Recent content by MatraBlue

That’s all news to me. For 45 years I was always under the impression that sway bars only worked to reduce side to side movement. I fail to see how it would have any impact on fore and aft movement. Of course, I am a little behind the times because I’ll take a turbocharged 6 over a V8 any day...

I don’t believe kdss has anything to do with nose dive or bouncy ride. Observations such as yours makes me question just what the hell kdss really does do.

Ironic, huh?

Congrats on winning salesman of the month!!

Let me guess, these were good tariffs? 2009 tire tariffs cost US consumers $926K per job saved and led to the loss of 3 retail jobs per factory job saved - AEI If not, when?

Just to clarify, the most vocal critics of these tariffs are Republican and the most vocal supporters are the Sanders/Warren/Brown/Ocassio-Cortez wing of the Democratic Party.

Excerpt from a Car and Driver article, not definitive, but seems to refute the mighty Washington Post: “If that prices you out of an FJ40, try looking for the next big thing, the first-generation Toyota 4Runner. Its back story is just as interesting as Toyota’s Jeep clone’s, as the 4Runner...

I tend to believe you, but the unadulterated authority of his and the other guys post leads me to believe that they know something we don’t. I guess we will have to wait for them to set us straight.

So, are you saying the guy from Richmond is letting his stupidity get in the way of facts?

I don’t believe the 4RUNNER meets the definition of “light truck” under the chicken tax and can’t find anything that says it does, what definitive source are you relying on?

You are absolutely right!!! Let’s hope this debacle once and for all settles the argument that tariffs are always bad and should be eliminated worldwide for a true free trade environment. Maybe you can teach Bernie, Elizabeth , Sherrod and Alexandria this simple fact??????

The 4Runner is a high center of gravity shoebox with truck tires. It will never be a sports car or handle like a sports car. I’ve owned one for over 14 years and it has never been the vehicle I would (or could) drive on a daily basis. If the body roll was ever bad enough to cause uncontrollable...

Thanks for clearing that up. I always thought KDSS was a little overhyped for what it really does and if I can save $2000 I can put up with a slight bit more body role since my 4Runner is not my DD.

Uhh that makes no sense since there are plenty of people who do not buy the Off Road model because they have no need for the 4 wheeling options. It has nothing to do with ones budget. In fact, these buyers would, apparently, benefit greatly by having a safer vehicle for the greater on road...

Exactly, if Toyota primarily equipped a 4RUNNER with kdss to reduce on road body roll (ie to reduce understeeer) it would be available on the SR5 since millions, maybe billions, more miles are put on SR5’s than Off Roads. Sway bars are safely devices, plain and simple. The primary reason for...