Best way to drive your Taco uphill?

Try going up backwards. Reverse has a hidden supercharger turbo mode

 

Same!!!

 

Acceleration and prayer mostly.

“Please don’t break. Please don’t break.”

 

That's NOT a new idea. Here's a bit of lost trivia.

I remember my Dad telling about having to back Ford model Ts up long steep hills. The gas tank was under the seat, and there was no fuel pump. It was gravity fed from the tank to the carb. The carb would run dry driving forward up long steep hills.

Fortunately the Gen 3 Tacos don't have that problem. I wonder if the model T owners whined about it while gathered around the woodstove at the General Store.

 

"Talk me Out of driving up a hill"


Sorry, couldn't resist

 

I cant figure out why, but everytime I put my truck reverse, the radio screen switches to some picture of the outdoors. I didnt load any photos to head unit, and if I did, it wouldn't be pics of the outdoors. How can I stop this from happening?

 

Park inside a garage.

 

4th is a magical gear for hills, even in the MT

 

I heard R is for "rocket"

 

Cruising, hill comes up, give a bit of gas, trucks ignores it, give a bit more rpm go from 1500 to 3500. Guess everything in between is out of reach. Downhill let go of gas, starts downshifting. I dont want to stop just cruise down!

 

Agreed, whatever works best for you.

Heres what the manual recommends.

 

The fuck is going on here?

 

and leave the engine running. After a while, you will see the screen change, then it'll all go black.

 

Actually, this might help 3rd gens stop smoking on mild inclines.

 

Mine will not go up a hill. It has not had the TSB done for up hill climbing.

 

Toyota has the hill-climb TSB for the hilux 2.7L overseas, just a matter of time till it's here in the US:

 

S mode, let this variable cam timing V6 REV! 5krpms at 80mph is not a problem for this engine.

 

Sure is mate! When I want to overtake someone in the highway I just shift her into R and fly right past em!