Max Speed in Each Gear for 5 speed man. Yaris with no tach??

[09TRD]

Originally Posted by justjesus

LOL - my friend is trying to convince me to get a tach. I tells him i don't needs it, so whatever! you don't NEED a tach when driving a manual. If it was truly NEEDED, Toyota would have installed it.

As for PK's (?) numbers being different from the owner's manual... well, that was just HIS preference. We all shift at different speeds. Also, i believe the original queston (sort of, as it was more like TWO parts) was...

You can use the speedometer as an indicator for red-line in each gear, which is the point of this thread.

I put little marks on the face of the speedometer on my 1997 Tacoma 2wd. I used the stick on "pin striping" tape that I bought for a couple of bucks somewhere. I marked it per the "maximum shift points" in the owner's manual. It worked fine.

[justjesus]

Originally Posted by 09TRD

You can use the speedometer as an indicator for red-line in each gear, which is the point of this thread.

I put little marks on the face of the speedometer on my 1997 Tacoma 2wd. I used the stick on "pin striping" tape that I bought for a couple of bucks somewhere.

not a bad idea, the pin striping.

Oh, also. I believe the manual calls for 1,000 MILES break in distance. The sad part, they mention, is you can't just take a long drive, or keep it at certain speed for "extended periods" or something like that. So my idea of a Vegas trip to break it in was thrown out the window. booooo. LOL