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Thank you for allowing me to drive this beast. Video is editing right now.

Congrats! I just couldn't stomach a truck with a 4-cylinder turbo hybrid, low payload, and low in-cab storage (due to battery under rear seat), for over $65K... so I cancelled my order. I was also concerned about the reports of the transmission overheating, and I didn't really like the gurgling sound from the high intake "snorkel." I'll give this one a couple of years to mature and check again.

Your dad is so skilled!! He should totally share

Congratulations on your Trailhunter! We truly appreciate your kind words and allowing us the opportunity to assist you. We can't wait to see the fun you have with this incredible Tacoma!

Your dad is a master craftsman and should absolutely start his own channel. I love watching and learning woodworking and all things construction related. I’m a good handyman, but if I had his talent, I’d be filming and sharing content. Great video and congratulations on your new ride.

Dude... That thing is fricken gorgeous. Congrats man. This is a momentous day! Monumental, even 😁 Nice!!

Dogs…. Don’t know what I’d do without them. Nice pup (and new rig).

Good Practice is to change your oil after 1500 miles int he brand new car. Also look into Motul V300 5W30 Best oil ever for the Turbo engines. This will make your engine run smoother for longer, its one of the proper synthetic oils.

Ahhhh man, I forgot the BOW! Enjoy and thx for the shout-outs!

Congrats again! I look forward to a lot more!!

Congratulations on your achievement! Nothing like chasing our dreams! Good luck with the new machine! Best regards from Portugal

Most channels I see they seem to have infinite budgets and build a vehicle every other week to show off new gear and new items.... and don't get me wrong, i hope you get there, But I'm very excited to see a more realistic and thoughtful approach to this from you that I know you'll have. Congrats, this is huge.

Stoked for you! Looking forward to seeing what you do with it.

Congrats! Happy for you and this achievement. Cant wait to see it around in Colorado. Excited for what you do to it and the adventures you take it on.

Congrats on the truck, I’d definitely be interested in seeing more of your dad’s creations.

First off, Powerstop brakes have specific break-in instructions that involve braking hard and heating them up properly. I'm not saying it's the same as a factory Tacoma, but some do involve getting them to heat up and then cool down because of different pad composition. Also, make sure you change the oil in that thing as soon as you get those 1200 miles in it.

This Tech Heavy Toyo is on my radar for 2025. Good Job IO!

That’s my truck. I put money down six months ago and I’m still waiting. Congratulations. That’s exactly the color I wanted, but you should’ve got the 6 foot bed…

Been watching your channel for a long time. It’s SOOO awesome to see it grow, and allow you to work towards this new rig. It was great to see how excited you were picking it up!!!

Congrats on the new truck. It such a great feeling. We waited months to get our 5th Gen 4Runner (because we were moving back from Japan) and the day felt like it would never come. I totally know the surreal feeling.

Awesome video. Great pics of your dads craftsmanship.

Yes sir please help your dad get his channel up and running as soon as possible!

Also, your dad is badass. That stuff looks awesome and I can confirm he'd be getting hella views!

Congratulations!!! That is one sweet looking truck!! And your doggie gets her rear window! 😊

You picked up your truck mere miles from my home! Congratulations looks badass! love the color! Happy for you.. you earned it!

Bud, it's not just a truck, I get the big deal. This trailhunter is my dream truck. I'm working on it, I have it preorder. for some reason, I have no word on it

I’m happy for you guys. Enjoy it! It’s well deserved ❤

I remember bubbling over with anticipation when after 33 weeks my Jeep came in. You had dang near double the wait! So awesome and so excited for you. Your excitement and appreciation for the moment comes through in the video.👍🙌

Still waiting for my dealer to get in touch with me. I am the first one on the list at my Houston area dealer. Excited!

I like these trucks but this particular model seems like an odd choice for you in particular because you paid good money for what amounts to a turn-key solution even though you have a history of significantly modifying your Toyota. That's poor value if you now start changing out all those parts.

Congratulations Tyler! So excited for you and I can't wait to see your build as well!

