Best Bang for the Buck? // 2021 Toyota 4Runner Trail Edition Review
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- čas přidán 19. 07. 2024
- My review of the new 2021 Toyota 4Runner Trail Edition, an affordable off-road entry model.
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50 years from now, there will be no classic Toyota's on display in museums. Because they will still be on the road.
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Facts!!!
All apocalypsed out like mad max at the rate we’re going…
I have a feeling they're gonna sell a lot of these. Twist to start, basic 4wd controls, cloth seats, a roof rack, that sliding cargo tray and the ice chest. That is "solid value!" There's an audience for all of that!
Can't keep them on the lot, people love them.
I have a 2019 and absolutely love it for all the reasons you mention. Gas mileage could be better but you don't buy a 4,700 lb. body on frame truck for great mileage lol!
Toyota suvs and trucks NEVER met a gas pump they didn't like...
@@pauljohnson7382 that's what the "other car" is for. Lol.
Just wish they wouldn't have gotten rid of the V8 sport. It got better mpg, lives forever and hell-a powerful.
New garage with a lift is a game changer when doing car reviews! Sweet.
I love that you've got a shop now with TWO lifts for your projects and also your reviews. Always a pleasure to see you do your thing.
Excellent review. I've had my 2008 4Runner for over 12 years without any problems. It still rides and looks like new.
How many miles?
i had 08 as well. I bought it at 160k kms and sold it at 183k kms just because it had strated picking up some rust under wheel wells. No other problems. Worst decision of my life to sell it
I think the big knobs are for glove wearing adjustments in winter 🥶
I remember when this “ basic” was luxury
Just what you need and not much more , too many unused features nowadays , I like this approach and love your reviews 🏴🙏
Iain Mcglynn - Agreed - big knobs are for glove-wearing drivers. This has always been a big issue with Consumer Reports that tiny adjustment knobs or buttons are too hard to find and adjust, especially with gloves.
@@billvs6505 It was just my guess Bill . Seems whatever opinion you air draws some negative messages too.
Maybe driving a 20 yr old TT Quattro and a 17 yr old Boxster S shows I like older designs that just work and keep on working 😂
Been going through so much lately and I haven't been sleeping. I feel like I escaped my anxieties watching this. Thank you.
Great review have a partner here at work was just talking about purchasing one .... so your review was right on time !! Thank you from here in Arizona !! As always your entertaining and informative !! Awesome job !! keep the reviews coming !!
Your new garage takes your vehicle reviews to the next level. Well done.
"If it ain't broke, Toyota" 😆
lol
May not be broke, but really out of date. 2003, your SUV is calling. How many other 5 spd autos are still in vehicles being sold in 2021?
Mmm hersheys squirts!
Less gears keep them each stronger. Less complexity is less points of failure. 5 are all that are required and it is indestructible for the decision.
@@digitaldoc100 I’d take one of these all day long compaired to a new Pathfinder or Blazer. Ugh! At least the 4-Runner still has its street credXXX. Trail cred.
The Pathfinder and Blazer are just mommy-mobiles that their prospective manufacturers are whoring out the name of the original capable vehicles for to make a buck. Shameful!
I have a 2004 V8 Toyota 4 RUNNER Sports Edition. I get 17.5 MPG and it has 413,000 miles and still runs like a champ.
Your comment about not wanting to mess around with lift kits and not being mechanically inclined is very accurate. It describes me perfectly and explains exactly why I got the TRD Pro.
This is one of the most fun, creative AND useful reviews ever. Luv the slightly irreverent but totally genuine sense of humor - nicely done!
Been driving since about 1974 and my 2004 SR5 with 4.7L V8 was my favorite vehicle. Didn't do trail driving but it easily handled the winters here near Boston and pulled my boat trailer with ease. That model was made in Japan. Just loved that engine. With 230k+ miles and 11 years on it I donated it still running to a charity. I enjoy your channel, Sarah.
If you love the outdoors... maybe love tent camping or canoeing... this truck is the absolute best. Not too big, not too small and can pretty much handle anything Mother Nature can throw at it. And you won’t go broke with maintenance. Glad you got to review this, Sarah.
