What have you done to your Tacoma today? 1st Gen Edition

Anyone on here with a 1st gen double cab with a hardtop RTT? I currently have the Tepui Ayer. Its on bed bars and sits below the roof line of the truck. I like it a lot, but have recently been thinking of possibly changing to the roofnest. would like to see how they sit above the roofline.

 

I've been rear ended twice in the last few months. Both times there was a nice crunching sound as my Relentless bumper made a mess of their front end. All low speed tho.

 

i am having issues lately with the 'slightly abrupt' slowing down shifting from 1st to 2nd (hills are the worst because of gravity)
as far as i know there are no brake lights on when i am doing this
i look in my rearview at the car behind (which is most likely an AT) and nearly 75% of the time they are being rabbits on the pedal at the green light and are having to hit their brakes in order to avoid rear ending me while i am shifting gears into 2nd.
i don't know what else to do to keep them from doing this, this ain't no damned race at the green light (for me anyways)

do i put on my hazards until i am safely into 3rd gear and away i go? to keep them behind me alert

it's only time before some punk actually does rear end me, then i have to check if they are using their cell while driving and not paying attention, if its a yes then i will have to crawl out and put the serious hurting onto them that their momma always warned them about! i am cracking heads in a major way...

 

does that apply when you meet up with a deer on the road unexpectedly?

 

Motorcycle safety course says aim for the center roll on throttle and tuck low.

 

Cool stories, but what have y'all done to your Tacoma today? I greased my driveshafts and almost forgot one of the zerks that likes to hide... https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/zerk-locations-on-4x4-driveshafts.352202/

 

Applies similarly to motorcycles too. Its best to hold a constant speed in the turn and accelerate on the way out. So your turn speed should be set before you start the turn and avoid braking in it.

 

And steering corrections mid-corner... ask me how I know

Also, there is no way that I am gonna get agro with my Tacoma that weighs 5k and 190hp with C.O.G. so high.

When I was having fun with super sedans before 4x4, I got invited by Michelin tires to "test" out their Pilot Super Sports.
All I remember from my pro-driver while I was piloting an ISF at Fontana was him yelling, FLOOR IT!, BRAKE HARD!! TURN! TURN MORE!!!! FLOOR IT!!!
It was super fun but intimidating at first; then I googled my instructor....

 

... fine detailing the passenger side from the weekends offroad adventures in northern Wisconsin
I was extremely careful not to track sand inside (drove the whole Pipe trail sock footed) so the sand so far is a non issue, (if nobody drives sock footed on the trail, especially with MT, i do highly recommend it is such a blast to feel those pedals without a shoe getting into the way.)

The engine compartment is a freeking mess of mud puddle splashes so that is gonna take awhile to get back to good, may have to remove the stupid battery again and clean underneath it, i just did that last month!
also trying to hose the inside of the crap frame and see which drain holes are plugged up... is it best to have one end or the other elevated when hosing the inside out?

 

Looks like it. I've never seen that offer. Only 0% for 6 months on $100 or more.

 

I feel like I need to buy them up haha.

I’ve tried to read all the FAQ’s and stuff, none of it says anything about 6 months.

Honestly though, 6 months in plenty

 

Lol wut? Motor Trend tested the braking distance to be 129 ft with the bed empty and 135 ft with 1600 lb of cargo... from 60 mph: https://www.motortrend.com/cars/toyota/tacoma/2001/2001-truck-of-the-year/

 

Look right, push right. turn right.

 

MotorTrend is paid to say......Take it up with the NTSB. Did motor trend report adout frame rust outs.

 

I put another patch on my headliner

 

As does Motor Trend with their instrumented tests. If you actually read the article I linked, it was a comparison test. The Frontier double cab did 60-0 mph braking in 139 ft. The F-150 did it in 136 ft. Even a Silverado HD 3/4 ton did it in 142 ft. And the Tacoma didn't win the award.

In Edmunds' testing, the 2nd gen Tacoma does 60-0 mph in 126 ft, on camera:



Where's the National Safety Bureau source?

 

Yep. Did you miss the part where he was hit from behind, and that propelled him into the car in front?

Still waiting on your published 35-0 mph test results on the 1st gen Tacoma.

 

PM sent

 

Wait. I thought it was: "Turn left to go right".

 

It’s turn right to go left.