What It's Like to Live with a 2024 Toyota Tundra TRD Pro (POV)

Hey crew, I've got the key to this 24 Toyota Tundra TRD Pro and today we're going to see what it's like to live with. Starting with the spacing in my driveway which is 16 feet wide by 19 and a half feet long and those dimensions appear to be just large enough to accommodate this truck with it parked just about an inch and a half in from the edge sitting next to a new Kia Sorento X Pro that my wife is reviewing if you want to check out her content. It's Mobile Mama on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube and her parking job has the back tire hanging just a little off the edge of the driveway. That's kind of necessary for the spacing to not walk between the vehicles that would be fine if they were closer in but to wheel a double stroller through that we require with our two kiddos. The nose of the Tundra is pushed a little over the edge and that gives me at the back of the truck about a foot of room between that and the garage door. The door's unlocked just by resting my hand on the handle with the key fob in my pocket that also power unfolds the door mirrors and the Sorento is no longer here because Mobile Mama had to get to an appointment. Don't worry she'll be back later in the video for something else and so I can just pretend that the Sorento is still here and I think I can only do one defined door opening notch because the second would most likely have touched that Sorento. So going back to one is this a wide enough opening for me to get inside with the grab handle and the height of the truck not being so crazy tall I say yes. Hey cabin crew thanks for joining for this day in the life in a Tundra TRD Pro and yes before you ask this is the first time I'm wearing glasses in a video because this is the first time I've had pink eye. You gotta love the stuff kids pick up at school. Anyway talking about the stuff I've brought with me and where it goes in the truck, while it can kind of just sit on this sliding tray I've got my smartphone on the wireless charging pad lifting up this console we find a huge amount of storage space for my GoPro accessories large water bottle and race box zero to 60 timer and then the key fob if I didn't want to keep it in my pocket to just go in one of these door pockets. Now to fire up the truck. All right that hybrid V6 is on and now let's hear it idle from outside. Man even with that TRD performance exhaust oh there we go it settles down into such a modest idle. No neighbor is going to complain about this truck idling for a few minutes. In this video I want to see if a family of four can have everything they need in a full-size pickup truck to get business done during the week to get errands run before on the weekends having a bit of fun. Oh that rhymes look what I've done. Anyway we're gonna start by getting coffee I'm gonna crank this down into drive and just putting my foot on the brake and going into drive will release that parking brake so I can just crawl forward and it is a trash day so I have the extra obstacle to try to clear here and I can pull up that no actually just getting closer it brings up the surround view camera and I don't think I am going to clear it so I am going to have to try once more before we are clear of that trash can and we can get underway. On my way to get that coffee let's discuss the around town ability of the Tundi TRD Pro starting with the turn signal sound not terribly disruptive but loud enough that I might want to turn that off if I was sitting at a stoplight for a long period of time and now here we'll have a chance to do a turning radius test beyond that initial turn from out of my driveway all right here we go coming out a bit then cranking the wheel oh my gosh am I gonna make it just barely made that double lane wide turn right there that's not good even among full-size pickup trucks that feels like a very wide turning circle okay moving on now let's say someone cuts me off and I need to alert them to their mistake what does the horn sound like it's a bright noise and plenty loud you will get their attention moving on to ride compliance next is this solid rear axle pickup truck gonna ride too rough for your family well here on smooth tarmac the ride is predictably great but we are going to approach some less perfect asphalt and that is not changing the story much at all I think with with this fox suspension and the extra tire sidewall of the Tundra TRD Pro the ride's probably better in this than even the regular Tundra and the seat cushioning does have something to do with my comfort level very thickly padded chairs with good adjustments so for myself at six feet tall I've got nice headroom here I think on a long distance journey I would like to see some thigh extenders just to support the underside of my legs but for a commute you should be perfectly comfortable and manipulating this truck down the road get a decent bit of feedback through the wheel so I know where I'm positioning it as I turn that wheel it is a large pickup truck so for this wide lane it's no issue but for narrower lanes you do need to be paying attention so you're not floating over as I go to the brakes it's a good response from that pedal and I can easily feel out how much foot pressure to apply to smoothly come up to a stop and as far as throttle response in eco it does dull that response but I mean I've got 583 pound-feet of torque here this truck never has any issue getting up to speed and speaking of eco