Transmission gear hunting

I agree with jsinnard. I recently joined Chicken Little World, lol and I've had my 2018 TRD 4x4 OR for about two weeks now. Had my first road trip from Vegas to SoCal last weekend. We have some long grades on the I15, I was interested to see how the truck handled them. Once I started up the first one, it started doing it's thing and I was like hmmm, that kinda sucks... then I shifted into Sport mode and away she went, problem solved for me! Now I use it around town too if needed, it actually makes the truck way more fun to drive in my opinion. I'm coming from Audi's with Dual Clutch Transmissions and insanely smooth, fast shifting.

 

I can attest. I just drove a 2018 Mustang for 10 days around Maui. Thing had a 4 banger turbo and no less than 10 gears. I'll tell you, it used them perfectly. In D and Eco it up shifted a bit early but that was for best fuel economy. Plop it into the sport auto or manual modes and it felt dead on perfect. It launched hard, bipped throttle on downshifts, always put itself right into its power band when shifting up or down, right into the meat of the turbo spooled up. Now that was a Ford with a little 4 banger, timing turbo boost delivery and 4 more gears. Toyota has no excuse. Guess what else has a turbo 4 and 10 spd, the new Ranger.

 

I can't wait for the new Ranger, Never Mind, No I Don't. It has a Rust-Thang motor.

 

Except S doesn’t stand for Sport.

Moving the selector from D to S cancels AI.

You might want to try ECT around town.

 

The road I travel to work has a speed limit of 45. There are 4 traffic lights and 1 school zone I pass through. I put it in S4 with ECT on and it drives great.

 

Yea, I drove mine with ECT enabled most of the time. It would be interesting to know if ECT cancels AI like S mode. If so, S mode would not be necessary unless you want the limiter.

 

Here was some unscientific tests of all the modes of the automatic Taco

 

That’s it.

Shut the forum down.

There will never be a post more accurate than this.

 

Lol. The guys at the ford trucks forum would like a word with you.

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1531397-2018-transmission-problems-round-2-a.html

 

Sorry, where can I purchase a TW secret decoder ring?

Thanks for the tip on ECT, I've been meaning to look that one up! Been too focused on buying parts, lol.

In German cars, whether tiptronic or dual clutch, S has always meant Sport Mode and enables manual shifts. Not sure why Toyota chose that shifter layout if it means something else? The manual says "S-mode," is that left up to interpretation or did I miss something?

 

Interesting, going to have to hice the S mode a run though. Could you explain the OD gearing in 5th and 6th a little more ?

 

Shhhh, shhhh shhh. It’s okay.

Lt. Dangle will be along soon to administer your hug.

....after he’s done on the ford forums.

 

Sounds like you think anyone gives a F about your 4 vehicles.

And it’s *develop

 

You need a new skill set also.... get back into the rabbit hole on your new lift and get your vibration problem fixed.

 

.....and just like that the bad feelings from the “Finally Lifted!” thread cross over.......

 

It would appear so.....

I've made my point in both, my work here is done.

 

It’s very important to remember that 50% of the population are below average intelligence, and people like to be part of something, especially if it involves complaining.

 

Hmm. Makes sense. I only drove the car for 10 days and it had 250 miles on it! Who'd buy an automatic Mustang anyways. V8 manual ftw!

 

X2!

 

You can call it sport if you like. I don’t think Toyota really defines it. Some folks call it Shift mode. That seems to be more accurate. It isn’t like the Tacoma is a sportscar with a ton of horses and track modes.