Intruder
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Four-wheel drive usage frequency
You should drive in four-wheel drive for at least 10 miles (16 km) each
month.
This will assure that the front drive components are lubricated.
About to purchase Trail: Am I making a big mistake?
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Four-wheel drive usage frequency
You should drive in four-wheel drive for at least 10 miles (16 km) each
month.
This will assure that the front drive components are lubricated.
garlic4runner
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well I understand it now So Gay
thank you to everybody that is participating. I know I was not driving my Wrangler properly and I won't be making that mistake again.
thank you to everybody that is participating. I know I was not driving my Wrangler properly and I won't be making that mistake again.
Balcs1
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The TE is Bad A$$, Great Choice!!!
I Strongly Agree, the Stock Tires Suck Real Bad! Going down the freeway I was wandering all over the place, I had Dunlop stockers. When I switched out to my M/T's it changed everything in the tracking straight department. Get some Good Year Duratracs. I understand they are Excellent on and off, great for wet and winter driving. These 4Runners do have Bad Front End Dive if you have to slam on the Brakes though, you will find that out at some point. Don't Stress about switching to 4wheel drive, when conditions on the road or trail have some give under your tires, then pull down the shifter to 4H and Run it until you see the road has dry or bare conditions under your tires and throw it back into 2H. BFD! The others are right, when there is no give under the tires, things can bind and that puts stress on the transfer case and the Diffs. You found a TE with Nav and that is a Rare find, I have that as well. What Color did you get? Feel free to PM me and I will shoot you some Pics. WAY TO GO!:thumb3:
I Strongly Agree, the Stock Tires Suck Real Bad! Going down the freeway I was wandering all over the place, I had Dunlop stockers. When I switched out to my M/T's it changed everything in the tracking straight department. Get some Good Year Duratracs. I understand they are Excellent on and off, great for wet and winter driving. These 4Runners do have Bad Front End Dive if you have to slam on the Brakes though, you will find that out at some point. Don't Stress about switching to 4wheel drive, when conditions on the road or trail have some give under your tires, then pull down the shifter to 4H and Run it until you see the road has dry or bare conditions under your tires and throw it back into 2H. BFD! The others are right, when there is no give under the tires, things can bind and that puts stress on the transfer case and the Diffs. You found a TE with Nav and that is a Rare find, I have that as well. What Color did you get? Feel free to PM me and I will shoot you some Pics. WAY TO GO!:thumb3:
garlic4runner
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1600 miles and very very happy with my TE :hungry:
I noticed Toyota released the specs on the 2012's and I see it has almost half the speakers my 2011 TE has. This makes me happy and a bit nervous. I certainly feel I lucked out with more speakers in the 2011 over not having the voice texting and Bing search in the 2012's but why do you think Toyota cut so many speakers from the 2011's JBL setup? Think it was causing problems in my model so they didn't include it in the 2012's?
sorry for pulling this thread up from the past I just don't think my question is worthy of it's own thread.
I noticed Toyota released the specs on the 2012's and I see it has almost half the speakers my 2011 TE has. This makes me happy and a bit nervous. I certainly feel I lucked out with more speakers in the 2011 over not having the voice texting and Bing search in the 2012's but why do you think Toyota cut so many speakers from the 2011's JBL setup? Think it was causing problems in my model so they didn't include it in the 2012's?
sorry for pulling this thread up from the past I just don't think my question is worthy of it's own thread.
Socco
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This is the excuse I give me wife for taking it off-road on a regular basis. :naughty:
SgnDen
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+1
Hard not be completely sarcastic in this thread. Impressed at the restraint (and basic 101 info shared for the OP)...good guys.
Of course, I am jaded by a couple of other forums for my other cars and bike where if you show-up asking something along these lines and you'd be smoked.
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3x4runnerOwner
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I'm pretty sure it's just a different system that isn't compatible with the JBL setup. It's a trade off I guess, I would like a better searching capability with my JBL nav...if you dont get the name of something perfectly correct, it wont show up in search results which is really annoying.
garlic4runner
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thank you :bravo:
garlic4runner
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slow reader :jump:
whodat
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I have a 2010 SR5 (Shrockworks bumper on the way for deers and zombies). I was towing a car on a dolly from Texas to Iowa a few months back. The 4Runner was kinda unstable so I switched to 4 wheel drive and I felt much more comfortable towing the dolly + car.
Knowing now that I shouldn't have drove 4 wheel drive on dry pavement, I was worried and searched the internet and saw guys saying they do it all the time and have over 100K miles on their truck, and then other guys saying never do it. The 4R still works fine today and I could still switch to 4 wheel drive fine. So I'm a bit confused. Can anyone explain this? I'm thinking, I am one stupid AND lucky SOB, and/or the 4R is really tough (dealer said a Sequoia a couple of weeks ago had to replace his transfer case).
But needless to say, I will not do it anymore, better safe than sorry. I only have 17k on the 4R (yes, over a year and only 17k), so I'll have it checked out when it hits 20k and see what they see. Dealer said worse case scenario, transfer case may need to be replaced, around $2k down the drain :dammit:
Oh, I'm planning to get new tires, probably Duratracs, in the future. But stock tires are not that bad. In Fort Worth Texas, we had ice covering the roads last year, 4x4 and stock tires allowed me to get to work, while a bunch of trucks were on the side of the road :hatsoff: So stock tires aren't that bad, but AT tires are better, no arguments their
Knowing now that I shouldn't have drove 4 wheel drive on dry pavement, I was worried and searched the internet and saw guys saying they do it all the time and have over 100K miles on their truck, and then other guys saying never do it. The 4R still works fine today and I could still switch to 4 wheel drive fine. So I'm a bit confused. Can anyone explain this? I'm thinking, I am one stupid AND lucky SOB, and/or the 4R is really tough (dealer said a Sequoia a couple of weeks ago had to replace his transfer case).
But needless to say, I will not do it anymore, better safe than sorry. I only have 17k on the 4R (yes, over a year and only 17k), so I'll have it checked out when it hits 20k and see what they see. Dealer said worse case scenario, transfer case may need to be replaced, around $2k down the drain :dammit:
Oh, I'm planning to get new tires, probably Duratracs, in the future. But stock tires are not that bad. In Fort Worth Texas, we had ice covering the roads last year, 4x4 and stock tires allowed me to get to work, while a bunch of trucks were on the side of the road :hatsoff: So stock tires aren't that bad, but AT tires are better, no arguments their
4Runnerspv
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I have a 2011 Trail Edition, and I LOVE it!!! I think you will too.
weeeee
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Driving in 4H in pavement will not cause permanent damage to the drivetrain, but very extensive use at high speeds will. It will cause more damage to your tires then your drivetrain. How do I know? I drove a 3rd gen T4R for over 100k miles with a welded front diff without any issues.
garlic4runner
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can you please define "very extensive use at high speeds"?
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