^^^Trio knows his/her stuff^^^

As a modern technological creation beyond my caveman brain, this non-locker diff can, in TR2, be set to a fully "locked" position should you wish. Takes its brains away and it behaves like a locked diff of yore. You can also turn off the DSC and make your rig old school of sorts. Again, if you like to do this, TR2 allows you to do so.

Normally you can watch it get "locked" to varying degrees as you go about your driving. It's rather fun to watch if you're a hopeless nerd like me.

The configurable terrain response is fun to tinker with.


Configurable TR lets you play with the rear diff and other stuff

The rear diff was a must have on my build.

 

I need "idiot mode"

 

With great power comes great responsibility or something..

 

As a prepper, better to have it and not need it, than not have it and defintely need it....murphys law comes into play in life....

 

How are you going to overland? any towing involved?

The more I dug into the idea of overlanding the more I decided that the full 4x4 is 'better to have it than not'. I personally would like to not 'aw man, i can't do that' with regards to how the vehicle can handle offroad. I fully expect some tire related challenges but for me the $1750 was worth it as an investment. I don't intend on dropping the vehicle over next 5-7 years easy, so it'd be a while before I can update and would rather opt on 'getting all of it' vs not.

But it is $1750+750 or $1750+1850 if you get the trailering package. I fully intend to tow and the towing gets you the upgraded 4x4 system but without that center e-diff. I mean you can retrofit everything, but since I'm not a car guru with the right tools it'd be an expensive retrofit compared to the $1750 up front. Only downside is the tires from what everyone says aren't that good. I've only driven on pavement so far so can't comment about that. I figure I'll replace them when they're wore out at 20k miles with something well designed.

Hope my twisted logic helps in your decision making

 

You can’t add it later, and it’s a relatively small percentage of the overall cost, so just get it. If you off-road at all, or even just drive in snow, it will come in handy, and might even save you from needing a rescue one day. Really no point in saving that little money to not get it.