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I have a slight uphill drive to work that's about 90% freeway and I usually get 20-21 going to work, and 29-30 coming home. I've got 3k miles and I wouldn't be surprised if it does have a learning period

I'm just going to reiterate the clean and watch it advice since I don't see any obvious tears. Also another option instead of a diff drop would be long travel axles. They're made to work at more extreme angles than OEM. I've installed them on a few tundras and tacomas at my work

It's kinda handy, but I don't use it nearly enough to justify paying monthly for it. When the trial is up, I'll be deleting it Lol Same. The seats and wheel heat up fairly quickly so I'll use those until the truck warms up, then kick on the heater vents.

The first truck that I've owned, but my 4th Toyota. It's done everything I've asked it to do with no problems so far. It's also really comfortable, especially on long drives.

My thinking exactly! I've been using FVP filters because thats what we stock at my shop and have never had any issues with them.

Reading through a pass-thru usually isn't a problem, but when trying to command various components, it can get a bit dicey. I've had to deal with fleet vehicles where the company will put some sort of GPS tracker on a passthrough and I've never had good luck doing in depth diagnostics through...

Just an FYI, the technician that works on your truck is going to be mad as hell. Everytime I've tried to use bi-directional control through any kind of pass through OBD cable, it has errored out. Which means that if you need any kind of diagnostics done, they're going to have to go...

I agree that the 10k interval is a bit sketchy. I did my first one at 1k, planning to the next one at 5k. The shop I work at puts in stickers for 5k on synthetic regardless of what that particular vehicle's oil life monitor shows. I figure $20 every 5k is cheap insurance though.

That was pretty informative. Thanks for posting

When mine does that occasionally, I usually restart the head unit on the truck, then go to settings>bluetooth>"my phone"> then tap the Use for Android Auto slider and it'll reconnect. ETA: Using a Pixel 7

Mine had the dimples. I decided to attach my front plate because I have vanity plates and My spouse and I both picked out license plate frames, so we both have one.

Pardon the mess on my service cart, I was in the middle of working on 3 different cars at the time, but I did manage to get a second to put one of the stickers on my toolbox

Got mine today. Gotta get the truck washed before I put one on the back window, but I'll be putting at least one on one of my toolboxes at work tomorrow :D

The only paint issue I've had with my black SR5 was a pretty deep scratch in the front left fender that we found when doing the walkaround with the salesman. They scheduled me in a week later and repainted the fender at no charge.

As a mechanic, I've never prefilled a filter and I've never seen any kind of damage or anything related to not pre-filling them. Our trucks have a horizontally mounted filter so you can't really pre fill it. But it is down low enough in the system that it's going to get filled within a fraction...

Sticker looks awesome. DM Sent. :)

Nothing too major, but I picked up a crossbed toolbox for when I have to bring tools home from work for side jobs. And I was able to move all the stuff I'd accumulated under the back seats to it. Impact, socket, tire plug kit, ratchet straps, bed rail tie downs, etc.

I'll fire it up, give it a minute until the RPMs drop to normal idle, then drive off. It's about a mile and a half from my apartment to the freeway and it usually warms up in that distance.

Same. I wasn't too sure of it at first, but yeah, it just sits in my wallet. No wear from going into and out of my pocket. I keep my keys on a belt loop carabiner and am much harder on regular fobs.

Honestly, My last two vehicles have had EPS, but the Tacoma definitely took some getting used to.