 1 vs Gen 2, having trouble deciding

I must live on a different planet. I had to gun the 4.6 to get any decent pickup from a standstill unlike my 4.7 but I did drive the 4x4 AC cab configuration for both. (double cab for the 4.6).

In the higher rpms my 02 4.7 can’t compare to the pickup of the 4.6 though.

 

Those saying that and what they really feel....

 

I got half a tank @ 12mpg while i didnt have headlights, just driving around the yard and to the mailbox & whatnot, but even towing the tractor i got 14.4, and before that hadnt ever got a tank under 16mpg usually 17-18.


As long as it takes less than 10 sec to hit 60, its fast enough.

 

Nah, everyone knows Toyota designed the RC/AC to mimick the F150, and the Sequoia after the Explorer.

Everyone - at least everyone not in denial - knows Toyota followed that trend and designed the later-introduced DC after this monstrosity, keeping on-trajectory:

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Resemblance is uncanny...

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Yep, it's true what some folks say, opinions are like ass holes, we all got em !
Cram yourself in that skimpy backseat, it's your right

 

Yep, and mine definitely stinks

That skinny back seat is my insurance I'll never get knees in my back, and the dog always has an area to sprawl out when we go on adventures

 

Yeah but with an "inferior" back seat, your doggy could lounge comfortably and watch Lassie....just sayin !
I mean what dog owner would want to deprive Fido of that

 

We all know the superior cab configuration. Just enough room to be useful, just enough to not have to chauffeur people.

 

https://dyler.com/cars/toyota/tundr...5-4dr-extended-cab-pickup-2000-green-for-sale

Scam? 335k & no frame pics.

 

I almost bought one of those in place of the Tundra. As soon as I drove it though, I walked away after driving it down to the end of the street and back.

No powah.

 

I have ZERO doubt in my mind Toyota modeled the DC off the Sport Trac and its evolution out of the SUV, especially after how closely they mimicked the F150 and Explorer with the 1GT and Sequoia, respectively. Given the Sport Trac launched in 2001, just 2-3 years prior to the assembly line churning out the 1GT in DC format, it's not a stretch at all the DC was a copy of the Sport Trac.

For the DC to be an offshoot of its SUV cousin (versus its actual truck sibling) same as the Sport Trac, and the fact the Sport Trac share some parts but has more similarity with the SUV than it does the pickup ... and the lines seeming uncannily similar, the way the cab lines arc down at the bed like that, the cab shapes, it's all ... yeah. Y'all DC folks are driving a Sport Trac clone. It's BETTER than the Sport Trac, by light years, but still...

 

Yet they have no 2-door Sequoia copied after the 2-door Explorer. I would’ve bought one of those. Price would’ve been comparable to the Tundra pickup.

 

I think he meant expedition = sequoia.

 

Yeah, the Rav4 doesn't really fit due to size, I suppose. I'm curious what the thought process was for the RAV4, actually. I wouldn't mind having a 1st gen 3dr hardtop RAV4.

 

I'm closer to 6 and I sleep semi-regularly on the rear bench in my 2.5 gen DC. Traveled with 3 friends, about 20 hours total, two of them were 6' tall, they sat in back and didn't complain.

 

i will always heckle the fwd pickups like the maverick, but the vw rabbit ute and dodge rampage were kinda cool.

 

Actually Ford never made a 2 door expedition, only their explorer.

 

Its a good thing, too.


this 2 door excursion aint half bad, though.

 

There you go with that stinky butt again....

Bigger is Better

 

nuff said...

 

just looks like a crying mouth to me...

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I've had both . . . IMO the AC would've been better served having a 'fold-down' rear jump seat.
That would've free'd up a fair bit of the wasted space, and still provided a place to sit.
The phrase 'Rear-Seat Delete' comes to mind.

 

That's just another part to break - says bmf as he's about to use bailing wire to secure his sliding rear window...

 

I love my Toyota RidgeTrac!

 

Not gonna lie, that feature is so awesome. Definitely googled to see if there was an AC mod to do this after I got my truck. Nope. : /

 

No but a small amount of AC's had a power sliding(horizontal) rear window from the factory. Not as cool as the DC though.

 

I have it stuck in my head that was primarily a Limited trim option for AC, at least.

 

My 2000 Limited trim actually referred to the “limited” features it came with. No keyless entry. No power passenger seat. No power sliding glass. No tow package. No LSD. No bedliner. No memory seats. No floor mats. Got a cool green digital alarm clock display though

 

I'd need to defer to the king of package knowledge, @BubbaW on this one. It's possible it was just an '05+ or '04+ feature or something. He's got some warchest he keeps all the trim package knowledge in, and I have the worst time trying to figure it out, so I don't even try.

 

Haha, more like the “limited” options package.