MARYLAND TACOMAS

Looks like fun!

 

Flagpole?

 

Honduras

 

That is so awesome. Thanks for sharing the pics!

 

There's a bunch of videos too but they're harder to share.

 

Hi gang, did anyone see any of the Northern lights last night? I think that I caught a few glimpses of red/green wavy light.

 

Darn I didn’t even know they were visible last night.

 

Me either!!

 

Morning MD

 

Morning Md

 

Morning all!

 

Morning Maryland

 

Mornin everyone

 

G'morning Maryland!

 

Good morning MD, another beautiful day, enjoy

 

Good morning everyone.

 

Morning folks

 

Between yesterday and today I’ve made two round trips from home to downtown Pittsburgh and back (long story). Anyway, the daily driver performance of OTT is exceptional, but this gave me a really good opportunity to see it shine in the environment that I was most curious about, which is driving from Frederick to western MD. My usual route to Pittsburgh is to take 70 from either Frederick or Indian Springs, hit 68, then 219 to Somerset and pick up the turnpike. The OEM tune of the 2023, and even the KDMax 6 that I had in the 2019 were simply in and out of 4th way too much on all of the “hills” while trying to maintain 75-80, or even 70-75 for that matter, even in an unloaded truck.


Everyone says this tune really wakes them up, but I’ve got to say I was not expecting what I saw on these two trips. From Frederick to the exit for 219 north, I saw only three drops to 4th (total both days). One today near the crest of Martins Mountain, westbound, and both days about mid-way up Big Savage, westbound as well. It didn't hang in 4th, just dropped in to say "Hi" for a quick bit and then back to 5th it went. The rest of the time was spent smoothly downshifting as needed to 5th unlocked while maintaining 75-80 on the drive yesterday and 70-75 on the drive today (with a few exceptions, like through downtown Cumberland). This makes me want to come down 79 on the next trip and hit 68 in Morgantown to see how it does headed home on those long climbs back to MD.


The truck is still stock except for a K&N drop in, an HPS silicone intake tube and (edit) OEM intake flow accelerator. I ran Sheetz 93 octane both trips and the weather (temp and Rh) were basically the same, as well as the time of day. The combined mpg of both days was 18.6, manually calculated.


Like that shoe brand once said.. just do it. (Disclaimer: as always your experience may vary )

 

Morning Md

 

Morning friends!