and efficiency related matters this is a hybrid powertrain setup and one of the beauties of this system as opposed to an internal combustion motor that has a start stop technology to save fuel is that I really do not feel when the engine actually turns off and goes to electric power it's just a smooth blend so I can just come up to that stop and then where a start stop system might crank on and you feel that I get to use the electric juice in the beginning I then heard that motor come on but I didn't feel it at all now if you know my videos you know that I only drink decaf coffee because Kathy and I just we don't mix well but typically I try to find better decaf coffee than starbucks but I have to do this today because I'm so curious how the dimensions and turning radius of the tundra are going to make it through a tighter drive-through like this one hi there can I get a hot grande decaf latte and then a hot grande regular latte but with oat milk okay anything else for you today that's it all right we'll see you here thank you thank you getting something for the wife she drinks regular coffee must be nice now I made the first turn of this drive through pretty easily but this second one is going to be a bit of a challenge so I'm going to preemptively bring up the surround view camera so I can monitor how close my tires are going to get to the curbing and I will take this one pretty wide before I then cut over and then just kind of skirting the right side I am gonna clear it yes just here to break up your routine as a guy with a camera on his head it's called miles per hour yeah uh-huh thank you so much no that's it thanks so much you too yep so not the easiest way through a drive-through but you know what you can do it in the tundra and it's worth it for coffee now it's a good thing they put these stoppers into the cups because we're gonna get a little rowdy here I'm gonna see how quick the tundra tier d pro gets to 60 I've got my race box set up here to record and I've got the truck in the sport powertrain response and in the sport drive mode and I'll wait for our light staging here no one behind so I can wait just an extra sec build up the boost and let it go and there's 60 in 6.28 seconds hey that's quick enough for any real world use I can think of now that the mobilist of mama's has finished her appointment I'm gonna bring her a coffee and since we're both feeling hungry we're gonna meet up for lunch and since we're both always down for sushi we'll be dining today at Kitajima well hello there hi pink guy oh how did you avoid this this is your coffee I've taken care of you our other two daughters who got it and you're next you're next that's just what's gonna happen but you know what enjoy enjoy your coffee yeah you're welcome uh-huh and uh we'll enjoy yeah I'm like ready for it yeah thank you I'm ready for it enjoy your sushi cheers cheers oh I need to get a little wasabi in there this is fun it's just the first bite now that you are well fed I'm going to use your help to install some car seats in the back of the tundra my favorite activity I know you do it all the time you're so good at it you're so good thanks let's go see what we've got so there are where are you what do you oh you just wanted to admire the things we're going to install no this I thought hey we're looking at what yeah look at what we have what what have our car seats set up you got to start with that okay three sets of lower latch anchors and yeah no two my god two two sets three top tethers I was like where's that third one yeah and not there yeah three tethers three tethers two sets of lower latch and our kids car seats are one forward facing one oh yeah Talia's now forward facing okay so forward facing this is why you need my help I do that's on that side we're facing on this side okay I can already tell this is going to be easy yeah because the doors are so big the cab in the back is so big and there's tons of space yeah and it's at the perfect height too I don't have to like stoop down to install these so just find tether points get those in lower latch anchors babe latch points I'm not the expert you are and get this secured okay I'm locked and loaded how about you I'm pretty good I'm a little frustrated because the tether is really far down low at the back of the seat yeah so when you want to latch it on and then tighten it it's a little bit difficult because you have to get the seat like put it backwards and then tighten it but you have to lay it all the way back and then you can't tighten it anymore right because you can't access it because it's hidden behind the seat when it's flush mounted unlike an SUV for example where you can always access it and get it really cinched down yeah as tight as you want it to be okay so I'm sure there's a trick we don't know about and I mean of course you've got the belt there so that's a secure thing right yes but it's just not as tight as you would like okay um but yeah all the space to get it in and out that's a plus are we gonna call it family approved 100 family approved and you could fit three car seats across oh yeah lots of space or you in the middle it's 10 to the chillins oh just me I think you should be back here and I'll drive okay well for now I'm gonna go get our daughter from school okay sound good sounds good good all right you have a good time at school yeah yes and are you ready for a treat yeah now here's the big question can you climb up there yeah hmm let's see nice okay you're locked in let's go get