Houston area (along with DB's not from Houston) BS thread

Put the cell phone in the back seat.

edit: turn it off too.

 

So... if someone here is actually intereted in helping.
Please let me reword my question, Most of the time when i feel like i cant stop on time im going about 40-60 mph.

And when i say i FEEL like i cant stop, i was able to stop everytime. It is the feeling that i get, i FEEL like i cant stop and hit the guy in front.

 

Around every 90K. The belt always looks good though. You have a higher chance of the water pump leaking.

 

The question was answered. Take it to the dealer, you drive a practically brand new truck.

 

Well the thing is i dont text or be on my phone when im driving..........

Why do you guys keep asssuming and guessing....? Is this how humanity have turned into nowadays?

 

Too many big words

 

Yea, my godfather just did his. Original belt with 250k. Said the mechanic said it was rough...

 

I have taken to the dealer, they said that is how they brake, and it is normal.
Honestly i dont trust the dealer much, simply because if they can sell u a car with PROBLEMS, how can i assure myself what they are saying is the truth? Andd we all know these type of things exist.

I simply tried asking the Houston community to prehaps get some insight and clues or what the problem could be, but instead everyone is just blaming me.
However i do suck at describing, and tend to make things sound more dramatic than it should. So please forgive me on that.

 

Sport or offroad? or neither?

 

Definitely not a Sport. The scoop would create drag and slow the truck down faster

 

Baja package.

Okay for instance, i remember i bought the truck probably a month, while i was driving down on a local street, some idiot just cut me out of no where. I slammed the brakes to avoid hitting his ass, and i felt my truck was just gliding over the concrete, with no intention of stopping.

Iam pretty sure the wheels was locked up and the wheels was just sliding on the concrete floor.

And that time i was driving at 40mph, which was the posted limit of that street.


I have my thoughts on the Drum brakes, as my previous vehicle also has drums and apperantly the springs was messed up and not able to expand the shoes?

 

I found the problem

 

My sports brakes were perfect IMO, these OR brakes are touchy as fuck but both stopped me adequately all the time even with worn down pads on the front before I swapped em

 

You're doing something that is seriously distracting you while driving if you never see the light turn from green to yellow as you stated. Your post clearly show you are new to this driving thing. Everyone here says tacomas have more than adequate brakes in stock form. It's either mechanical or your driving style. Instead of blaming everything on something else why don't you take a little personal responsibility?

Humanity is we're trying to show you that you need to punch whoever taught you to drive because they clearly didn't tell you some important things and it's going to get another innocent person hurt.

 

I don't know how it is on the Tacomas but the Sport Edition 4Runners run larger brakes than the SR5s and most Limiteds. That's why I can't run any wheel smaller than a 17"

 

No difference in calipers or disks on the OR/Sport/SR5, but the OR have a different type of booster.

 

For say i was driving @ 45mph, i see the light is green so i keep going.
By the time i see it change to yellow and try to stop, i feel like i wouldnt be able to stop.

Blame it on me, i dont really care if that is how you see it. It is your opinion, but i do understand where you are coming from, but as stated and clarify already i make everything sound more dramatic than it really is.

I dont even step on my gas hard, im just letting the truck accelerate naturally. But i do apologize for the way i described and lead to these awful image you guys have on me. But seriously if you think im a crazy driver, ur more than welcome to tailgate me lol.

But everytime, it is people that pass me.
I only step on it when i have a cement truck or some sort of dirt semis, Because they r dumping rocks in front of me.

 

I have limited knowledge on the ABS system if that is what u r talking about?
I thought before locking the brakes, abs is activated to prevent locking from happening>??

 

It's a 13.3 vs 12.6 for us

 

Okay so i actually just looked up what "Threshold breaking " means.
And apparently that is what i have been doing this entire time, because i realize if i just step on the brakes it would lock. But then when im applying a certain amount of pressure on the brakes it actually stops better and faster.