SR5 4WD in Underground

Very nice!

 

So, 1,000 miles in some observations...

Engine performance has been great, and tanks have been around 24mpg. Not hateful honestly.

As the transmission has been learning I have noticed and odd behavior that may be a feature. I live in a rural area will many rolling hills. Now that the the transmission has learned a little bit letting your foot off the throttle going down a hill the transmission will downshift and do a form of engine braking. Then going back into a flat it will upshift. I don't know why, but I find this super annoying. The rest of the shifting behavior is excellent. Driving down the mountain in S4 or S5 it will really engine brake. The engine is VERY buzzy and you can feel it through the pedal/floor. Unfortunately a characteristic of a 4 cylinder.

Wireless Android Auto is very quirky in this truck. Some weeks I'll have to constantly manually go into the settings and re-enable it to get it to work and play my music off Pandora. Only once has it completely refused to connect to my phone and required a restart. The rest of the JBL system sounds pretty decent for what it is. Every time I hop in the Camry I'll immediately notice the lack of bass.

So, I'm a hot weather person and don't use AC all that frequently. So I crack a window or have it down. Two things I notice here. Window all the way down going about 55mph there's some serious wind buffeting going on and you'll have to crack the passenger window or rear sliding open to not blow your ear drums out. If it's raining forget about cracking your window. Water going right into the cabin instantly and something constant. I'll have to get vent shades whenever they become available. This is something that never was an issue on my 2nd and 3rd gens.

With the coil spring suspension I notice it's actually more bouncy compared to the 3rd gen. Certain bumps or dips in the road you gotta be really careful as it feels really unbalanced for a split second. Never had this on the 2nd or 3rd gens.

Overall I still love the truck, but it's got some annoyances to me that may not be an issue for others.

 

That really is an awesome lawn!

 

Engine braking has been around for at least three generations now.

 

First off I like your style! Nice truck

About the ride quality, I noticed mine was bouncy too, more so than my 3rd gen OR was. I found my tire pressures were not set when they did the PDI and were at 49-50psi. Before I swapped the stock tires out, I set them to 32 and the ride was noticeably better. May be worth checking tire pressures if you haven't already

 

Yea I had to adjust the pressures when I got home. Still a little bouncy, but it'll have to be that way till I get some better tires.

 

While that is true, 2nd and 3rd gens were not near as aggressive as this programming is.

 

Same truck I have. I like it a lot.

 

Congrats!