New 2020 Auto vs Manual Transmission???

And snow unfortunately

 

You can turn traction control off...

 

Air them tires way down and turn off traction control. You don't need it

 

Hold down the traction control button to turn it completely off, put it in 1st and fully apply skinny pedal.

 

Wish it would let me turn it fully off while moving

 

The manual has slightly lower gears. You get better immediate throttle response but you rev higher on the highway. I actually liked the manual gen 3 I tested. The auto did feel like a Prius.

 

Just an update: I decided to get the manual. It is on it's way from TN right now. 2020 TRD Offroad 4x4 Silver M/T Crew cab. Will post pics once I get her all cleaned up! Thanks everybody for the input! Long live the manual!!

 

come visit us in the MT threads when you get it. we can help you turn the thing on for real.

 

Nice truck, congrats!!!

 

Anyone reading this thread who is considering auto vs manual, PLEASE test drive both. Its 2 different trucks completely! So glad I went with a manual!! Access to all the power when I tell it too.

 

great choice and you can do 35s without a regear <3

 

Enjoy the new Truck! I enjoyed driving Manuals for many years.

 

Quoting myself I 100% recommend URD heavy flywheel and Stage 2 clutch if you do go 35s or 315s

 

This...

 

I'll play.

Recently traded my '18 MT for a '20 AT. Both DCSB OR. It's my daily driver. After driving the MT for 2 years, I'm really happy with the switch to the AT. While some aspects of the MT were favorable, I much prefer the AT, especially as a daily. I bought the MT initially due to all the positive MT talk here on TW. Much of it due to AT programming which has since been fixed. I'll be honest, there wasn't a day that went by where I didn't want to get rid of it. If the trade in value wasn't so good, I probably would not have made the switch. They're not lieing when they say these have great resale value.

I'm not saying one is better than the other. It's great Toyota has the option for both. I just think the AT gets crapped on and one should really consider the pros and cons of each.

 

this is exactly what you get if you don't wake up the MT. factory configuration is a weak numb unresponsive experience. you can wake up the MT big time with planning and some effort but not as do-able on the AT side.

none of these trucks AT or MT drive near their potential off the showroom floor. same as most vehicles but the Tacoma is pretty exaggerated with that.

 

Oh I thought many times about getting the ovtune. I read a lot of posts by you and others about how well it worked. That's great there is that option.

While I had certain gripes about the way my MT performed, overall I came to the realization that a truck is more suited to an auto transmission for most uses. Especially as a daily. If it was a second vehicle, I may have kept it for fun and just had an auto car as a daily.

 

wasn't referring to OV specifically and that would definitely not be enough to make me happy with the MT, but whatever suits you is your right choice. i personally do not find MTs suitable for most drivers as they use this truck.