Food for thought - high torque little engines

I need to watch this later. In the meantime, I thought you all might want to see this.

Seems like it might be applicable to the Tacomas, too.

https://youtu.be/1XdaccfMxn4?si=V4pQuwyatGaWcAul

 

GM, Buick I think has 1.3 liter 3 cylinder bet that is a blazing performer.

 

I think Toyota has a 3 cylinder turbo in the Corolla too

 

Always been a big fan of facts over feelings. Cheers!

 

I’ve only watched 12 minutes so far. The ads drive me crazy. Interesting video though so far.

 

You could pay YT and you don’t have ads.

edit: or use the many different ways to kill ads(browser ad ons, apps, etc, etc)

 

I finally broke down and got YouTube premium. Offline videos, screen-off capability for podcasts, no adds, free movies. I haven't had cable TV in years. So much content on YouTube these days (lots of crap too) that I don't really need anything else. Most people now are just paying for like 5 streaming services which ends up being the cost of old-school cable.

 

if you have google chorme or mozilla firefox you can run extension "ublock origin" and it will block most adds on youtube

 

You can also install SmartTube on your Google Android device (IE-Nvidia Shield or something similar) and remove all ads completely.

 

Yes, the GR Corolla does, as well as the GR Yaris that is sold at some other markets

 

ublock origin is a free add blocker for chrome/firefox etc and zero ads.

 

Indeed it is

 

Same. Throw in the YT music and it makes it even better. i've had people scoff when I said I pay for it but it's the only thing i watch Lol.

 

Eh, Google is always catching up to ad blockers. Now they are even throttling content if you have one. It's only a matter of time until it stops working.

 

Or use an ad blocker that YT can't detect

 

I have used it. But I went back to "watching ads". Mostly because I don't pay for any tv, streaming, or media services.
I don't have a problem paying for services I "like". And since I don't pay for YouTube Premium, I figure the least I can do is watch a few ads and help out. (The content creator)
I'm not saying that is what everyone else should do. That's just me. And I only watch ads on YouTube.
Every other site, I run a blocker. I just have it turned off for YouTube.

Again, It makes no difference to me what anyone else does. I say block them if you want.
I just don't, kind of my way of "repaying" for "Not paying"......

If they ever start with 30 second ads.........BLOCKED.......

 

As many times I have agreed and cheered on for

 

Nice! Thanks for the fist bump.

I had an ad blocker installed on my laptop I really liked then YT discovered it. Each time I put YT on they would threaten me until I removed the ad blocker. I just waited a week or two then added an updated ad blocker.

I like YT, but really hate and despise Google.

 

To the topic:

I just picked up a 2021 Volvo XC90-T6
That little 3.0 liter four, with both a turbo and a mechanical driven super charger punches well above it's class. Feels like a turbo 6.

Surprising! We will see how long it lasts. ;-)