that treat now here's gonna be a real test as if we can get past this big garbage truck which you love right no she doesn't but you know what she will one day I really have a feeling she'll come around because garbage trucks are cool they call it Tara can you say Tara yep that's it and can you say acai bowls from berry brand it's okay you still get one oh this looks so good and what better place to eat it than in the bed of the truck with this bed mat it's actually kind of comfy now that I'm sure the tundra can transport my kiddos I need to see if it can transport my doggo so in preparation I'm going to lift up the seat bottoms and find the area where the hybrid batteries are stored so this is not flat this is also not a grippy surface for him to dig into but his claws are certainly going to scratch that up so I need to lay something down to prevent that from happening will the 95 pound rhodesian ridgeback fit inside the cab of the tundra trd pro let's find out oh obi come on stand by there we go now are you going to be comfortable is the next question you're just going to stand down okay door's closing scooch the nose watch the nose he fits good boy now you seem a little more settled wait I've got a trick for you check this out yeah window out the back you can't really get to it with the seat bottoms in the way but you've never had it before it's a novelty he loves it status updates obi seems a little unsure of his footing he was standing non-stop for the first 10 minutes of our drive finally he's taken a seating posture and is enjoying a bit more of the back window breeze but I don't think he really loves the cab of this full-size pickup as much as he has with other full-size trucks that have a completely flat floor back there and that means I'm very careful with the braking and with taking bumps and driveways slowly but there is good news we made it to the dog park now to try to get this giant thing perfectly in between the lane markings success let's go play it's the moment you've been waiting for off leash beyond this point how about the oh we're just gonna go ahead and do that first that's fine see the thing about obi is there are all these other dogs here he could play with but he wants to play with me that's okay oh my god and the drool is out of control well my dog got me pretty dirty yesterday so I felt the need to pay that forward to the TRD pro that's what we're doing today as any adventurous family would on the weekends they're gonna go explore what their truck can do I'm starting out just in two-wheel drive high not exploring four-wheel drive or any of the off-road modes just getting a feel for what this fox suspension is like on uneven roads and so far it's proving to be super smooth over these pocketed portions crags and bits of loose rock the ride is so good and still sure-footed even with all the power just going to the rear tires and none of this is a huge surprise this is basically just a fire road but you want to be comfortable on your fire roads that lead you to your campsites and this road in particular is fairly wide but one thing to keep in mind is that if you're looking at a full-size pickup truck as opposed to a mid-size offering even if it were just an SUV this is going to be wider than those vehicles so if you're going to be on narrower brush heavy roads then you're probably looking at a fair amount of pin striping that would happen even if you fold in those mirrors would you look at that a perfect example of brush creeping in and me being kind of unsure as to whether I can completely avoid all of it I'm gonna bring up that camera system and just move over here to the side just touching the leaves but avoiding the worst of it and then parading through some water we did it but I definitely swept that more and took that slower than I would in a smaller truck clear now of the tighter trail I wouldn't mind a little more traction so I'm gonna make the switch to four-wheel drive high and once that transition has taken hold which it has I'm going to access the multi-terrain select system which allows me to choose from these different off-road modes or just keep it in auto as I will right now and explore the tier d pro with a bit more confidence yeah immediately I feel the extra grip just the nose biting in now me feeling inspired to pick up the pace the suspension still handling the rougher road even when the tires are brought in at higher velocity and that twin turbo hybrid v6 has a lot to give yeah those tires just bite and then pull you through now carrying speed towards this deeper depression up ahead how's the truck gonna do all right heard it felt it a little but the truck stayed totally settled would you look at that I found more water and if I were to ask the kids if we should plow through it I think I know what they would say yep oh by kids I meant me so this truck clearly has what it takes to keep your family entertained at high speeds off-road but what about when you're looking at a steep ascent like this or deep crags are you gonna have to turn back or can you keep going I'm gonna find out here by first going into four-wheel drive low going to neutral let that engage feel that transition and then I'm also going to lock up the rear differential so I'm not wasting any power to a tire that doesn't have grip what you don't get in the tundra tier d pro is a disconnecting front sway bar like you have in the new tacoma tier d pro which would improve articulation nor do I have rock sliders I don't have running