These reviews are getting more and more professional. Please keep it up! T.W.S.S.
I'll 2nd that. Better and better
Was gonna say... I'm impressed
I've owned 3 4Runners. Love them. Built like a tank and extreme driver confidence in any condition.
Sarah you are so much fun to watch. Keep em coming I enjoy all your content.
Monday is never a happy day, but since you have appeared for us all right on schedule(thank you for that by the way).
Happy Monday Sarah!!
Always entertaining and fun to watch. Keep the great videos coming, thanks.
Love the under-vehicle reviews. Nice to see what's under there. Also nice choice of concrete colored sweater!
I fell in love with your sense of humor and review style immediately and subscribed. Jon-
Another great review, Sarah. I appreciate you doing the under-car portion of your reviews. I like to see what cars are made of, underneath.
Just hit 244,000 miles in my '06 Tundra with GR engine. Mine has literally never been in the shop. In past I've owned Mitsubishi, VW, Ford, 3 Nissans and this is the best f'n vehicle ever and it's not even close.
I love those wheels. I put the polished ones on my Sequoia.
I would totally rock one of these as a work vehicle/daily.
You changed your hair color, my opinion I like it, actually loving it! All the best to you girl, Bert
Great review. Very funny and very informative. 4 runner will out last it’s owner and survive the apocalypse! You cover exactly what is important to buyers. Keep up the great work!
First time watching, and love the way you shot this. Great delivery.
6:00 What Toyota should have done is make an "Advanced Trail Package," bunching all of those features, with the TRD Skid Plate, for $1500
*Sarah,*
We all know that the 4Runner is based on the Hilux pickup truck with a fiberglass camper shell over the shortbed. After nearly a decade of fiberglass tops, I learned during Toyota sales training, Toyota decided that for the 2nd generation they would simply stretch the metal skin all the way back.
Here's the fun part. While in the designed process the new 4X4 SUV was named...wait for it... the "Fourskin". That is, until someone with a better English vocabulary stepped in and explained why that name might be problematic. That's right folks. We might all have been driving in or near a *"Toyota Fourskin".* That gives a whole new angle on the slogan _"Oh, What a feeling!"_ Toyota!
I've never seen a more honest review , and you were not even one bit annoying.
Very entertaining !!
Please do more reviews 👍👍
Great review love the sweater you have Great taste in your outfit and love your humor 😉
Watching this really makes me want to get a 4Runner now. I love it!
So two days ago I put a deposit down for a 2021 SR5 and I'm looking through videos and came across yours for the first time. You are adorable, you remind me of a niese that I have. I found your video entertaining and informative.
This review got me so excited! About the vehicle.
Great review as always! Happy with our 2014 Trail. Has the locker and crawl control like the TRD off-road. With a 3" lift, winch, and 33" Mickey Thompson tires. it goes through almost anything. Hope the gen 6 is great, looking forward to getting one.
Nice review, I see the lane assist did a fine job of keeping you on the trail. A cost comparison with other vehicles in this category would be interesting for those currently shopping for one.
I love this woman quirky and direct car review!!
Looking to get a 4runner soon and absolutely loved this video. Still deciding on trim. I like that it will survive an apocalypse, that's precisely what I'm looking for. Will check the other trim model videos out as well.
I love my TRD Off Road and it's my second 4Runner. I put over 100,000 miles on the first one with zero problems and traded it in for almost 50% of what I paid for it. I don't take it on any crazy trails but I do lots of road trips and go places with tons of dirt roads. It's perfect and the fact that it stays kind of old school with the drivetrain and tech is a big plus for me.
I love those 4 runners. So much style and versatility all in one long lasting package. I dig it!
your review is sooo fun!!!!
That KEY thing idea will never catch on! 🙂🙃🙂🐧🐧🐧🐧🐧🐧🐧
Toyota's website says all '21 4Runners get push button ignition. Sarah's must have been an early production unit.
