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I think this statement right here is the best, most concise and accurate one I've seen to summarize things.

Roman and Nathan just did a podcast about bad dealership experiences. One of the tangents they went on was talking about press vehicle agreements. Roman talked about Tim's deer blood cleanup and his ketchup and fries spill. Apparently, you aren't supposed to have food in the vehicle or pets, but...

Well, we kinda already did the wait and see thing since this happened quite awhile back and Toyota blamed it on the way he shifted. They also didn’t say it was a faulty part. The review wasn’t published right away when it happened, why? It doesn’t pass the sniff test.

Have a look at these 2 videos. This guy did it just for views, but it's and indication of how durable the clutches and transmissions are in the older rigs. If Mr. Elmer blew up the clutch that easily in the new Tacoma, there's something fundamentally wrong with that setup.

It will be interesting to see what comes next for the Tundra engine recall remedy and if there's anything more done regarding the Tacoma clutch failure.

Rev matching in a truck or car is pretty easy. I used to shift without a clutch a lot when I was driving. I also used to do a bit of that on our old Farmall tractors. They didn't have synchros. I would run a Farmall-C pulling double hay rakes and sometimes want to go from 3rd to 2nd downhill...

I've owned 2 trucks with manual transmissions and one car. My dad had 3 trucks with manuals and both my grandpa's had manual transmission trucks and I drove all of them from time to time. Even being able to drop that Tacoma trans it into a gear so low shouldn't be as effortless as it seemed...

I actually was thinking maybe Toyota asked TK to wait until they had a response. They responded to TK and TFL at the same time or within a couple days of each. It makes sense from Toyota's perspective to lump more bad news at the same time rather than drag it out.

I don't blame you for passing on the crazy manscaped stuff. I've always liked Steve Lehto's approach to sponsors. He only does a sponsorship if he really likes the product and has tried it enough to give an honest review. I can honestly say I have quit regularly watching a few channels that are...

There’s a guy with a channel called Autovlog who intentionally tried to damage an old Ford Ranger with a manual transmission. He shifted into Reverse and it roasted the tires but survived. Later he did a fifth to first twice before it broke. I watched the TK video again. If he did shift into...

I’m not sure if it’s the same or not. I have hear from other reviewers that the Tundra has everything new...no shared parts at all. I suspect it’s probably the same with the Tacoma.

If it went 21.7% over the design, then the problem is even worse than he let on. Being an engineer myself, I would have specifically made sure to mention it exceeded the factor of safety and not the design limit if I was explaining it. As far as the fix, changing software is multiple orders of...

I just watched the video. It's kinda fishy that the TFL explanation video and this explanation video came out at the same time, but maybe it is just a coincidence. I can't help but think of a time when I accidentally downshifted my 2000 S10 ZR2 into the wrong gear. It was a 5-speed manual with...

I just watched the TFL video with Sheldon explaining what happened. One thing that stood out to me immediately in his explanation was the amount of excessive torque that cause the ADD to fail being only 1.7%. That tells me that during the design process they've fine tuned things so much there is...

I find this video very interesting. I've noticed Youtube and Google search are much worse now than in the past. The heyday of actually being able to find almost anything you want on the internet is gone. I find myself now wanting to re-look at an article or something I've seen in the past, but...

That seems extreme. However, it probably would be fine under the proper conditions. I worked somewhere that ran a Komatsu PC5500 excavator. They replaced filters based on hours and kept an oil reservoir full. There was a system on it to gradually burn a little bit of the oil through the engine...

I used to, but it was way too much work!

Car Care Nut released a video about the engine recall. He has some interesting info about part numbers changing on short blocks and bearings recently. Also, he owns a 3rd gen Tundra and talks about what he's doing.

I've become a bit OCD about oil changes with regard to mileage. I try to hit 5K. I don't worry so much about the timeframe though. I also like sending the samples to Blackstone labs every time. Last time I was in a hurry and forgot to take the sample. That really annoyed me, but saved me a few...

I think it's a decent review. A tight turning circle is so nice. I didn't realize how nice it was until I went from a 2011 Ford to 2018 Tundra. For Toyota to have a worse turning circle on an updated model is baffling to me. I think he could have mentioned a lot more things bad about the truck...