On 4/26/2016 3:59 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 4/26/16 3:45 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:

On Tue, 26 Apr 2016 13:15:52 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:


I go through the gears on Mr. Blue when starting up from a dead stop,
and downshift through them to negotiate steeper hills and 90 degree
turns. First is pretty close to a stump puller, but the truck is not a
lightweight, so I use first to get rolling. I usually don't use
fifth or
sixth unless I'm out on State Route 4 or better.


It's a Tacoma, correct? It's actually pretty light as pickups go.
Depending on configuration it's curb weight is around 4K lbs. Compare
that to a full sized medium duty pickup like a Chevy 2500 or a Ford
F250. Curb weight is over 6K lbs for the gas models. Heck, the curb
weight on the Nissan Altima I recently bought is only about 500-600 lbs
less than the Tacoma.


I think my model weighs 4500 pounds, but it's only a V6. If memory
services, the four cylinder Altima we had weighed about 3100 pounds.

The one I just bought is 3,197 for the bare bones "S" model to 3,463 lbs
for the fully loaded "SL" model with the V6. Mine is somewhere in
between, being the SL but with the four banger.

Still getting used to the weird CVT transmission that doesn't shift.
Reminds me of older automatics that were "slipping". Cracks me up going
down a steep hill with your foot off the gas. RPMs climb but
it is doing engine braking.