boards to get hung up but without those sliders I am a little worried about the rocker panel protection but we'll see how we do hoping for the best I mean definitely have enough torque to get up here just feathering the throttle and just pulling up easily I'm gonna take this harder route on purpose because there's a deep crag that the tier d pro is gonna have to prove to me they can handle feel the front tire sliding off to the side but we're still motoring up easily slips off again but a little more throttle no clearance issue no power issue oh this truck can do it pretty much effortlessly and there's more good news because not everyone is going to be a pro off-road and the last thing you want to do is feeling like you're putting your family's safety on the line so the tundra tier d pro has features like the downhill assist control and crawl control so you can use this uphill or downhill but this effectively allows you to take your foot off the brake and just use this dial to adjust the speed at which you descend or ascend an obstacle so I've got my foot off the brake off the throttle and I'm just focused on steering here so it kind of refines the number of things you have to worry about giving you much more confidence when you encounter an obstacle either you weren't intending to encounter or that you are just second guessing when you've got the whole family in the vehicle and that's kind of the story of the tundra tier d pro off-road it's not going to crawl as well as wrangler nor is it going to bash at high speeds as well as an f-150 raptor but it's going to get the job done for everything you and your family are going to want to do on the weekend yeah but there's always that weekly commute between you and your weekend fun so how does the tundra handle highways starting with visibility so the first thing I noticed when hopping behind the wheel of this tundra was that the top of the windshield feels pretty darn low such that if I were any taller I may actually need to crane my neck forward to see certain stop lights that were perched up high it also makes me feel a little claustrophobic that is combated by the large panoramic sunroof which does bring in a lot of light and the large side windows those help with that as it relates to blind spots the eight pillars aren't that thick and that back pillar isn't all that bad either there also is standard blind spot monitoring rear cross traffic and large door mirrors to help out with that if I did load up this cab such that I couldn't see out the back through the standard reflective rear view then I've got a digital rear view mirror to see right through that and if I was hauling something in the bed and I was worried about it flying out perhaps on the highway I do have a camera system where I could just monitor that moving on to the cabin volume at these speeds and this is not the quietest of road surfaces so I'm trying to acknowledge that while also not completely excusing how much road noise I'm hearing right now from passing vehicles they can be passenger vehicles but semi-trucks you really hear those there's a lot of wind noise hear that pelting off the windows and body panels and I'm definitely getting some tire noise some hum from those all-terrains the level isn't egregious but it is to a degree that I don't know if I'd be completely relaxed commuting in this truck but to counter that I do have the benefit of adaptive cruise control and steering assistance the latter being really great because as I've mentioned a few times now this is a wide vehicle such that you can depart your lane if you're not paying attention for even just a fraction of a second so having that correct me is really nice and then if I'm in heavy traffic the stop and go stuff you've got adaptive cruise control to take care of the throttle and braking and maintaining a following distance for you if you've got a long drive but I mean yeah that bike passing by me I heard that clear as day as if it was inside this cabin so it could be better insulated fuel economy is obviously going to be a consideration whatever you're doing behind the wheel and that's when the hybrid powertrain starts to sound pretty good because the EPA rates this truck at 18 mpg in the city 20 on the highway and 19 combined if you saw that 19 combined then this 32.2 gallon tank would give you 612 miles per fill up but unfortunately my experience I've been seeing 14 and a half miles per gallon and with current fuel prices of $5.77 for 91 octane fuel that this vehicle does require it's going to cost you $184 to fill the tank and doesn't have capless fueling you got to work harder at the beginning of this video I pondered whether the full-size tundra trd pro could fit the bill for everything a family needs during the weekly grind and weekend playtime after shuttling kids and dogs running errands and tackling a bit of dirt I'm convinced this truck can be a one-stop shop for a family of four however if you don't need the bed or aren't in love with pickup truck styling then a large suv will be more accommodating for four-legged friends the battery hump in the rear of the cabin doesn't offer a level place to sit stand or lay when in motion and for people the very wide turning circle and king size dimensions do take a while to get used to still the tundra tier d pros cabin space ride compliance power and capability should fill families with confidence whatever the task I hope you guys have enjoyed this day in the life and I will see you again next time