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My biggest regret with my '06 Taco V6 was getting the manual tranny. When I
test drove it I figured that the sloppy feeling shifts and inconsistantly
grabby clutch were something that I would get used to. I know now that
shouldn't have dismissed all of the negative reports on the V6 Taco's
drivabililty with the manual tranny, but for more than 25 years I haven't
owned an auto. Almost a year later I'm still kicking myself everytime I
drive it.

"Climb14er" <climb14er@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Thank you!
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> My questions are regarding dependability, especially when it comes to
> off-road use.
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> Trannys heat up when in hard off-road use (or towing) and heat is the[/color]
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> of trannys as many know.
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> If the Taco five speed auto is built Toyota TOUGH, then I don't think I'll
> have a problem.
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> The 235h.p. six cylinder engine is plenty strong and I think an auto[/color]
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> to it would perform well.
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> We used to exclusively purchase the manual tranny as the engines didn't[/color]
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> the H.P. in the older Toyota engines.
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> I haven't run across many who have an auto in a Taco, mostly in a Tundra[/color]
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> that's why I asked the questions.
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> > The other responses all addressed peoples' preferences. You seem to be
> > asking about dependability. The following is anecdotal, but anyway:
> >
> > - My mechanic, who's been around since the dawn of time, has just one
> > answer when anyone asks when Toyota auto trannies start having problems:
> > "Unless you're an idiot and don't do the normal maintenance.....what
> > problems? Stop worrying about it." He says he simply doesn't see[/color][/color]
problems[color=blue][color=green]
> > with them.
> >
> > - My son's about to buy an immaculately clean 1996 Camry wagon from a
> > relative (Florida car, no salt, cared for better than most children).[/color][/color]
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> > auto transmission behaves like it's brand new.
> >
> > - Ex-wife's Corolla wagon went 293,000 miles. Auto tranny was fine.
> >
> > The only thing I'd wonder about is going off-road. Everyone's got a
> > different version of that. I don't go over boulders like in the
> > commercials. My off-road involves some fairly bumpy old logging roads,[/color][/color]
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> > some fiendishly slippery boat launches. I have no problems with the[/color][/color]
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