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Once again, quit complaining and talk to a lawyer about lemon law.
When the stereo is on, press and hold (~10 seconds) the tuning button (the one on right) until you hear beep tone. Then let go and step through the adjustment for bass, and now a new option "mid" and make adjustment to the desired level. It helps a little but not a lot. Be sure to turn the stereo off prior to turning off the ignition. Otheriwse it will be lost.
I'm going to try it when i leave the office today and will let you know if it worked for me. Good luck!
Won't get take possession until Tuesday as they are installing a sunroof. I did get to drive it. What a difference from the 22RE to the V6! I am glad I bought it. The interest just dropped to 4.75% and since most of the kinks are ironed out of the Taco from 95 - 2003, I hope it is as iron-clad as my 94 was.
I had Classic Cars install an electric sunroof. The thing cost $650, but it is professionally installed. They use the headliner in creating the sliding cover that hides the sunroof. Very nice job. I got the idea for the electric sunroof from a comment made in this discussion board to that effect. The temp is 68 degrees outside and the sun is blazing today....my brand new truck is sitting in a parking space as I have to work. Boy, am I pouting!
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http://money.cnn.com/2003/02/13/pf/autos/bc.autos.ford.toyota.reu- t/index.htm
Yesterday in the intersection across the street from my house, a Ford Ranger got a front left flat tire, spun out, which caused the rear left wheel to rip off the axle. No one was hurt, except Ford driver's pride. I tried to get a picture but traffic was stopped for 1 1/2 hours all around the accident. What a inconsiderate Ford owner.
All I could think about were the endless Ford vs. Toyota discussions posted.
I guess that is what they meant by "Built Ford Tough!"
Yosmany
Orlando, Fl
2002 Tacoma PreRunner V6 TRD S/C
I drive about 20K miles a year and with gas prices being what they are would like to know what real world mileage is like.
second off, i was just wondering what the numbers 16.5 and 12.5 mean to you, because that is how much the tacoma and tundra are down in percentage of sales compared to a year ago this time.
Ranger sales otoh, are up 15.9% so far this year.
http://www.pickuptruck.com/html/otf0999.html
i knew the new Level II FX4 pkg. was the coolest and most capable compact truck being produced by any manufacturer, but to boost sales that much even surprises me. LMAO
you know it's getting bad for toyota when they stoop to nissan's level and start offering cash back allowances. yeah, domestics do this all the time and everyone knows it's normal for them. but tonight i saw a commercial from toyota offering cash back on tacoma and 0% on crapundra. i guess people are finally seeing the light regarding the underpowered and underbuilt tacomas. what a riot.
regarding the taurus, link wouldn't work for me- but ill say this; the taurus and sable always have and always will outsell camry, not to mention they offer much more powerful mills and tons more options. not to mention the taurus is the safest car in it's class. you looking at a camry now? oh wait, you have pretty close to one already now don't you? rolling................
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Sheesh!
Sales: If they are offering 0%, good for them. The big 3 have been doing this for 2 years now, and are getting hurt by it. Who knows why Toyota is jumping on that bandwagon, but Tundra and 4Runner has had 0% for a while now. 4Runner I can understand, they are still trying to sell off old 2002 models and getting people to buy new 2003 one. Tundra..well, it's understandable why people don't really want to buy it yet. It'll be interesting to see what'll happen when new plant in San Ant opens.
FX2...blah blah blah. You're biased, what else is there to say. I don't need a truck with a snorkel from a factory. If I do, I'll buy one and put it on myself (because who knows, maybe snorkel manufacturer has made a bad run of snorkels.....it's never Fords' fault)
Its gets tired after a while to see the friction between those that rant Ford or Toyota products. Both the Ranger and the Taco have their bad points.
What does that mean to you? The Ranger being identical to one of the worst selling pickups around? Ouch, I bet that hurt!
So the Level II FX4 Ranger is the coolest, most capable truck by any manufacturer? Well maybe in your world it is, a world in which an MP3 player is more important than a locker in an off-road specific truck, LOL.
