Fast Lane Truck Tacoma Towing Test

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS3PZpkSkdA

 

oh goody

I'm happy with that decibel rating at that high RPM. In all the trucks I've driven, it gets loud when the rpm is high

70 mph is way too fast to tow with a Tacoma

 

Where is @BlueT ?

 

It's interesting how bigger engines are more efficient when pulling a lot of weight. Personally I would never tow more than 3500 with a Tacoma but this shows it's a not a towing rig.

 

Looking forward to the ike gauntlet test. My guess, 5.5 mpg!

 

5.5 MPG @ 30,000 RPM?

 

I'm waiting for their offroading stuff.

 

Fail @ 0:25.

 

30,000 rpm? Am i missing something here? Pic so graciously supplied by google

 

The 4.0 was rated at around 15 more lbs/ft of torque when running 91. Has anyone seen any power numbers for 91 yet? Or does it make the same amount of power for every fuel grade?

 

It's what we in western civilization call a "joke". I will explain this scientifically. Since the Tacoma 3.5L is known for revving high and getting poor MPG while towing, the "30,000 RPM" figure was a purposeful exaggeration of the high-revving engine. Although it is impossible to rev that high, the thought of it revving at 30,000 RPM while getting poor MPG while towing is a play on the characteristics of the 3.5L motor. End transmission.

 

It seems like at different points of the video the interiors were different...at 5:24 the color of the piece around the dash was orange, but if you look at 6:39 the color was gun metal or whatever you call it. Kind of odd.

 

could it by chance be the night vision they were using? Edit: yup, its the nightvision

 

Hmmm...I didn't think of that, possibly but I have no clue. I do know that the only 2 possible interiors though do have that orange trim and the gun metal..so it would be funny if the night vision happened to change the color to the only other possible one.

 

Is that a touch screen behind the steering wheel? ... or just more buttons on the steering wheel to fuck with?

The little blue mountains look retarded. Speaking of blue mountains... I need a beer.

 

not sure. On my multiple test drives, i never touched the screen

 

I would consider that a disappointing review. And cue the.

 

Holy donkey poodoo! A 5.7L Tundra usually gets 8-9 mpg with 9k+ pounds behind it.

Maybe the manual transmission really is the way to go when towing now so it doesn't have to spin 4600 rpm on flat ground. Then again, shouldn't be towing at 70 mph anyways, but now I understand how some dubbed it a minivan engine.

 

It also gets about 12-14 with nothing behind it!