Posted: 10/18/2008 3:49:00 AM EDT
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I bought an '08 Tacoma earlier this year and for the life of me,I can't figure out something. How come the lights don't turn on automatically when the sun goes down ? Even my old '98 Blazer had this.I just figured it was a safety feature on the Blazer and comes standard on all new cars. Seriously,why would the engineers opt to not include this on a new car ? |
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The thing that sucks is the dash lights are on all the time the ignition is on because the gauges are so sunken into the dash so at night I'm used to the dash lights being off if the lights are off. Another few things of the new Tacoma's....why does the window lockout also lock out the DRIVER'S window.....fucking stupid. I have had mine 4 months now and am not really happy with it. 
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Yep and for 30k there is no bed light.  There are some good points but it could be a much better vehicle. I'll stay in it for a couple years then look at the redesigned F-150 or Tundra's. I'm done with mid-size pickups. |
Siginal stalk ? Look,this is the first new car I had since my '98 ZR2 Blazer and I thought the auto headlights were a mandated safety feature on all cars.I see people all too often driving without headlights,so... I bought the manual transmission so a few automatic things would have been nice. |
I prefer everything to be stone ax old fashioned simple. No fricken computer controlled items ('cept maybe the tranny Why would you want the window lock to lock the driver's window control, You afraid you're going to accidentally roll down the window and fall out? I could see if you left a dog locked in a car but really you shouldn't do that either in case you are away longer than intended. |
Reread what I wrote. When you engage the window lock it WON"T let the driver window down....it should and only lock the passenger windows. |
My bad, yup, seems ignorant. I've never actually used those locks on purpose, only accidentally hit them in the dark and have a 2 sec wtf moment because of them. Hell I'd like them to make trucks like they did in the 70s except the mileage and suspension.  if you cut out a lot of the BS engineering for soccor moms and stupid car magazine writers you could cut a lot of cost from a vehicle.
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My 06 does the same thing, when locked the passenger cant be rolled down from the passenger side. Driver and passenger work from the driver side |
It seems I am on crack, I just tried it and the drivers worked both ways. In my F-150 though the driver controls can still operate all windows even if they are locked to the passengers but the Tacoma is not that way, the driver can't operate the passengers in the lock position. |