I guess in your world the Taurus outsells the Camry too, huh? You might want to double check your research on that one.
Toyota's #1, and when you're #1, somebody's always trying to challenge you. You're an eloquent example, that's for sure!
you may want to check your sales figures. what does #1 mean to you? does it mean taking a severe dive in sales? probably since everything in life is backwards to you. you need to check pickuptruck.com and see the sales figures. toyota is anything but #1 my man- they're actually on their way down in sales.
and your argument concerning the mazda truck is totally bogus and quite entertaining at the same time. the mazda truck isn't built for sales numbers, it's built so that mazda can offer a truck. they sell every one they get from ford, just like you brag about the tacoma doing (now with sales incentives like ford). but the tacoma is the meat and potatoes of toyota's truck line. the B4000 on the other hand is built just so mazda can have a truck on their lot. they could care less how many they sell. i think that has to be an all time low for you. when you start bashing mazda's sales numbers just because the ford ranger is surging in sales, that's pretty pathetic. and you know it.
camry, in no way outsells the taurus/sable line. never has, never will.
get a grip and get some facts. as usual, you look like a bumbling typist with toyota written all over his forehead and nothing but dreams in his head.
sc0rp- you're the one talking about me. you should know i would've found out. shame on you.
I think that the Ford trucks have always sold the best because of styling. They have managed to keep up with the times, but have never taken any risks. Not surprisingly, the new F-150 looks like the current model. The Silverado has also had a real simple look unitl recently, and it has sold almost as well as the F-150. With Chevy taking styling risks on its new truck and Ford keeping it the same, Ford should leave Chevy in the dust. It looks like a real oppertunity for the Tundra, that happens to look alot like the Ford.
Just my two cents. (BTW if everything goes to plan, I'll be picking up a '01 Tacoma Double Cab this afternoon!)
1)Camry (not my favorite, but well built and reliable!)
2)Taurus (just because I HAVE to pick a 2nd!)
3)Sable (do I really have to pick this car??)
Obi
1. The Ranger outperforms the Tacoma in comparos
2. The Ranger has a better record for quality
3. The Ranger had a better record for reliability
4. The Ranger has a higher resale value
5. The Ranger has a higher customer satisfaction rating
6. The Ranger has had fewer TSBs
We've shown time and time again that, in regards to these measures, the Tacoma wins hands-down. All you've done is criticize our sources and come to wild conclusions about which truck is better due to monthly sales figures.
So you see, your argument is pretty weak without something to back you up.
I'll be waiting for those links, bud....oh, and please spare us tales of how tough Rangers are because you've personally jumped them but then later personally denied abusing your truck when you tried to sell it on Ebay. Stuff like that kind of hurts your credibility, you know.
We've been up and down this road before, and you know where all that led. We don't want this topic closed. How's ol' Mexico nowdays?
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This guy walked away with just a cut on his tongue.
How's Mexico these days? Well, that all depends on where you're at. I try to avoid north Mexico/South Texas like the plague, to be honest with you. Seems that area has a way of attracting the worst of everything from both sides.
If anybody knows please direct us to where this info is or post it.
Kinda like the new Rams with 20" rims on a 4x4 truck. Jees. I do like the new Ram 2500s (gotta the increasingly rare SFA) and the Ram 1500 OR packaged trucks, so don't think I am totally Chrysler bashing, here.
the 4.0 in the ford and the 4.0 in the toyota are not anything alike. i thought you knew that. totally different designs.
and the safety of the tacoma speaks for itself. it is unsafe, even one of your comrades who owns one admits it. did you see the pic one posted on here? it squashed like an eggshell. that's pretty sad when the frame buckles at both ends all the way to the cab.
you preach and preach about the new 4.0 in the forerunner, where's the new tacoma with this 4.0? if it looks anything like the new plastic coated forerunner, i won't even consider one.
I wonder why didn't Ford come up with a better design then, since Toyota now has a V6 with 245@5200 and 283@3200 and gets the same gas milage, according to the sticker. And Ranger has the 207@5250 and 238@3000.
