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Forum: Towing and Hitching 06-06-2022, 11:25 AM
Replies: 119
Views: 16,274
Posted By John in Santa Cruz
if it only does that occasionally, no big deal. ...

if it only does that occasionally, no big deal. OTOH, if you're climbing a long grade and it keeps shifting 3-4-3-4, then yeah, you want to be able to downshift it. my wife's newer car has a 7...
Forum: Towing and Hitching 05-30-2022, 01:35 PM
Replies: 119
Views: 16,274
Posted By John in Santa Cruz
If you get the Taco access cab instead of the...

If you get the Taco access cab instead of the crew cab, you gain 200 lbs more payload. I don't know if they still sell the Prerunner, but those had about another 400 lbs of payload... The...
Forum: Towing and Hitching 05-02-2022, 05:20 PM
Replies: 119
Views: 16,274
Posted By John in Santa Cruz
tires and service is a LOT cheaper than a new...

tires and service is a LOT cheaper than a new truck. and 130000 miles isn't much at all on a truck, my F250 has 260,000 and counting.
Forum: Towing and Hitching 05-02-2022, 02:29 PM
Replies: 119
Views: 16,274
Posted By John in Santa Cruz
my 21" is about 6-7 inches wider than a 19, I...

my 21" is about 6-7 inches wider than a 19, I think, and I've forgotten to pull out the extendable tow mirrors on my F250 and its been fine. but they are large mirrors with a big wide angle section...
Forum: Towing and Hitching 05-02-2022, 02:05 PM
Replies: 119
Views: 16,274
Posted By John in Santa Cruz
you sure thats the same 1GR-FE 4.0 that Tacoma...

you sure thats the same 1GR-FE 4.0 that Tacoma was using in the gen2 cars, I think 2005-2015 ? Huh, it is the same 1GR-FE

whoa, the 4Runner hasn't had a major upgrade since 2010? thats a...
Forum: Towing and Hitching 05-02-2022, 12:19 AM
Replies: 119
Views: 16,274
Posted By John in Santa Cruz
yeah, vehicle prices didn't go nuts until 2021. ...

yeah, vehicle prices didn't go nuts until 2021. they went from very slow/few sales to having no available vehicles

I bet I could sell my 2002 F250 longbed diesel 4x4 for significantly more than...
Forum: Towing and Hitching 05-01-2022, 09:10 PM
Replies: 119
Views: 16,274
Posted By John in Santa Cruz
I don't mind the manual towing mirrors on my...

I don't mind the manual towing mirrors on my F250. I extend them when I'm doing my walkaround final check if I haven't already. I did upgrade from the 1st gen superduty mirrors that came on my...
Forum: Towing and Hitching 04-27-2022, 02:37 PM
Replies: 119
Views: 16,274
Posted By John in Santa Cruz
the 3.5 requires a lot more RPM to develop power...

the 3.5 requires a lot more RPM to develop power than the old 4.0 did.

Biggest problem with a Tacoma, however, is the payload. My 08 access cab TRD 4x4 had a 1200 lb payload. wife+self+dog...
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