Oh no, the germs of the hoi polloi!

 

I hope not but you're probably right.

I must have 20 new car dealers on the main road.

Driving down the road to the store would be like a car show every day if they would cut back the bushes and trees so I can see.

Sounds like a bunch of local teenager punks with nothing better to do.

Happens to me almost every day on here.

Never know what everyone will say next. haha

 

From another thread, Speaking of door pulls. Check out this manual Porsche pull., all to save weight

 

@LH1

BTW. Did you get your IS500?

 

Oh yea! Picked it up Tuesday afternoon. I'm loving it so far. The V8 is amazing.

I passed on a C55 AMG years ago and I always regretted it. Figured this is my last chance to get a V8 in a small 4 door.

 

‘Good for you. I am happy you are enjoying it. Saw it at the auto show, Lexus was proudly showing off the 5.0L V8

 

Congrats on your new ride but were's the pics?

We NEED pics. 😀. 🛻

 

Any AWD car from Mercedes/BMW is a full time 4wd system but technically better since it doesn't use an open center diff like a Toyota truck does. The full time 4wd system in Toyotas like mine has a open center diff lol!

 

Is the one in my signature not showing up? The pic below was the first day I drove it into work.

It's been raining heavy all morning. Tomorrow is suppsoed to be 65 and sunny all day. I'm going to take it out for a drive and some better pics.

 

Uh no, the diameter has nothing to do with track width.

Also you don't want to rotate the 5th tire in, it's dirty and you would need to power wash the rim you are storing inside every time you swap. It's just a massive pain.

 

That's the correct way. The method in the Toyota manual is outright incorrect and will cause unequal diameters

 

Yours is not an open differential. The first Gen Sequoia was an open diff.

 

Its open, I have to manually lock it if I want actual 4wd. It's otherwise an open diff and I've tested that MANY times off road with it.

The full time 4wd system you espouse so often is in reality one of the worst systems for power distribution lol! The Audi Quattro 6 is the best. Period.

 

your Sequoia has a limited slip differential in the centre. You can also lock it yes And you can also bypass it completely Not an open differential

you don’t have to lock it to have 4WD

Toyota trucks do not have a centre differential. They have a transfer case. Only Toyota truck that has a centre diff is the new Tacoma (in one trim), but it’s a limited slip diff. Not a open diff

 

Yes they have a center diff lol! Otherwise you literally can't have an AWD mode lol! If by bypass you mean run in 2WD sure, otherwise no lol! If I'm in 4hi unlocked it's using the center diff, if I lock it then it turns into actual 4WD 50:50 fixed power split axle to axle.

It doesn't have a limited slip (torson) center diff, if it did it wouldn't act like it does off road. It has to be locked to go into actual 50:50 power split otherwise if I have even ONE wheel spin it sends all of it there.

My Jeep is the one that has actual full time AWD, it has a viscous coupling center diff system that unlike my sequoia when in 4hi is able to send power front or rear depending on what is spinning. It can also be locked into 50:50 and then dropped to 4low as needed.

The Toyota doesn't have true AWD. It has an open 4hi system when not locked, true AWD has at minimum a center torque sensing viscous diff. Good ones have torson, better ones have increased ability to split power like the Audi crown drive and the best ones allow computer control of the power split for direct control like high end Audi/Porsche cars do. The ultimate level is that plus a TVD on the axles, that's beyond an E-LSD or a two way locking diff since it's again fully active and can rotate wheels in opposite TQ values.

Nothing else compares. It allows perfect, predictive, real time control of power flow and wheel TQ. The Toyota system is a brick in comparison and loses all power distribution if even one wheel slips.