Colorado B.S. Thread

Paychecks? Unless if you take IOU

 

Hahaha oh man that was great

 

Doesn't matter, tacoma has superior drum brakes for the ultimate offroad experience!

 

so, for the record, my problem with the drum brakes was a rusty cable, after 20 years of service btw. A can of Tri-Flow later and it works just like new again.

 

Drum brakes "work" but Toyota can stop advertising them as an upgrade on a $45k truck. Toyota, you're a cheap bastard, that is the reason, nothing more, nothing less. They could at least say they want to honor automotive heritage and are honoring the model T's drum brake and leaf spring setup.

 

"Pro" model has always been pricey, you can do better for less cashola on your own.

 

My first 3 cars had drums all around. They sucked at best. E brakes seemed to work well on all of them though.

 

Leafs all around ftw!

 

The good old days...

 

There are reasons that 2nd gen trucks have drums in the rear vs disc. One of those being the rear weight of the 2nd gen truck. I have never seen the drums advertised as an upgrade before. Not sure if that was a stealership thing you saw of if it was direct from Toyota.

 

They don't want to put the design or technology for advanced braking systems into the Tacoma. Why change it much when it still sells is the usual business thought process. Redesigns are super expensive, hence the half-assed upgrade on the 3rd gen.

 

I know... Aka cheap.

And it also will keep me from buying another if there is any other option available when i need a truck...hopefully i won't need a pickup then i can look elsewhere.

 

I was just kidding about the upgrade, but i do believe that at some point Toyota said the drums are better.

 

as in santa cruz ca? i just moved from there last year to the springs.

 

Yup, visiting the gf's brother

 

I press the brakes and the truck stops (quite well actually), honestly that's all I really care about. Most of the braking power comes from the front anyway.

 

my thoughts as well.

 

you been there before?

 

So here is a dumb question....just don't be rude when you answering it! So if the truck has drum brakes and you get it lifted with bigger tires, do you need to change it to bigger drums? How does that work?

 

to the extent of my knowledge, bigger drums would require bigger wheels. The current drums should work, but will be working harder which would mandate more frequent maintenance. idk how true that is but seems to make sense.