Crawl control [evil]
2016 Toyota Tacoma - Demonstrating Crawl Control (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19BNRvuNLWE#)
I've seen that. As someone who frequents a friend's beach house in the dunes on the 4x4 only access part of the OBX, that's pretty attractive.
But I think I have my heart set on a new Jeep Wrangler Unlimited.
Quote from: kopfjäger on September 15, 2015, 02:20:59 PM
Crawl control [evil]
2016 Toyota Tacoma - Demonstrating Crawl Control (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19BNRvuNLWE#)
Second time I've seen this demonstration (2 separate trucks) and it's still impressive!
That's pretty amazing.
I wasn't paying much attention to the guy that was "narrating". Did the driver have his foot down?
Quote from: duccarlos on September 17, 2015, 10:10:23 AM
I wasn't paying much attention to the guy that was "narrating". Did the driver have his foot down?
No it crawls on its own. If your going down real steep rough terrain, you don't use the brake either. It just crawls along.
Now that's cool
Quote from: duccarlos on September 17, 2015, 11:40:04 AM
Now that's cool
http://youtu.be/V-BrhgNE8tA (http://youtu.be/V-BrhgNE8tA)
Quote from: kopfjäger on September 17, 2015, 12:14:38 PM
http://youtu.be/V-BrhgNE8tA (http://youtu.be/V-BrhgNE8tA)
[thumbsup]
Pretty cool truck. Wonder if the crawl control (getting out of sand portion) would work on flat ground. Both demonstrations are on slopes.
You don't even have to learn how to drive off-road now! :)
If it was any good it would never get stuck in the first place. :P
[laugh]
Tacomas TRDs have been pretty good off road for a while now. I believe they were the first OEM to put a manual locker in the rear axle (electric), sometime around 1998 maybe? It made a HUGE difference in off-road ability.
My 92 is hanging tuff, haven't had a new car/truck since 94. This new Tacoma might be the one.
(http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/chiflado/753BABF6-2F06-4966-A5A0-084FDD98E744.jpg) (http://s201.photobucket.com/user/chiflado/media/753BABF6-2F06-4966-A5A0-084FDD98E744.jpg.html)
^^^ Those are great trucks. Looks to be in great shape! Nice set-up as well.
Quote from: Triple J on September 17, 2015, 04:34:23 PM
^^^ Those are great trucks. Looks to be in great shape! Nice set-up as well.
I get 2-3 business cards a week left under a wiper blade asking if I want to sell it.
Quote from: kopfjäger on September 17, 2015, 04:44:27 PM
I get 2-3 business cards a week left under a wiper blade asking if I want to sell it.
Sell it to me.
Seriously.
That's a pretty nice truck.. I love watching this demo. I wanted a TRD Tacoma for years but never pulled the trigger.. My Rubicon unlimited jeep doesn't have this function, but I havent ever got stuck in the sand either. Between good tires and a good crawl ratio. My jeep is pretty good. My dodge ram on the other hand got buried bad and I had to get rescued by a jeep.. Stupid street tires!!
Got my first glimpse of the new truck today. It was being driven to a local dealer. It was a 'burnt' orange color, and it looked fantastic.
Quote from: kopfjäger on September 29, 2015, 01:58:34 PM
Got my first glimpse of the new truck today. It was being driven to a local dealer. It was a 'burnt' orange color, and it looked fantastic.
It's called "Inferno"
I just picked up my double cab off road version today. After 30 miles, I'm in love. Much quieter & smoother on the road. Handles great on-road. The new drivetrain (all new V6 and new 6spd auto) is amazing. On surface streets at 30-35 mph, it's turning at 1,100-1,200 RPM. I'm headed across the state and a few mountain (11,000ft) passes this weekend. I'll let you know how it does.
Mine is this combination:
(http://icdn5.digitaltrends.com/image/2016-toyota-tacoma-trd-off-road-left-side-angle-1500x1000.jpg)
Looks great. Can't wait to hear more about it.
[thumbsup]
2016 Toyota Tacoma Commercial Countdown (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cr-yW_mMU10#)
650 miles on the new rig so far.
It's still awesome.
Drove from Denver to Grand Junction (~240 each way) over the weekend with a few friends, a couple bikes and our gear. The truck did great performance wise on the highway (including two mountain passes at 11,000ft). Unfortunately, there were strong headwinds on the way out Friday, so fuel economy wasn't great at ~18 MPG for the first tank. Coming back today, it was closer to 19.5 MPG, crossing the same passes.
I think you'll see some other cool commercials/vids for the Tacoma. We saw one with the guys from Dude Perfect at our national dealer meeting a few weeks ago.
Everyone needs crawl control. I used to go to a remote beach to go night fishing. Every time I went, there was someone there that needed to get towed off the beach. It got so that I would carry chains in the bed when I went fishing, and then after a while I would just start parking back at the campground and walking down to the beach with the nets and buckets. :P
If those guys had that they could get out. maybe.
This is night fishing BTW.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2uH9y7nykU# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2uH9y7nykU#)
So we had our launch training in Phoenix this week.
We used the off road course at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park (formerly Firebird Raceway) - http://www.racewildhorse.net/index.php/at-the-park/off-road-racing (http://www.racewildhorse.net/index.php/at-the-park/off-road-racing)
We had a couple short courses set up within this complex to demonstrate crawl control, articulation, competitive comparison, etc.
(https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/12088485_10206973532150737_1721459311438887347_n.jpg?oh=00944e60626558ef7f8381fd3c969726&oe=56CF16FE)
Ken Gushi (of Formula Drift fame) was one of our pro drivers who led some of the demonstrations throughout the day. He also took a select group around the full course in full drift and airborne mode (turning VSC off, of course).
I was able to take a few laps myself. All I can say is: [evil] ;D [thumbsup][evil] ;D [thumbsup] [evil] ;D [thumbsup][evil] ;D [thumbsup][evil] ;D [thumbsup]
Sounds like a great day. [thumbsup] [evil]
Blow Off Steam | 2016 Toyota Tacoma | Toyota (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQzZJVfZydE#)
Third tank of fuel.
375 miles of mixed highway and street driving. 19.97 MPG [thumbsup]
Quote from: Randimus Maximus on September 29, 2015, 09:13:08 PM
It's called "Inferno"
I just picked up my double cab off road version today. After 30 miles, I'm in love. Much quieter & smoother on the road. Handles great on-road. The new drivetrain (all new V6 and new 6spd auto) is amazing. On surface streets at 30-35 mph, it's turning at 1,100-1,200 RPM. I'm headed across the state and a few mountain (11,000ft) passes this weekend. I'll let you know how it does.
Mine is this combination:
(http://icdn5.digitaltrends.com/image/2016-toyota-tacoma-trd-off-road-left-side-angle-1500x1000.jpg)
what trails are you taking? I'm usually the idiot in the F250 crew cab blocking the "short wheel base only" trails......but I've made it to Engineer Pass and many more. [evil]