Has anybody driven the V6 6speed Manual ?

[m999999 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close m999999]

Has anybody driven the 6 speed Prado ?? Is it like driving a sedan ?? or are the ratio's to close. The dealer told us that it has two over drives and to overtake you must go back to forth gear . Is this True ??

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Michael

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I did not even know they made manuals for the Prado, other than the Diesels :lol:

[m999999 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close m999999]

yes 6 speed manual in the gxl .

A little rare ..., and the manual motor has less torque (but has a flatter curve)

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Mick

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okay

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GXL six speed manual

The six speed is great. The only prob i have is when i drive other manual car i go for sixth and have bounced off reverse on a few occasions (work cars).
As i live 30kms from work its all 100kph country roads from 1 minute after i drive out of the garage(no traffic lights). I dont go to sixth under 100 as it tends to labour but once your there its great. When catching slower cars and you wash off a bit of speed (90kph or so) sixth is to tall so i just drop back a cog and off she goes.
Fuel wise i drove to tamworth from toowoomba (500km)with 2 other people air con all the way and it only took 63 lts (approx 12.6 lts per 100 km).
I had a mazda tribute classic before this one and it got nowhere near the fuel economy of the prado.