Recent content by Ride S40T

I don't do anything. They do everything. They need to find out why one of their autos won't stop - or keep it. It's a liability issue at this point. OP has a definite point there. And the issue of accountability. Manufactures are soooo forthright with known issues, eh? This one may be an...

Well, it would be a whole lotta "no" for me. They'd keep it until corporate could do a diagnostic or tear it apart. Find an answer. Bottom line, there IS an undiagnosed catastrophic problem. It's not like the windshield washers don't work. Just a tad bit more serious. Can hear the...

Seems legit. We had a "latest tech" SUV for a while and when we set the cruise at 70, it would routinely bounce from 69-70 but never above. The speedos on the side of the road would sometimes read -1 as well. With our 5th Limited, the cruise is so very crude. It's late to detect drag and on...

Our Limited does not like cruise. It eats an additional 1-2 mpg due to dropping to 4th on substantial hills. Hangs on to 4th waaaaay too long IMO. Crude throttle response in cruise. And yes, we know these trucks were not made with the highway in mind. Off cruise, can goose it a little just...

I've had this model for several months. Used once on a 5cyl Volvo and worked like a champ. However, used on a riding lawn mower and didn't crank the motor fast enough to start. Just a few seconds of crank and dead. One good thing is the USB charge ports. Can be real handy to keep the cell...

We were lucky enough to scoot in the '17 Limited from OK to FL for the annual vacation with 4 adults, interior cargo deck completely full, equipment rack (platform) hanging off the hitch w/2 tubs of goodies and a beach umbrella. 2,500 miles round trip. About fell out of my seat when the first...

Exact same here. Had one priced and on it's way from another dealership after one test drive because let's face it - it's one beautiful machine. While waiting I test drove, then again, and again. All with worse results than before in the powertrain, no guts IMO. Kicked down into 4th on...

'17 Limited, MSRP 46,000 and out the door at 43,000. That said, they gave me way more for my trade than others would so the discount was deeper. And NO running boards!

After 4 full tanks on the new motor, getting 18 city and 19-20 hwy (AWD Limited). We live in a rural area with plenty of 45mph zones. Makes for maximum effect of city MPG. On our Gen4, it was not uncommon to get 16 or 17 on the highway (depending on headwind and hills) only to turn 18 in the...

Thanks for all the info, puts me (at least) a bit more at ease if we do venture into some heavy pulls. On the Tacoma gearing, not sure if they got it completely right with the trans married to the new (for Taco) 3.5L direct injection motor. Had made a deal on a '17 Taco only to move back to...

Had read here that some are using Sport mode to tow and got me to thinking about the times we towed heavy with our Gen 4 Sport Ed (had a trans cooler). Never moved it from "D" and it performed just fine. Around 14 mpg on those pulls. Asked Toy Corp the "S" versus "D" selection and this was...

Phillips 4300. Was the warmest/whitest bulb.

Got mine installed today. 2017 4Runner Limited. H11s from XenonDepot. They were VERY helpful with all my questions prior to install. It was a breeze. Few pics below. Used a 1" spade drill bit to hone out the hole required for the wiring to pass through the access cover to the light...

Why would you not go back to HIDs? Because of the fire-up issues? And I've seen different comments as to whether HIDs in our setup is legal. Is there a definitive on this one way or the other? How would one check?