Rick Park 
2016 Toyota Tundra CrewMax Cab Platinum 4dr CrewMax SB (5.7L 8cyl 6A)
Second Tundra, Glad to be Back
 The first thing to ask yourself is "what do I want the vehicle to do?" I had a 2008 Tundra, and I loved it. Power, comfort, reliability, good looks... had it all. Then I asked the question above when my job changed and I needed something more suited to transporting passengers. Sold the Tundra and got a Honda Pilot. Great SUV, loved it and still have it (now the wife's car). What I found was that I wasn't hauling passengers as often as I thought and was hauling/towing things more often than I planned. I needed another truck. So, I went truck shopping: Chevrolet, GMC, Dodge, Ford, Nissan, Toyota. Once the initial shock of how much prices have risen wore off... I could see that price for comparably equipped trucks was essentially a wash. That favored Toyota, as even the Chevy salesman conceded the Tundra has the highest resale value. When the smoke cleared, Toyota made the best deal on what was actually the truck I wanted: a Blazing Blue Pearl Platinum edition CrewMax. After spending some time with it, I love the truck every bit as much as expected. Ride is plush, electronics are great (much improved from 2008), complete back window raise lower is cool, leather is slick, seats heated AND cooled (wife loved that one), and is beautiful inside and out. Mileage is the same as my old one, and about the same as any big V8 in any brand, but more powerful and torquey than most. Interior storage is my only real gripe, with no storage under or behind the rear seat. That's a serious faux pas on Toyota's part, and needs attention. I have read some trailer brake gripes, but haven't been able to test with a trailer with brakes (I normally pull smaller trailers without brakes) so I can't comment for better or worse. The storage being a single minus against a bed full of plusses, it's an easy 5 stars. VERY glad to be back in a Tundra.NOTE: The application would not let me select best/worst features and just added everything... suffice the information above to say I like the power, comfort, electronics, space inside, looks, towing ability, and resale value. Neutral on mileage: I would like it to be better but it isn't far off any other large V8. Negative is the limited back seat storage. For such a huge area, this should be much better.UPDATED 8/10/2018: Now a touch over two years in, I am still happy with the purchase. On the plus side, it's as mechanically sound as day one. Nothing has loosened, become rattly, or become sloppy in feel. You still don't ever put the transmission in drive unless you are stopped rolling backwards... the transmission will stop you dead in your tracks! :) Electronics are still 100% operational. Navigation is still good, but I have become very aware of how much more capable Google Maps or Waze is than ANY vehicle OEM GPS system. In that sense, the GM ability to put those on screen from your phone is something Toyota needs to catch up on. Actually, that is all Japanese companies. The truck still pulls trailers like a locomotive, and all the concern expressed in other reviews about issues with the electric braking system have turned out to be a bunch of hot air... the system works perfectly with every trailer with electric brakes I have hauled. I assume they had trailer brake problems because the truck brake system works just fine. The sole minus that has just been regularly annoying to me is the lack of storage either under or behind the rear seats. This is such a glaring omission on Toyota's part that I still can't understand how they ever did that. Hopefully they will address it. It is a small thing, I admit, but makes such a great truck a bit less than it could be. Gas mileage had gotten a touch better as it has settled in, but it will never be considered economical by any stretch. Decent for a truck, 14/15 city and a best of 20 on the highway, but more regularly 17 to 19. If traveling at higher speed... 15-16. So, definitely big truck-ish mileage, but not terrible for a 5.7 engine that pulls like this does. Just not a high point. So, all in all, I would buy it again. While I wonder what I might have liked better in the Chevy Z71 I was also considering, there is no telling what I wouldn't have liked! This truck is built like a truck, and does what a real truck is supposed to do, and has the normal ups and downs of a truck. I didn't want to give up strength for cushiness, and I didn't. But thankfully, I got a good bit of cushiness anyway in a nice truck that I can imagine reviewing here for many more years. And my Toyota dealer has taken great care of me and my truck. Satisfied customer.