Torque on Demand

[tysamigo]

WOW, thank you very much for the description. I'm not very "mechanical" with cars....yet. I'm learning. This all makes sense, however you would think that someone would have duplicated the technology by now. It's been some time and I haven't seen any other vehicles with it. It all sounds good and I'm VERY glad I have it. It just makes my rig that much more different than the normal vehicle

Is the TOD durable? Are they likely to have problems and are they expensive to fix? Just a few q's for the newbie...

Thanks

[circmand]

I know the idea to match TOD to a manual transmission may seem like a good idea but todays modern automatic transmissions perform better than the driver and get better MPG than the manual transmissions.

[Chopper]

There are 4x Troopers and Rodeos made with the 6cyl/5sp.manual combo...I just don't know if it's the Borg Warner setup, or more of a GM deal. I've worked on both, but never really paid any attention to the transmissions.

[Chopper]

I can think of a lot of descriptors for this slush-box, but modern and efficient would not be among them. This thing has been around since the K car It was not GMs' finest moment.

[blacksambo]

I can think of a lot of descriptors for this slush-box, but modern and efficient would not be among them. This thing has been around since the K car It was not GMs' finest moment.

Is there a better system currently on the market that does everything the VX can do but is "modern and efficient" or was TOD the last word in automatic transfer of power? Just curious as to what is out there.

[Dino]

With cars, Porsche did some very cool stuff with the Carerra 4. Big bucks on the maintenance though...

I don't know of another SUV that has a TOD system.

[Chopper]

I've never had issues with the TOD. It's pretty slick in that you are all but RWD till you need more, then it's there, pretty quickly, and fairly smoothly. I like it at least as much as the Audi/VW system...maybe more...but it's light years behind Acuras' new system. I am talking only about road manners here, because I know absolutely nothing about offroading. My comments were directed at the transmission itself. I generally don't like automatics, and do not care for this one at all. Lexus and MB make some amazing gear boxes, but I'm with Dino, I'd rather do it myself. A manual conversion is tempting. Has been for six years now.