[Jordanwolf]

Originally Posted by Tangizdope

Facepalm. Dude I've said this so many times now. The 86 can merge just fine from an on ramp. It just requires more work than a 2nd gen Tacoma like op has and like I have.
In socal (southern California) some of our ramps are very short and steep. To top it off. At the very end, about I would say 150 feet of the end of the ramp. There is a stop where 1 car goes at a time. These are meant for when traffic is bad on the highways. But in socal fashion, that's not always the case because nobody really monitors these. There is one by my school where the ramp is short distance, very steep. That one, you to go from a stop to freeway speed because the friggin light is always on when theres no traffic. So very dangerous right? Welcome to socal roads.
So, steep and short ramps equals merges where you have to romp on it or someone will have to use abs on the highway.
That is just one merge tho. In many others, the ramp is just short and steep.
In my case on the other ramps, I am the kind of person who matches the speed of traffic to merge. Many times however, I am going faster. So no I do not stop before a merge which somehow you think I do. Unless there is a light of course.
The main point I'm trying to make is: The 86 does not have trouble merging after an on ramp because of lack of power, it just takes more effort than a 4.0 tacoma with a good midrange, like op has.
Sorry if I'm being mean. I've said this many times already. I understand nobody has time to read through all the posts on this thread though. Even I just read the first page and then posted. But then people started to exaggerate things or not understand my point.

Isn't every MY/trim/spec of the Tacoma slower than the 86 though? Wouldn't that then mean the Tacoma has to work harder than the 86 to get to 60, the opposite of what you're currently suggesting?