Thread: towing in auto or sports mode ??

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

If you havent done The Indian Ocean Drive yet you are going to love it,it was my second drive last week.
Stay at Horrocks for a few days,the van park is old but very clean,DO NOT GET FISH AND CHIPS FROM THE ONLY PLACE,ITS CRAP!!!!!.The sand is softer than White Hills,especially the Bowes River mouth to the south,its a great fishing spot.Little Bay north of town is fine at 20psi,another great fishing spot.
Its bitumen into Kalbarri,or a shorter gravel road to Port Gregory from Horrocks.
There is a shire camp ground at Little bay,better off staying at Horrocks.
Fishing WA catching tailor there,they call it Lucky Bay,its actually Little Bay.Due to the tides we couldnt fish black rocks just north of here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eVWLuaUAis
ENJOY
Andrew

Andy,

Thanks for the tips. Will do some more planning in the coming weeks. Will show my son the video and he will want to go tomorrow.

Craig

Originally Posted by LRD414

It is on the Gap iiD Tool with Bluetooth. I'm just sorting out a more robust way of mounting the iPhone as a "live values" display for trans temp, coolant temp and whatever else. And an extension cable to move the tool away from my right foot.

I towed 1.5t of camper trailer to the Cape and outback Qld and found normal Drive to be really good, only putting it into Sport for more hilly terrain (eg Atherton Tableland or going up the range). Drive adapts itself to the towing duty after not too long and Sport just gives it some extra grunt as Andrew said.

Hardly ever needed to use the paddles when towing. Certainly no need to avoid top gear or force any particular gear like I read for LC's. Other end of the spectrum, I remember one really steep descent on the Bloomfield Track where I tried HDC instead of manually engine braking in one gear. Amazing.

Scott,

Thanks for the info, will experiment with Sport soon. I think I will have to get one of the "Gap iiD Tool with Bluetooth" I like my gadgets.

It was interesting reading about the LC200 tranny temps on your other post. I had not considered that but will be monitoring in the future. I drive conservatively these days especially with the family on board.

As a young lad with V8's and lots of time on my hands I drove a bit harder and some times to breaking point, but things were more easily fixed.

Craig

Originally Posted by Dudela

Andy,

Thanks for the tips. Will do some more planning in the coming weeks. Will show my son the video and he will want to go tomorrow.

Craig

I gave you a bum steer.The video was infact shot at Lucky Bay,its just south of Kalbarri near Wagoe.
I would still pencil in a couple of nights at Horrocks on the way up.People camping either side of us were doing the same.
Andrew

Thats the biggest Taylor I've ever seen

I have briefly looked at being able to display the transmission temp using a Scanguage. My efforts at looking through this came up with that there doesn't appear to be an existing sensor for transmission temp. I can't be absolutely sure of this as you would think that this would be monitored in the ecu somewhere. If someone has worked out how to read the transmission temp then please tell.
Cheers, Simmo