Congrats! That’s so cool. More than happy for you Blue!

Oh ya that thing is sick man!!! And your dads place is awesome too!! That idea with the floor was pretty much genius. Looks super nice 👍

Congratulations on your new rig Tyler and family. It looks great, please keep the FJ in the rotation however. Love your channel, well done

Congrats on your new Trailhunter, my best friend in California got a new Taco last year and didn't want to wait for the new model which i think he would've preferred over the 2023 in most aspects, hindsight is 2020 as they say , here in Canada dealers are marking them up and won't even take orders according to a friend of mine here who wants one, he wants basic and nothing more id just how he's always rolled and no dealer here wants to accommodate him or take his money, so he will have to travel either to the west coaster east to Toronto or Montreal which is sad and all he wants to do is sit down and order a truck without trying to sold extras or upgraded , he understands he needs to be flexible on colour and willing to pay sticker price and not be raked over the coals, i did spend near 9 years in the industry some years back when you'd be able to order a vehicle to a pretty close extent to what you wanted, now it has turned into a task and is no longer the fun anticipated adventure it use to be, glad you got what you wanted for the right dollars 👍 in the exact colour I'd buy if i could afford one

Also YES! Help your dad create a channel! I could tell just from that little cameo what a creative skilled dude he is! I'd def watch all his stuff!

First time subscribing but I love you passion! Can't wait to see more content!!

I got butterflies for you, dude! So fun, and excited to see where you take it!

I'm just glad he snuck that proper way to say Louisville in there

Congratulations!!! Enjoy your new adventure rig! :-)

No mark ups? Cool!!! They’re one of the good guys!

Congratulations! it's awesome to see you both so excited, and reaching this goal! I can't wait to see the build process, but a trailhunter needs what? LOL! I'm aspiring to a trailhunter 4runner in the next few years, but in the mean time I'm following your advice from previous to refresh my '13-4runner and currently building it as a trail hunter as I'm gonna live in it for retirement! :) I hope you avoided all Interstate Highways to keep those revs changing!

Awesome truck ,Luv the vids!

I was gonna order trailhunter, too. But being here in canada, we dont hav the shortbed Option. I dont like 6ft bed for overlanding/offroading. Ill hav to wait a bit longer til we get that option or just opt for ORP.

Looking forward to an unbiased, and real world review. Hope there are no problems and you really get to enjoy the vehicle, but for the high price, we really want to be able to see all the warts, if there are any.

Congrats. Can’t wait to see the build for Overlanding.

So excited to see this video! Congrats on your Trailhunter! I"m currently impatiently waiting for my dealer to find mine!

I really don't like what Toyota is doing ... but if your dog is getting her window I'm willing to give it a chance.

It's an absolute beauty.

Thanks a lot to the car dealer to help you! I love the Truck and I was looking forward to get one but the price and the markup was a no no for me. I now ended up ordering the Chevrolet ZR2 (same/ similar color) and I think that was not a bad bet as well :) congratulation on your new ride!

Congrats on your new truck sir, it’s always nice when your partner is supporting your hobbies. Hopeful to see you on the trails here in Colorado.😊

Congrats on new vehicle. Doesn't have the character of the FJ cruiser, but I do love that your dog now gets a rear window. Good luck

I noticed the beautiful Glenwood canyon and Mt. Sopris. I'm from gypsum. Beautiful area and I'm a tacoma geek too. Congrats

Congrats on the new vehicle - can’t wait to see your build! Interesting comments about the brakes - I just did mine with the Powerstop brand. Their instructions were to to do 5 hard 40mph to 10mph brake events immediately followed by 5 medium 35mph to 5mph events followed by at least 5 minutes without any braking events to allow them to cool. Glad to see Blue get her window🤗

The best looking midsize truck. Congrats, hope it treats you well

Your dad has a lot of talent and I like. Your video

good luck with that transmission! fingers crossed.

bring a sat phone. that 4 banger def gonna leave you stranded

Mannnn, it's a good thing you didn't get anything before .... Once these new designs came out, did this become your dream truck?! I was getting excited for you guys when you were in the Taxi! and man, is that ever a beautiful truck!! I read a couple comments and I agree with some. Leave it alone for a while. People never push any of these brands when right out of the box they can do almost anything... Well, what us 'Explorers' do. Most people never get even close to their capabilities stock, and they do a lot of unnecessary performance mods. Just a good set of tires and wheels (I saw the Short) then just do the fun stuff (mods). Super stoked for you guys... And I'm only two minutes in!!

