Tundras live: Dumb Dad Jokes, Incorrect Opinions, and Relationship Advice.

backstory.....

The Italian mechanic took extra special care of said Spider. He was sweet on the owner, who was a smoke show bizness lady.

 

My '08 spent a lot of time in S mode while towing; mostly to save the brakes and to keep it from bumping from 4th to 5th and back to 4th constantly uphills... that being said, if I'm coming off of fwy speeds even w/o towing and slap it to S4 to bleed off some speed before applying the brakes and then down to S3 as the brakes are applied it seems to definitely take much longer before the rotors start to warp.

Regarding the actual benefit to the engine of spending time at higher rpms, I don't think the 5.7 cares My '08 is creeping up on 285k driving it w/o concern of where the RPM band lies and regardless of the towing and sometimes harsh application of the gas pedal throughout its life

The 5.7 seems happy doing whatever is asked of it as long as it's getting its fluids changed regularly. I'm not sure if high rpms help the engine internals or not. I've also heard that higher rpms help the catalytic converters stay healthy longer, but who knows??

That all being said, you may see an improvement in MPG with a gear change since you're on 37s. I know that wasn't even your question, but hell I just woke up and my thoughts aren't all there yet; hence my rambling....

You know what would be funnier than shit though... Is if the Gen 2 and 2.5s had a feature where it would play 'jake brake' sounds out of the speakers when you slapped it into S mode and used the lower gears for braking

Oh well, so much for brevity; carry on!!!!!

 

None that we have found and have talked to many folks. Sad when nobody wants to make money

 

I drive most of the time on the highway in S mode. Mine is tuned to where while in S mode it stays in the gear you select and does not shift unless it is unsafe for the engine but will hold any of the gears. It also shifts quicker than stock. Not instantly but nothing like stock.

 

Awesome. Does your retirement package include insurance? For 3 years I've been working for insurance.

 

Yeah buddy! Congrats
I'll start sending you some dam job postings

 

Sweet!
Hopefully the money is good there, do you know what the Chief pay is?

 

Congratulations and welcome to the club. Be sure to get your nap schedule straightened out first. By February you'll be wondering how you ever had time to go to work.

On a serious note, get your IRS quarterlies straightened out as soon as you can. It's the one thing most new retirees miss planning for.

 

Congrats! That's so awesome!

 

Holy shit!! 49 and retired? Good for you man, God bless and enjoy your time my friend

 

PM sent

 

Hell yeah...

Come Sept 1st I'll have to break out 'the books' and start running numbers and taking bets on when you'll be back to work

I left at 48, and now the wife is poking at me to 'go do something'

 

Only... not all of us are rich.

 

Yeah, I'm not able to relocate, unfortunately. It was really just for laughs. I'm quite happy and paid enough to keep myself fat, warm, and fuel tanks full.

 

I'm betting it will not; I believe most M4 SBRs w/10.5 are just under 30" collapsed...

Pretty sure you can fit a Ruger Take-Down in there though

 

Hell, sounds like you're gonna need to buy yourself a nice 10mm retirement pistol; at over 700 ftlbs of energy, it'll handle quite a bit

Especially if you throw some 220gr hard cast Buffalo Bore Dangerous Game freedom seeds in that thing

 

Yes, lots of repos too. Lol