The number 81

Funny I can’t get mine to drive 55! That has also been a problem since the 80s.

 

I heard if you sneeze,burp,and fart at the same time while going 81mph,it may kill you.

 

81mph is one of the sweet spots in the Tacoma slushbox transmission. If you are at 80 and try to speed up, it needs to downshift 4 gears to get adequate torque. By time you do this, you are already at 82mph.

On the flip side... slowing downw from 82mph requires the truck to hunt for the correct gear (remember it downshifted 17 times to get to 82mph). You don't notice the 81mph show up due to yelling obscenities at your turd gen for having such a jacked up transmission.

 

Breaking the rules

 

Maybe you have to have an extremely empty tank? I’m terrified of going that low.

 

Ah thought I had a pic showing 81. It's 78, but the dial appears to be at 81....

 

Wouldn’t know, got a manual trans lol

 

Found 81 this morning...

 

Have you ever sneezed and farted at the same time. That shit hurts, literally. Now add a burp and 81 mph I can really see this being a true statement.

 

How can you sometimes get 81, and then other times you can't. WTF is happening.

 

The longevity of threads like this is one of the reasons I love Tw so much!

Think of how much useful shit we could be doing with our time, LOL!

 

I really should be working...but this is way more interesting.

 

When I have a full tank my distance to empty is 303...Maybe it's due to the fact that I hit 78 cruise control to and from work.

 

Mine DtE is 416 @ fill-up every time.

 

wow.. How fast do you drive?
I think if I drove 70 I'd get that.

 

I run a pretty big mix between interstate and smaller rural highways/county roads, so anywhere from 45-80 mph. To be sure, I never actually get 400+ miles from a tank of gas. Maybe 350 if I'm lucky.