I Love Having a Truck With No Balls

Rear wheel drive + very little weight on the rear axle = easy to burn out. IMO, these trucks drive better with 50-100lbs of ballast behind the rear axle. It puts a little more pressure on the rear tires. Both because of the weight added, and because putting it behind the rear axle shifts the stance a little and improves the weight distribution.

 

Love my gas mileage, also 24-26 MPG. Took it on a trip this past summer to the Colorado Mountains, 1300 lbs of me, the GF, my motorcycle , luggage and all the other krap, and on the way home the GF said can't we go faster so I put the pedal to the metal, and it topped out at 102 on the GPS before the computer ended the fun.

She has never asked to go faster again

 

You forgot wet pavement too. Sh!t, a 20 year old Escort missing a cylinder can roast tires in the rain.

 

Love my 2.7...I have plenty of power to pass people on the highway and the acceleration is pretty good with the 5 speed. I've hauled about 900 pounds + myself more than a few times, and I have had no trouble at all getting up to speed. I'm really impressed with what this little truck can do. If I ever need more power, I just take the 5.4 V8 out for a spin...but so far this truck has handled everything I've thrown at it.

 

I just love how some people make the 4 cyl sound like it's a Smart Car or something of that ilk. Just made a trip yesterday in my 2.7L 4 cyl from Phoenix to Heber, AZ and back(300 mi) on a highway with several high inclines....sure it "growls" but easily maintained 70mph and did it on 12 gallons of gas.

 

Love the fuel range!

(All my previous rigs were even less ballsy.)

 

i had a 94 hilux 4 cylender that was a great truck butt i needed the 4x4 and i got a great deal on my v6 it gets decent milage for having bigger tires but nothing like my 22re! lol

 

I love my lil 2.7, I drove FAR last night on a 1/4 tank, I was actually wondering if I would run out of gas....made it to the gas station just fine. I love the fuel mileage! Plus even being a 4cly, the truck lugs like a champ, in 4wd low I can simply let the clutch out and climb up hills without even touching the throttle. Great truck, love the motor.

 

I can go 100 miles when my e-light comes on! Hahaha

 

No damnit! My truck is faaaast and you're just a big fat meanie head

(Enter Waaaaambulance)

 

Its a common American failure to declare something has no balls, but the same could be said for the 4.0 if I chose to drive , say, a high output v-8. The better statement (without the inbred smack talk), is the 4 cyl has decent acceleration for a 4 cyl , but the 4.0 has more hp and better 0-60, even for a v-6 . I love that lil 4 cyl , acceleration is just fine. If you want more , need more , then buy more thats fine too. They may out accelerate me , but i always see them again at the next red light.

 

I wanted a 6cyl, but 6 months ago I found my 2002 2.7L with 42,000 miles and had to jump on it... So far I havent really needed more power... Ive done some 4 wheeling and havent needed more power Ive hauled some ATV's 3 people and gone up some steep inclines and its handled everything like a champ... Now I love these 4 bangers

 

I get so nervous when that light comes on. My scan gauge says I have around 100 miles left to my tank, but should scan gauge be wrong.....I will look like an ass....I have not pushed it to it's limit yet lol.

 

I like it. It's slow and has no torque, requires me to think before changing lanes and merging but it's nimble, fun to drive and economical. If I want to feel huge torque I have another toy.

 

hahaha i actually have a work order from toyota and it says my truck is a v6, tards

 

Certainly faster than walking. I'll give you that.

 

I'd be more concerned about the level of service if they are having troubles distinguishing a 4 from a 6 lunger.

 

Agreed, 4 Low is incredible on these trucks. I could climb straight up a tree if I really wanted too!

 

they just do the oil/lube, but service writers do the paper work not the wrenching and its a lease so i have to take it to toyota and if they fuck it up its on them to fix it

 

You only get 26 mpg???..... wow... I get 24-25..... my mpg bumped up a couple MPGs once I went boosted....