@@kenhoward3512 They must have taken note of my comment! 🤣
Sara I'm loving your reviews, Also I have a 91' 4runner 4 banger 5 sp, that has been places without all the new tech that in a old guy's opinion is just to much stuff to go wrong. But love your stuff.
Love your review! Been looking at purchasing a 2021 4 Runner; 4.0 liter indestructible!
just recently bought the 2021 sr5 premium with 3rd row, we really like it! looking forward to many years with it.
oh, Whats That...Vreoooooom (sound of accelerator) Love it. Thanks for awesome videos, Your vids helped me make my decision to buy a Tundra.
That color combo rocks! My other favorite is cavalry blue for the TRD Pro. Maybe it's me, but the bright red TRD logo really makes that blue pop.
Anybody else accidentally stumble across this channel and fall in love with Sarah? I'd watch her review a wrecked 78' Datsun B210 rustbucket! Beautiful and a goofy/funny personality.
Bangin' deal. I like the cloth seats and the utility of the basic off road vehicle that will be around 15 years later. I like the Picture in Picture video. You keep getting better.
I had the same amount of mileage on a 2002 Honda Accord EX, with the 2.3L 4-cylinder. Not a single oil leak, either, although I did have the valve cover gasket replaced around the 250K mark because there was a bit of seepage... but nothing ever dripped on the ground! Great car... those Honda and Toyota engines just keep on going!
I always have to chuckle when you talk about how cold it is in your shop. I changed the oil in my 2 daughters cars outside in 20° temps about 2 week ago. And we got about a foot of snow last weekend. 🤣
Yay...no piped in engine sound effect! Review was excellent, calling out the deletes that should not have been and pointing out that for most people, it has enough capability to do what we would need it to do without those deletes. Thanks for another great, informative review. Would like to know what sticker price is as tested (but I can google that, I guess).
Its shown at the beginning of the review.
@@joedabill99 thank you! ~$42k
I ended up buying a 2022 TRD Off Road Premium because of your review. Love it
Thanks Sarah,
Always fun and educational
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I've put 5k on my new 2021 nautical blue 4Runner Venture edition and am super pleased with my purchase! My only complaint is mpg. I canceled my Bronco order and went with the 4Runner for its bulletproof reputation. Great review!
Another great video from Sarah. Loved the apocolypse line, Toyota should lease it from you. That's what 4Runner has always been about. Keep it up!
scotty Kilmer said the samething.
Thanks for the review Sarah!
Nice that you mentioned about respecting the vehicles you test because they're not yours (sad fact that it needs to be said, but that's just my opinion).
Some people just don't seem to understand this when they criticize the way you put these vehicles through their paces for a review. That's why I love when you do it, Sarah. You're honest, to the point (with bonus bits of personality and sarcasm), and you give the vehicles respect by not torturing them into submission (unless it's your own, of course ;) ).
I have grand tour ambitions, just lack the staff of 120 people and the 7 figure production budgets 😂
@@SarahnTuned you'll get there too at the rate you're going
@@SarahnTuned you're doing wonderful with what you've got in my book. ;) Just continue being yourself...the rest will come in due time. :)
Love the On lift reviews.
Thanks an always Sarah it’s fun time traveling and watching your older episodes. I think you look very cute with long black hair ❤❤❤❤
great review, especailly pointing out trying to make the radio look larger
I really like that Toyota hasn't drastically changed the overall appearance of the 4Runner in the last 40 years. Yeah, there have been some minor changes, like the bumpers, but the overall shape still says 4Runner.
The under car views are a great new feature of your channel. ... Your channel is equal to Savage Geese or the Car Wizard.
Better then savage geese
Savage Gesse without the snark the in- jokes or general self-righteous thing....
I like SG's snark. Sarah just has that sunny personality that always comes through.
Great to see you happy ☮️
Awesome video and vehicle review Sarah!
Best review, and reviewer of the entire net.
I see Sarah, I likes.
Damn, almost first!
I saw my first 4Runner in 1998, when I was visiting the US. It made an impression on me then, and it still does now. Unfortunately, not for sale in my area anymore.
