GX460 & GXOR B.S. thread (7 Viewers)

[r2m]

I have. No notable change for me. If anything, S is slightly more aggressive and causes it to downshift even more. I haven't tried holding it in 4th or 5th as others suggested. I wouldn't want the MPG hit and engine strain that would cause at 90mph on Texas highways.
Edit: I don't have dynamic CC in my 2019, just the same old Toyota CC with same control knob they've been using for 30 years.

It almost feels like the cruise control software is programmed to adjust speed using the transmission instead of the throttle. So instead of adding more fuel to gain speed, it drops down a gear and keeps the throttle the same.

I only drop down a gear or two when on a grade. Highways, I just keep it in full auto mode.
When we've gone through Texas, I limit my speed to 80 MPH because I'm so heavy and pushing so much wind with the RTT. At 80 MPH trucks with trailers were passing me like I was standing still!

 

[Arailt]

At 80 MPH trucks with trailers were passing me like I was standing still!

Right! I took 35 from Dallas to San Antonio last summer. Speed limit is 85 through some of it. If you aren't doing 90 in the slow lane, you're getting rear ended by a Peterbilt.

 

[Rednexus]

I think you guys need ECU tunes .

FWIW, my 470 had great cruiser behavior when tuned on 32s. When I added 33s the behavior got much more annoying. I think a re-gear will help it.

 

[185]

I only drop down a gear or two when on a grade. Highways, I just keep it in full auto mode.
When we've gone through Texas, I limit my speed to 80 MPH because I'm so heavy and pushing so much wind with the RTT. At 80 MPH trucks with trailers were passing me like I was standing still!

its time for a supercharger add on!

 

[Rednexus]

In other news, a Prado 150, complete with a bull bumper, seems to have been the victim of a out-of-control Tesla (autopilot or summon gone wrong) in Sydney.

 

[r2m]

Right! I took 35 from Dallas to San Antonio last summer. Speed limit is 85 through some of it. If you aren't doing 90 in the slow lane, you're getting rear ended by a Peterbilt.

I'd like to have used the "laughing" emoji for your comment, but the problem is, you're not exaggerating!

 

[Hiluxforever]

Nope, that's how they play, there. Commuting in Houston permanently broke my driving.

 

[Arailt]

I've seen some wild stuff driving around north Dallas. I was back in Pittsburgh for a week at Thanksgiving and driving on the two lane highways with 55mph speed limit was giving me more anxiety than 5 lanes at 90. Texas broke my driving as well haha.

 

[Hiluxforever]

Yep. Between that and me setting out to drive nicely and other people's ****ery wanting me to reach a safe distance.

The Revos didn't help, they have phenomenal grip on the road.

 

[185]

I assume the folks who travel near the speed of light, also for some reason believe they must tailgate for optimum aerodynamics even when ample room exists.

 

[rav8]

I assume the folks who travel near the speed of light, also for some reason believe they must tailgate for optimum aerodynamics even when ample sample exists.

Today was Altimas, Chargers, Civics and Escalades all bouncing off their limiters as I merged onto the Beltway leaving National Harbor. I'm used to it but the poor guy doing 55 and pulling a 40ft 5th wheel with his GMC probably saw more middle fingers than mile markers. It's not Dallas though.

 

[Rednexus]

Today was Altimas, Chargers, Civics and Escalades all bouncing off their limiters as I merged onto the Beltway leaving National Harbor. I'm used to it but the poor guy doing 55 and pulling a 40ft 5th wheel with his GMC probably saw more middle fingers than mile markers. It's not Dallas though.

I learned how to drive aggressively on a summer internship in DC back in the aughts. A bit of a shock at first but I had the hang if it after a couple weeks and never really dropped the habit .

 

[re_guderian]

...But he doesn't use CC much in the IS as it is just too much fun to drive without any artificial assistance.

Bro needs to meet West Texas

 

[Hiluxforever]

Bro needs to meet West Texas

Or Nebraska...

 

[Cold Iron]

Bro needs to meet West Texas

Or Nebraska...

And then at the head of the class there is South Dakota.

First thought is “could this road be any more boring?” And second, “good God, how many Wall Drug signs are there?”

 

[Hiluxforever]

And then at the head of the class there is South Dakota.

First thought is “could this road be any more boring?” And second, “good God, how many Wall Drug signs are there?”

Oh, yea, that exists, I forgot..

 

[re_guderian]

Oh, yea, that exists, I forgot..

Me, too. Repressed memory, I guess.

 

[Hiluxforever]

Tires didn't make it to Discount, have to wait until Monday. So no snow wheeling tomorrow on the easy trails.

 

[PoindAxster]

Does the cruise logic work better when the trans has been reprogrammed with a tune like YotaWerx?

A YotaWerx tune helped three things for me:

1. Throttle response is better
2. The “dead spot” around 40 MPH where it sits in too high a gear is gone
3. It feels much more punchy at lower speeds

I believe a byproduct of #2 is less gear hunting with cruise control on. I’m nearly done with my second tank of fuel since (they say it takes three tanks or 500 miles to get the full affect of the tune) tuning and haven’t used cruise control too many times. But the little bit I have used it has been far less aggravating than the times I used it before.

I think you guys need ECU tunes .

FWIW, my 470 had great cruiser behavior when tuned on 32s. When I added 33s the behavior got much more annoying. I think a re-gear will help it.

Agreed on the ECU tuning. Toyota zapped the juice out of this vehicle. They tuned it for old farts on Sundays. A tune makes this vehicle perform as I would have expected it from the factory.

 

[r2m]

I learned how to drive aggressively on a summer internship in DC back in the aughts. A bit of a shock at first but I had the hang if it after a couple weeks and never really dropped the habit .

Born and raised in So. Cal, I too have some very aggressive driving habits, but not the speed, unless I was in one of my old Porsche's or one of my previous supersport motorcycles, where I tapped out when the speedo hit 130 mph on a straight between my home town, San Clemente through Camp Pendleton to Oceanside on the 5 FWY. A stretch of about 17 miles with very light traffic at the time.
I was in shorts, tennis shoes and a T shirt (with helmet, state law). Not one of my brighter moments , but that was back in the mid 1990's.