Some Design Flaws in my 08 Taco

i feel our trucks dont compare well to toyota cars.. the cars are much nicer in everyway. comfort, audio, sound, function...


but i love my truck

 

O.K. Then why are sunsets red? Rhetorical question. hehe

Explain it in simple laymens terms This is an atmospheric question.

 

As far as the outside temp readout, i can see mine just fine. Its nice and bright in the daytime. I do notice that if you are driving with the headlights on during the day that the instrument panel (including the outside temp) dims quite a bit, making it kinda hard to read. Once I got some tint, with a strip across the top of the windshield, everything was fine. These are awesome trucks.

 

Disagree completely.

 

I have to agree with Map... sort of...

The cars are "technically" nicer in just about every way. They have a crisper cleaner look, leather, a bunch of trim options etc... now i said "technically" because i dont care about most of that stuff, i still like my truck better. I drove a loaded Camry while my truck was in the shop and it was nice. It had about 1 million options that my truck did not have, but only 2 or 3 that i would actually want on my truck. I like the simple utilitarian feel of my truck. Plus, at night the Camry felt like i was in a well lit sterile lab. I love how dark and cozy my cab is at night. Viper, you're a sci fi guy so i'll put it in sci fi terms. It would be like choosing between the Milinium Falcon or some new shuttle from the Empire. The Falcon was just inherently badass, but it was ugly, utilitarian, jerry rigged and simple.... but any true astro nerd would rather have the Milinium Falcon over anything else. Thats how i feel about my truck

 

That one's easy. Refraction. The sun is technically below the horizon when we see the sunset. The atmosphere refracts the light, and it refracts the longer wavelengths (reds) the most.

 

Ah now see refraction is something i actually know a little about. For example, did you know we can see stars though telescopes that are actually behind the sun? the suns gravitational pull is so strong that it refracts light. It actually bends the light waves from the star angleing them towards earth. So astronomers have seen stars that are actually blocked by the sun, because the suns gravitational pull curves the light towards earth. its really easy to explain and comprehend when you can accompany the discussion with drawings but i cant do that here so you'll just have to use your imagination.

 

Good man. The long waves (red) in the spectrum are the only ones that make it through the thicker atmosphere and the ultra violets get filtered out.

I forgot, what was the original question? LOL

 

Ah, so close, but I can't give you full credit on that Mr. Couch. Gravitational lensing is how stars behind the sun can be seen, not refraction. The light is bent by both mechanisms, but the mechanisms are different.

And, I forgot the original question too.

 

So close yet so far. I have no idea what lensing is or what the difference between that and refraction is but i understand the science behind what i was saying, so thats all that matters. Oh well...

 

Although I like all of the scientific responses from my original post, and it really appears that you guys know your stuff with the refraction, wavelengths, gravitational lensing and what not I must stick with my original gripe that Toyota should change the color from red to a brighter one! I know!! once a redneck gets somthin' in his hear it's hard to change

 

Oh, are you taking us back on topic? How boring

If by "brighter" you mean a change of color, there are people who have modded their gauges by changing out the LEDs. Looks like a big job to me, and I wouldn't recommend it because of all that scientifical explanation above, but it's your truck. Do it if it'll make you happy.