Sounds rather inefficient of Ford to pass up on a good opportunity to extract a lot more out of an engine, don't you think?
Safety: A truck got sandwiched between 2 18-wheelers. What exactly do you have against the fact that driver walked away unharmed? That is the purpose of all the safety measures in a vehicle: to make sure that driver does not get hurt. Not to make sure that vehicle itself comes out of an accident without a scratch, but to make sure driver is unhurt.
If you think that Tacoma is unsafe based on that picture, I'll post a picture of a Ford 350 (I think it was a 350, one of the Ford fullsize trucks) that got runover by an earth-mover truck, and say that Ford is unsafe, b/c it looks like a pancake now.
We'll know more when new Tacoma comes out. So far it's just rumors. Reason why I'm using new 4.0L as an example is simply b/c you keep on saying that Toyota engine is weak. It is not even weak by todays' standards, a good average engine. It did its' job for 8 years, and the replacement is coming.
as far as your little analogy, you say what you will or make up. but getting run over by an earth mover and getting rear-ended by a semi that was on the brakes are two different things. the frame still buckled like an aluminum can. the driver may have walked away unharmed, but to what extent would that have happened? had the semi's been traveling one more mph, he may be dead. by the looks of that truck, i bet he's through with toyota products that are made of very weak metal. like i've said for over a year now, just take a new ranger and a new tacoma and measure frame thickness. and then tell me which one you'd rather be in when sandwiched between two semi's. i know you won't do that because then you'd have to deal with knowing your tacoma's frame is thinner than a ranger's. and you just couldn't accept that. you have a hard enough time accepting the fact that the ranger has more power than tacoma- and has always had more torque than tacoma, which in your mind, is what's most important in a truck. heck, even my little jeep outpowers your "average" 3.4. in your mind, that must be pathetic.
oh but wait, then there's pluto's theory that it is so heavy. it's too bad pluto doesn't research his statements thoroughly. his quote of weight for liberty is not accurate. the limited outweighs sports by as much as 300 lbs. but he won't see this because then his theory wouldn't hold true.
That truck did not get "rearended by a semi that was on brakes". It got rearended by a semi and then driven into another semi infront of it, totally different situation. But I suppose, since it fits your theory, it can be disregarded.
Power: We've been down that road before. You finally now have something to celebrate, congratulations. It's been 8 years since the release of 3.4L, and competition has now caught up. Congratulations once again. As far as the Jeep thing goes: you got a new model that was just released couple of years ago, and you're bashing Tacoma that Jeep "overpowers" it? What planet do you live on? Of course Jeep overpowers Tacoma. I wouldn't expect it any other way, for a new vehicle to be released in this crazy "bigger SUV, bigger engine" market, and not to have the latest engine.
Weight: so we are even now, since Ranger does not outweight Tacoma by 600 lbs b/c Tacoma is made of tin. Remember that? Don't you have another lipstick holder to go buy so you can "mod" your Jeep? This is a Tacoma board, thank you for reading it.
Just some food for thought.
Either that, or "At least DC is acknowledging that there is a problem, unlike Toyota and sludged engines". Pick your answer, tbunder will reply with one of these.
sad- i like you, as i like scorp. and i hate to say it, but i think you made that one up. if there is proof to your statement, furnish it because i have read nothing but praise regarding the liberty as a whole, but especially it's safety structure and performance.
You seem to be under impression that Tacomas only got a spacer lift made for them. Welcome to the reality.
If horsepower and torque were the only factors involved, then a V6 Aztek would easily be cooler than, say a 3.0L V6 Ranger. And if you want to talk about safety, don't even buy a truck or SUV. Get a Volvo instead. Trucks are all about being cool and Toyota's will always be cooler. I think its a proven fact that women find Tacoma drivers sexier, and that's all that matters.
And Libertys have to be the dorkiest Jeep yet. Mainly because for the first time, they are kinda practical. How lame is that. You should have gotten a Wrangler man. Chicks dig that.
your post has to be the 'dorkiest' one i've ever read. what are you, ten years old? you probably drive a tracker. ROTF
did i just waste my time responding to your post?
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