I'm not so sure about this color, makes the whole car look like an SF alien combating vehicle.
Sarah, no matter how bad my day, you always make me smile. Thanks.
Great review!
👍 always fun watching you have fun.
Great review and nice looking sweater 👍🏻
I learned a lot about the Toyota, those sesame seeds are for you to click your nails on while driving with the window rolled down. But a key? Still in this decade, great idea.
less electronics, the better.
The skid plate should be mandatory on any vehicle with 4wd.
All 4Runners do have steel skid plates but the TRD one is flatter and is aluminum so it looks nicer. I have an SR5 and the skid plate is steel.
Own a 2004 4wd Sport. 270,000 miles on it. Just keeps on going! Plan on keeping it for a long time! No major mechanical problems ever. Any maintenance for the DIYs you can usually find on CZcams or forums. Lots and lots of mods!
BTW, the 4.0L engine was first seen on the 4Runners in 2003. So, it is 18 years old.
Thanks Sarah, that was fun!
Finally a legitimately funny reviewer 😆 thank you!
Beautiful car, great video Sarah!
2007 4Runner 4.0L with 412,000 miles, no leaks, uses no oil between oil changes. Can’t beat them!
Thank you Sarah great job!!!!
New 4 Runner is nice, Sarah's a classic as always .
Not gonna happen for a few years but my wife wants a 4runner and I was gonna get a slightly used TRD pro but this might be a solid option cause we won't be doing hard off road. Great review as always Sarah.
Love the big knobs ! I hate the button searching for fan speed and mode that i do in my Pathfinder. 4Runner is my next one ! But leaning to the off-road premium trim level. The trail is a bit basic not having heated seats or the other goodies. Nice review Sarah !
Great review, as always, Sarah...
Your opinion on "graphene" coatings?
Sarah, your hair is so so nice
Fruit and robot compatibility. That made my night. I love how your brain works
Great Review Sarah!
This channel deserves more subs
I think the TRD Off Road edition is the best value in the 4 Runner and Tacoma. Great reviews as always.
Too bad they don't come with army green or cement color. Damn it toyota
I got a 2022 TRD OR-P in Lunar Rock with KDSS and MTM in Oct 2021
Love that you did your nails to match the 4-runner...
I agree on cloth seats vs hot or freezing leather
Great video
It seems that the 4Runner Family loves to Nose Dive with hard braking! My 2016 does the same thing. I thought there was something wrong, but I watched you and The Car Nut, and both of you have verified this as well as my own experiences recently. You called it a Cart Wheel and mine felt like a Submarine doing a Crash Dive!
I like the addition of the lift, can't believe Toyota still hasn't addressed the exhaust crossover. It's a popular mod to re route the exhaust behind the transfer case rather than below.
Yay, Sarah, I'm not the only one that prefers cloth seats opposed to leather.
I agree for adults but not for young children they destroy cloth interiors my three daughters will admit that😂👍
Yo same !!!
Nice looking vehicle. Like the wheels. Didn't think any new vehicles came with a regular key anymore. Great review.
I actually got my 2020 SR5 in part because of Sarah's review. Granted, her review was TRD Pro in the review, but as you can see in the 2021 Trail the SR5-based 4Runner is still great. Thanks, Sarah!
I like the fact that it's OLD SCHOOL. Old engine, old transmission, 300,000 miles and it's barely broken in. Chunky dials for your air controls, too. I bought my 2020 when I was 34, and as long as I'm able to get gas for it, I wonder if it's going to outlive me. It'll be close, but it just might do it. One day I will add a rear locker to my SR5. Probably after the warranty expires.
Yeah, for the 4runner and tacoma, the lowest model is usually the best model if you're planning to mod it.
If you're going long travel, upgraded rear axle, etc, the TRD-Pro model is the worst value.
Great review as always, so funny 😄
Great review. 👍🏻
I absolutely love my 2015 4Runner. Best investment in a lifetime!!! 🇨🇦❄️🥶
Yes, the return of the signature Sarah seat bolster move!
Ha e to like that