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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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I've been a stick-shift guy all my life. Sport cars, trucks, you name it. In the VW's it was really cool to shift gears without using the clutch. And the biggie is being able to start the car with a dead battery (but if the car runs on an alternator - they all do now - and the batt. is stone cold dead it won't roll start anyway.)
That said, I have an '09 Tacoma 4 door cab 6ft bed now (2WD.) Not available with a standard tranny. It is no "slushpump." Also has traction control which uses the brakes in a skid. I've "tested" it a few times, it activates the brakes individually in a turning skid and seems to get it just right. Of course there's a button on the dash to disable the system. The other button locks the rear diff. which has saved me a long walk more than once. No experience in serious snow.
Reliable? This truck is great. Just turned 100K with nothing but oil changes and one set of plugs. Not even brakes yet, drives like new. The auto even gets downshifts right a lot of the time, going downhill, foot off the gas, touch the brakes and down it goes. Not a stick but passable.
I have a bud who's deep into 4WD comps etc. Prefers automatics. Tells me most do these days. Nudging it over obstacles etc. is much smoother and controlled than with a stick, and no clutch to fry.
Odd though that the techs can't drive...
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ms55401
Trad climber
minneapolis, mn
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does anyone know what the ground clearance on a stock Tacoma is? amazingly I can't find this info
by comparison, an Outback has, I believe 8.7" of clearance. I presume the tacoma has perhaps additional clearance
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John M
climber
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http://www.autoblog.com/buy/2013-Toyota-Tacoma/specs/
this site says 9.3 for a 2013. Which year are you looking at?
Remember.. that is the lowest point. The advantage of a tacoma isn't just the height of the lowest point. It is also frame height and side body height, which makes a difference in going over things such as berms, as the lowest points are inline with the wheels, so the tires lift that point over obstacles, but then if your frame is low or you side rails or body is low, then you can high center. So it is more then just the lowest point.
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