yeah its a trade off, infinite custom configurations or targeted amount of configs.
toyota and most other asian oem's limit your options to keep things simple
usa oem you have so many different systems interacting with each other, no wonder there is so many issues with software/hardware just...
toyota does this on a new gen, they start off crappy and over the model years upgrade them incrementally with better features exterior and interior wise.
its toyota's way to improve a model as it goes thru its life cycle.
its been happening for decades. my 2004 they did subtle changes.
here...
the allocation reserve request screen dynamically changes depending on the model and trim. some boxes cannot be selected or it throws up and error to uncheck the option per the trim requirements.
trust me, i've been thru this process with multiple different models (2004 4runner, 2012 tacoma...
yeah some other reputable sellers had this issue within their state and only asked for a other state mailing address (cough) friend (cough)
its so they dont get black listed for selling outside the rules of toyota financial usa (its cause dealers gouging customers complain to toyota usa that...
technically you can but 99% of dealers wont let you see the screen to do it or even interact with it.
here is the screen the dealer uses to pick and choose a trim build out, this just happens to be mine when i did it, since the general manager let me come around and check off the boxes on the...
oooo the old 22-R engine (the better version was the 22-RE)
the 22-R was the better engine if you worked on it youself. the 22-RE was better if you had no mechanical background.
well thats an issue at the state not for troy. some dealerships probably ganged up and got some stupid reg/bill passed to restrict out of state sellers to screw the in state people out of more money on the premise of protecting the consumers from scammers and not the colluding dealerships...
update 2026-09-01
finally got put on a railcar and shipped out on 8-31, last sighting was in rivgate, or on 9-1.
based on my 2025 deliver timeline, that one left portland on 9-25 and arrived at daytons bluff on 10-4 (9 days travel time, actually if you including unload time 10 days).
since...
oh i completely understand. as you get older your priorities shift for more comfort than pure off roading capabilities. i love the options of having a TH or Pro but it goes along the lines of these Fast and Furious cars. do you want a 3-400k car and spend more money to get to 1000 hp or get an...
i am curious, why mount there? it looks like the wheel is blocking 1/2 of the phone screen ?
or is it the out of the corner of my eye, i need to grab my phone before i leave the vehicle ?
personally i usually just put my phone on the wireless charging pad (it actually works now with my 26...
its mostly an issue if you want a turn key solution or you are building the hardware from 3rd party sources with better functionality than toyota.
if you are going to rip the good parts out and put in better gear then its cheaper to go with a SR5 than say TRD off road and ripping out the oem...
once i got home i was able to combine the gas/hybrid data into a big table and here are the numbers as of 31-aug-26 for those geez whiz people ... i'll add the pivot table data at the end
TRD Off Road/Prem = 4081 vehicles 34.76% (funny fact, the prem hybrid is 2200 vs the gas 1503)
SR5 4wd/2wd...
if its any consolation (its not) of all the hybrids i tracked back 11-aug-2026
of the 3824 vehicles
trd off road prem had 1768 (46%)
trd off road had (4%)
combined = 50% of hybrids
limted had 731 (19%)
trd pro had 490 (13%)
platinum had 410 (11%)
trailhunter had 277 (7%)
did at anytime you open the rear doors ???
its a safety feature to remind you either you put something in the rear seats (kid, dog, person)
if you open the rear doors and close it, toyota assumes someone got into the back seat and to remind you someone is back there. its a crude system vs the...
when ever toyota gets around to updating the website.
i mean they just recently updated the 27 tundra and sequoia with info and havent even posted the details yet
and those released back a month ago and the MY change over was in june-2026 for production to start in july/august
edit : forgot...
when you use the tmisvpp website and you get your info you can plug your vin and name and it will spit out this (parts redacted)
i bought my toyota vsa about 3 months before the 3yr mark, we only had 18k miles at the time (you have to buy the vsa before the 36k/3yrs factory warranty expires)...
fd-warranty is just a fancy unfinished website for troy :) (and btw its has not changed looks in at least 5+ years) (its looks exactly the same when i looked at it for our 2018 tundra)
i used the website but after the initial contact we did all correspondence via email
production of 4runner trim is based on a computer algorithm. they dont save pro's to the end of a model year as someone posted.
overall in a model year use a bell curve to produce trims. the trims in bold are usually the main bulk of production, probably around 60-70% of trims made with the...
just to give ref, a 125k/10yr is roughly $2200, so that would be the highest you pay as the lower plans are cheaper for an official toyota vsa.
also they dont send out booklets anymore like the old days.
its a website to verify you have the vsa and expiration date.
https://tmisvpp.com
just...