Oh, and hell yeah your dad should make a channel!!! Or at the very least a full tour of the place!

I’m looking forward to the new build!💪🏻💪🏻 Congrats!

Your Dad does amazing wood working!! Love the new ride, love the color. What is the name of the color?

That smile at 2:27 - I know that exact feeling! I’m hoping to experience in the next week or two with my own TH!

Happy Overlanding travels and wnjoy your new truck & safe travels ya’ll

Good looking truck. We went from FJ to mid-sized truck, and now in a '23 4Runner TRD Pro. It's nice to see the newer models of Toyotas.

I’ve only seen a couple of your videos so far, but I’m excited for you to pull this off! I’m just starting to save up for a nice truck like this myself, but it’s definitely going to be a long time before I get there. I’ll have to keep watching your videos while I wait!

DAMN been waiting on this for so longgggg! IT'S FINALLY HAPPENING! AND YES, your pops should definitely start a channel.

Shocked you didn’t choose the 6’ bed!!

Happy for you! Keep making that quality content and we'll keep watching so you can do more and more.

Great work! Excited to see the channel grow.

Super excited for you man! The truck is beautiful. I know you have worked your tail off for this, enjoy your new truck!

Awesome video!

Congrats bro. Great content. Def got a new sub from me. Cant wait to see where this beautiful truck takes you.

Congrats! Awesome truck

Nice truck, Tacoma life.

Congrats on your new Tacoma TH! Hope you love it!

Few things smell better than a new car.

Those 18inch wheels won’t last too long city driving here in intown Atlanta. Hope those are strong forged wheels

Congrats! What a solid truck!

YES your dad needs to make a channel. I don't even care about your truck at this point, your dad's house has taken the lead. (but congrats on the new truck, of course🙂)

Congrats on the new truck! Best color I’ve seen! And totally get the fj window situation. I have. 2007 a kid and dogs. The kid hated it. Trying to sell it now. Recently picked up a Chevy trail boss and absolutely loving it.

nice wheels, congratulations. although I'm an f150 4x4 person this is a very good looking 4x4 and with all the modern bells & whistles.

Congrats that’s a bad ass truck

Awesome content. I can't wait to see future adventures!

Congrats on finally getting it, going from the FJ's basic interior to something newer must be nice.

Congrats, this is exciting. Looking forward to the transition as you build it out. Very happy for you three, enjoy.

Like everyone here, I'm so happy for you. I get mine at the end of August so I'll be watching closely for anything you have to say.

Congrats! I can't wait to get mine haha a few more months! 😁

Litterally just got home from a trip from Montana back home in SoCal. 16 hour drive and I feel altered. But will still watch this. In sleep dep we trust lol

Nice review and congratulations!

My dealership barely has any vehicles on the lot.

Glad to hear they had no markup. Nice truck!

Nice truck. I just got the sport in the same color. Paid a lot less than you did though because it has a lot less features but still comes standard with a lot of things. Don't plan to modify mine any. I'm just a older guy that wanted something tight to drive. I have a 2013 that almost has 300,000 mi on it. So I'm pretty happy with Toyota. Good luck on whatever you do. Souping it up.

Congrats! Great looking truck. Will be fun to watch what you do to it 🙂

Let's see more of your dad's craftsmanship!

Congrats on the truck I should have mine in the next 6-8 weeks super excited same exact build and color.

Did you get your recall notice yet 😂🙌

Were you able to resolve the noise from the roof rack? Getting a trailhunter also and was thinking about getting the roof rack, thanks

I bet it’s Oxmoor Toyota. That’s where I got my first Taco.