Well it's handled my beating just fine, so i'm not worried. I'm gonna pull the inspection plate off to let her have a peak at the hardware before she starts.

 

still gotta deal w/ the busted bolts - surrendered and when i get paid just going to take it to the shop

 

Manual throwout? You mean like the old style clutch linkage?

 

No hydraulic fluid to release the clutch plate. It moved with foot pressure. Kinda like old school manual steering, no fluid to help.

 

I like those better! You get better clutch feedback.

 

hmmm i might have to shanghi you on your return lol drive right past dullas on my way to the parents place in springfield

 

And Popeye calfs!

 

Easier to push than most Toyota clutches. Some of them are so dang hard!

 

yea i liked them till i broke my ankle and couldn't drive it.... lol

 

That stinks. Manuals are fun, but unfortunately dead. I figure just a few more years and they will be gone completely in the US.

 

sup virginians,..

 

I don't know about that. Seems like at least 10-20% of the Tacomas i work on are stick.

 

ntm the mustang guys will keep it alive in their vehicles... supposedly ya can still get em in the 150's and base as base gets 250's but outside that its auto...

 

The end is coming maybe not this year or the next, but its around the corner. The Tacoma is ending its model year life cycle soon. The Tundra gets redesigned next year and the Tacoma will follow. The manual will likely still be there but in even lower numbers or optional configurations.

There were 55,289 sold in 2011. If 5-10% were manuals, then that is a very low take rate.

 

thats cuz the motor companys keep trying to limit the models they can be ordered in... ntm were entering a society thats wanting to be lazier and lazier while driving... if they had to shift they couldnt txt on their phones while driving anymore...