I Drove My Toyota Sequoia Across the USA

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I drove my brand new Toyota Sequoia TRD Pro 3,300 miles across the country in just four days. Today, I'm going to share what I liked and what I didn't like about the experience.

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DOUGSCORE CHART:

CHAPTERS:
00:00 THIS...
00:26 CARS & BIDS!!!
00:59 My Sequoia Roadtrip
02:46 Why I Drove Across the Country
03:15 What I Liked About the Sequoia Experience
03:21 Driver Assist Tech
04:03 Capacitive Touch Steering Wheel
05:24 Starts and Stops Smoothly
06:33 The Best Powertrain
09:09 Camera System
09:33 Interior Space
11:42 What I DIDN'T Like About My Sequoia Experience
11:50 Trucky Ride Quality
12:53 Bad Fuel Economy
14:37 Small Fuel Tank
15:09 Stupid Camo Accents
16:27 Other Minor Issues
18:05 Removing the Front License Plate
19:11 Final Thoughts

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[calibrono]

Doug is the type of guy to do a "driving across USA" video and not include any actual driving footage in it.

[adamthompson]

"...That's kinda more investment. I'd rather just complain".

I feel you

[shawnsolan]

You may never see this, but the tailgate complaint is pretty easy to fix.

After pressing lock it waits for the key to leave the bubble around the gate then it’ll close but you can turn that off with a Toyota scan tool in the customize settings. After that it works exactly how you want / expect it to.

[anthonyover]

“I’d rather just complain” that’s so real 🤣 that’s why we love Doug

[liamgarcia]

“Never owned a car this big” Doug forgot he owned a hummer 😭

[CarreraRS]

Doug the type of guy to buy 5 issues of the July 10, 2023 Wall Street Journal (and have them sitting behind him in a video...) because there's an article about him on page A13.

[RC-wtfr]

Doug Demuro, the type of guy to give himself the nickname, "Double D"

[Professor_Carl_Satan]

16:05 "I'd rather just complain." - That made me chuckle.
I appreciate that even though Doug is now swimming in $$$, he's still keepin' it real.
Good on ya', Doug!

[letstrythat]

I love the "I have a V8" impression. 😂 Makes my day.

[NAVE]

In the last couple of years I’ve done San Diego to Edmonton Alberta and back, San Diego to Tulsa and back, San Diego to Portland and back, San Diego to Denver and back, San Diego to Orlando and back, San Diego to Omaha and back, San Diego to Jackson hole WY and back.

346, 000 miles on my Lexus ES330. 2005. 0 issues. 30.0 MPG average each trip. From 118 degrees in Phoenix to snow in Banff and Jackson. 0 issues! So smooth, so flawless. Enough power to get up grades hassle free too, that old V6 is such a gem. I’ve also got an 05 land cruiser with 310k miles.

[TonyLNY]

Doug. The tailgate lock button. We have 2023 RX with the same issue. It drove me insane because our 2021 RX did not have this issue. I even asked the guys at the dealership and they were mystified by why some times it closed and locked and sometimes it didn't. Making it more confusing was the fact that the button to just close the tailgate worked without any quirks. HOWEVER, after several months I figured it out. You need to push the button for a long push and then step away from the tailgate by 8 feet or so. And then it will close and lock. When you think about it it makes sense. You are asking the car to lock but it will not lock while the proximity key is INSIDE the car for obvious reasons. When you lock the other doors using the button on the door, the door is already closed, but here, when you press the button you are still technically inside the car because the tailgate is open. It needs to know you both have the key and that it OUTSIDE the car before it locks. So it will beep twice when you press the button. Presumably that signals one that you are closing it, and two that you have permission to lock it by the presence of the key. Then you need to step far enough away for it to read that the key is definitively outside the car so that it can safely lock. In addition, it wants to make sure that all objects, like children, are not close by when closing. So if you put bags on the ground near the back of the car it won't close. The area behind the car needs to be clear.

[AABB-kheb]

Car guy flex: I can heel toe
Doug flex: I can change lanes on my own

[throwback]

My pre-watch predictive summary of this episode: Doug drives cross-country in a Toyota. Its gets there just fine. Nothing particularly noteworthy happens to the car.

[a.m.]

Man, those faces Doug made during the V8 and V6 comparison were personal. They were John Wick territory bro. 😆😆😆

[jamesmurmurzancone]

Doug the kind of guy who releases his own line of mens hygiene products called quirks and features.

[krudmuphinstudioz]

Doug's opinion on the camo style fenders and interior accents is exactly the way I've always felt about fake carbon fiber. I've never really understood the appeal of having fake carbon accents everywhere and yet every car company seems to plaster their "sporty" trim levels with it. I much prefer the classier look of stainless steel, aluminum, leather, woodgrain, or chrome detailing. I've never jived with the boy-racer fake performance car look.

[meckerhesseausfrankfurt]

My Golf also gets around 18.5 mpg.... If I'm going a constant 125 mph.

[Joe-bepw]

Doug 100k engine replacements is not a small issue.

[plica]

What a life Doug has. Young man. Houses and cars and on either side of the country. Wife and kids, lotsa money too.

[Jay-bwfl]

Doug is the only well known car reviewer on YouTube you can always trust to give an honest opinion on any vehicle with no regard for anyone else. The goat