well good morning everybody and welcome to the channel okay today I wanted to
take a look at the 2022 coma sr5 versus the 2022 coma TRD off road now I wanted
to compare just the base you know what you can get for that MSRP sat the
baseline level for each one of those or both of those trim levels on the Tacoma
you know recently I was thinking you know when I got the TRD sport it's it's
actually sitting right up there but maybe I made a mistake
maybe I should have gotten the off road to begin with in a manual transmission
as a 4x4 so I thought it would be interesting to compare what do you get
on a baseline level for that listed MSRP price for each one of the or the two
options I guess so let's get started first of all the starting MSRP for the
sr5 is twenty-seven thousand eight hundred and twenty-five dollars the
starting MSRP for the Tacoma TRD off road is thirty-four thousand dollars now
that's a difference for six thousand one hundred and seventy five dollars now
that's a lot of extra or aftermarket parts that you can get right I mean you
can do a lift wheels and tires add some extra things
so there's a little bit more wiggle room in there you know for that extra six
thousand one hundred and seventy five dollars that you spend for the off-road
fuel economy wise let's mention that real quick the sr5 gets 20 and 23 and
the off-road the TRD off-road gets 19 and 20
not a huge difference so what trim levels are what do you get for that
starting MSRP price well on the sr5 it's a 4x2 access cab with a 6 foot bed on
the TRD off road it's a 4 by 4 by 2 double cab with a 5 foot short bed now
the sr5 has a 4-cylinder 6-speed automatic transmission the 4x2 double
cab is a 5 foot I'm sorry is a 6 cylinder rather 6 feet with an automatic
transmission so you get a few more cylinders too if you go with the TRD off
road now some of the other differences between the two there's no power outlet
in the bed on this starting price sr5 the TRD off road has a 120 volt 400 watt
deck-mounted AC power outlet so if you're a camper and that things
important to you and you do get it in the TRD off road the sr5 comes with
steel wheels whereas the TRD off road has alloy wheels you know those kind of
fancier wheels with a little bit of brushed aluminum in them
there's no wireless charger in the sr5 again this is the base level without
adding any options to it there is a standard wireless charging pad in the
TRD off-road now this is kind of interesting because I thought this was
going to be standard across the board but it's not and this has to deal with
the drivers front seat in the sr5 you still get the four-way adjustable
driver's seat with lumbar now that's what I have in the in the sport up there
in the TRD off-road this is 20/20 now get the 10 way power adjustable driver's
seat with lumbar that is standard now let's see remote keyless entry in the
sr5 whereas in the TRD off road again the automatic base level model you get
the smart key system with the push-button start that also includes the
little touch feature on both the driver's side and the passenger side
doors where you can just walk up and touch the door handle and it unlocks the
truck pretty handy feature I think something that I may miss not having on
my manual but you've got to give up some things these days to get what you want
and for me that's that's one let's see the sr5 has manual a manual dimming
rearview mirror now what is that that's where the mirror doesn't adjust itself
if there are a headlight shining on it from the rear
the off-road TRD version has the auto dimming rear view mirror now these next
three options are only in the TRD off-road electronically controlled rear
locking differential you don't get that in the sr5 clasp for towing hitch
receiver again not available in this standard sr5 TRD to two off-road
suspension with Fox coil overs and shocks again not available standard on
the sr5 what about bed links you know a lot of people talk about wanting to have
the longer beds right me personally I don't have a problem with the shorter
bed put in the sr5 and this is with the access cab you get a 70 3.7 inch long
bed whereas in the TRD off-road the short bed it's sixty point five inches
long same thing that I have in the sport up their differential ratio a lot of
people talk about rehearing you know changing that ratio to something
different to have a little bit different feel or power in the truck the sr5 comes
with the 4.30 different and the TRD off-road comes with the
three point nine zero nine all right what about weights and all that kind of
stuff well the sr5 is a little bit lighter it weighs three thousand nine
hundred and fifteen pounds whereas the TRD off-road comes in at four thousand
two hundred and five pounds keeping in mind it is the double cab and
it does have some of the heavier suspension parts and things like that on
it that's a difference of two hundred ninety pounds so the TRD off-road if it
matters is 290 pounds heavier payload capacity the payload capacity in the sr5
is sixteen hundred and eighty-five pounds and reduced by two hundred and
ninety pounds because it's heavier it's at thirteen hundred ninety five pounds
in the TRD off-road now this is interesting sort of calm and I think
it's because if I recall the access cab has the jump seats in the rear but the
sr5 seats for and again that would make sense because you'd have two in the
front and two on each side those jump seats that fold up and down which by the
way are horribly uncomfortable I actually had an Access Cab Tacoma a few
years back
and I wrote back there one time and it's like a board that holds out from the
side of the truck it's absolutely horrible there's no way that you'd want
to ride any distance back there we're half a passenger right back there
I mean maybe a small child or something would be okay maybe but it's horribly
uncomfortable anyway the TRD double cab the TRD off-road seats five you've got
three in the back and two in the front next up towing capacity and this is
rather shocking to me there is a huge difference the towing capacity of the
sr5 and again this is the access cab 3,500 pounds not much you're talking
about maybe a trailer and a jet ski or two you know something like that whereas
in the TRD off-road the double cab six thousand seven hundred pounds a
difference 3,200 pounds to me that is that's amazing I can't believe there's
that much of a spread between the two trucks now keeping in mind that the TRD
off-road does have the v6 in it so it is a six cylinder motor I guess if you look
at that as compared to the four cylinder that would be standard in that Access
Cab or the sr5 Access Cab it would make it a little more sense because that six
cylinder is going to have more oomph to it right it's going to be able to handle
more so anyway I just kind of wanted to go through here and hit the main point
you know we didn't talk about you know seat collar or you know windshield wiper
missed it or that kind of stuff you know those are all little things I just kind
of wanted to hit the main points the big differences between the sr5 access cab
and the TRD off-road double cab and again looking at the base price trim
line and what you get for that obviously if you add more features and more
options to it it's going to come up higher I believe if you go with a 4x4
and the access cab you're now pushing somewhere around 35,000 something like
that so you're actually over the base price of the TRD off-road double cab
somewhere in that neighborhood anyway I'm curious to hear what you guys think
if you're looking at the - is it really worth it to even get an access cab
anymore for what you get in addition on the TRD off road you know the 4x4 well
it's not a 4x4 but rather the extra towing capacities and all that stuff is
it worth it to get an access cab when for sixty one hundred and seventy five
dollars more you get the little few extra things I guess that come with the
TRD off-road leave a comment down below let me know what you guys think anyway
as far as I'm concerned I think I've made the right decision this time I
think the 2020 TRD off-road and a manual transmission with the 4x4 that I have on
or is going to be perfect for me thanks for watching don't forget to like share
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