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[jfz80]

time to 3 link the front.

I dunno. Seems like it would end up costing more than expected for an area of the country that doesn’t have a ton of worthy trail systems. Plus need a tow rig; well that part might be quasi covered now but 4 trips a year doesn’t seem worth it. Frame is tweaked a bit. Body mounts torn. Body has a wave/buckle in it.

I was thinking how nice it was that Free shut down the interstate so I could walk on it unfettered. That and how cool my Trooper looked with a James Baroud on top of it. Rooftop on his rig ten minutes before his physics lesson, devastating incident that thankfully he and the pooches were unhurt, and my new home away from home if I had $1200.


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Signed: Gleeful MF’r.

Ah yes. Rookie cop on week 1 of his new statie role. Even in her last glamour shot truck was so nice till she wasn’t. But that double decker rack stack is impressive. I take payments btw

Damn Jason, very relieved to hear you and the pooches are ok! That looks as if it coulda been a whole helluva lot worse. Also sad that an iconic 80 has met its demise.

Let me guess, the woman driving the Subaru took off?

Thanks Joe. That was the most important piece.

Actually she stuck around till the end. Well over an hour. Maybe two. She’s the one I handed Katie too without realizing it. BTW. When the ass end of an 80 is on top the barrier and the nose on the ground and you climb out the door with no front tire to stand on ……. That’s a long way down!

She offered to be a witness. Said some guy stopped in front of her and he took off

Cops didn’t make effort to talk to her.
Attorney didn’t bother calling her.
It’s all a damn game that sometimes you’re forced to play.

 

[weejub]

My Daughter swipes a guy from behind on Sugar Creek in Charlotte like 2 years ago. He stops abruptly to take a right into his home. Damages her right fender area, but nothing horrible - she almost missed him. No frame on frame, etc. It basically creased her car body from light to fender well - we ended up zip-tying it back together given her $$ and likelihood to hit something else. LOL

Older man has a full steel rear bumper on his truck. She hit his back left side.

She takes a picture of his bumper - not even a mark.

Instead of calling the police, like I have told her to, she records most of their conversation on the phone. He says he is fine, "didn't even feel it" and "he shouldn't have stopped so fast," etc. She tells me she didn't call the police, because she didn't want him to get in trouble :\ I was like "well its 99.99% likely your fault, but the police could have helped with that as well as had him checked out if needed."

We tried to get some umbrella insurance a ~year later to cover our business and personal stuff. Find out then (after 30 mins on the phone with the sales guy) the truck driver ended up suing USAA for a neck injury. I had to call a different USAA number at this point asking about it. They don't seem to want to talk about it. I offer the pictures, the phone conversation, etc. I uploaded a pic. No follow-up of us, anything. Very weird.

My face is probably on some "America's least wanted insuree" list now.

 

[weejub]

I dunno. Seems like it would end up costing more than expected for an area of the country that doesn’t have a ton of worthy trail systems. Plus need a tow rig; well that part might be quasi covered now but 4 trips a year doesn’t seem worth it. Frame is tweaked a bit. Body mounts torn. Body has a wave/buckle in it.

Ah yes. Rookie cop on week 1 of his new statie role. Even in her last glamour shot truck was so nice till she wasn’t. But that double decker rack stack is impressive. I take payments btw



Thanks Joe. That was the most important piece.

Actually she stuck around till the end. Well over an hour. Maybe two. She’s the one I handed Katie too without realizing it. BTW. When the ass end of an 80 is on top the barrier and the nose on the ground and you climb out the door with no front tire to stand on ……. That’s a long way down!

She offered to be a witness. Said some guy stopped in front of her and he took off

Cops didn’t make effort to talk to her.
Attorney didn’t bother calling her.
It’s all a damn game that sometimes you’re forced to play.

Is the '20 Tacoma the "new truck?" Or are you doing something different to replace the 80?

 

[jfz80]

Is the '20 Tacoma the "new truck?" Or are you doing something different to replace the 80?

We got an observant one here guys!!!

20 taco is work truck. Not owned by me. Yet

the replacement ride I secured Friday. Made legal today. Posted in the members ridesthread but went to the bougie side for a bit to se how it treats me.

Picked up a 2008 in DC Friday. Will get right on that sig edit

 

[alk747triodad]

Damn Jason, glad you and pups are ok. Go buy a lottery ticket...

 

[izzyandsue]

My Daughter swipes a guy from behind on Sugar Creek in Charlotte like 2 years ago. He stops abruptly to take a right into his home. Damages her right fender area, but nothing horrible - she almost missed him. No frame on frame, etc. It basically creased her car body from light to fender well - we ended up zip-tying it back together given her $$ and likelihood to hit something else. LOL

Older man has a full steel rear bumper on his truck. She hit his back left side.

She takes a picture of his bumper - not even a mark.

Instead of calling the police, like I have told her to, she records most of their conversation on the phone. He says he is fine, "didn't even feel it" and "he shouldn't have stopped so fast," etc. She tells me she didn't call the police, because she didn't want him to get in trouble :\ I was like "well its 99.99% likely your fault, but the police could have helped with that as well as had him checked out if needed."

We tried to get some umbrella insurance a ~year later to cover our business and personal stuff. Find out then (after 30 mins on the phone with the sales guy) the truck driver ended up suing USAA for a neck injury. I had to call a different USAA number at this point asking about it. They don't seem to want to talk about it. I offer the pictures, the phone conversation, etc. I uploaded a pic. No follow-up of us, anything. Very weird.

My face is probably on some "America's least wanted insuree" list now.

Don’t like USAA…My daughter bought her first car on her own last year, VW wagon, and was rear ended at traffic light last week by a jeep. She called to let us know they were okay, and she lawyer lawyer lawyer. I was proud she remembered, insurance companies job is to deny deny deny payment, and lawyers make them sweat it out. The unfortunate reality of the business.

 

[gasman4u]

Don’t like USAA…My daughter bought her first car on her own last year, VW wagon, and was rear ended at traffic light last week by a jeep. She called to let us know they were okay, and she lawyer lawyer lawyer. I was proud she remembered, insurance companies job is to deny deny deny payment, and lawyers make them sweat it out. The unfortunate reality of the business.

I have zero experience with USAA, just empiric data from others' first hand experience. I will say years ago I heard great things about them. Not anymore. One guy had his house burn to the ground and USAA has still NOT given him one shekel from his (then current) policy. Guy is still paying on a pile of ashes last I heard.

 

[Fort Knox]

Damn Jason! As others have said, super thankful that you and the pups are ok, but sad to see the 80 taken out.

 

[40LandCruising]

Was supposed to be wheeling in Alabama this week, rain and lack of planning moved the trip to TN.

Got to Maryville TN Wednesday night, wheeled Sand mines (TWRA Land) Thursday, rain gave us a late start Friday but we ate a breakfast buffet at Shoney's and hit some stuff at windsock, and then Saturday we hit more TWRA Royal Blue trails.

Sand mines was cool, I'd love to check out more of the playground areas, my rear locker is current incapacitated so I was at a handicap all week.

The trails we hit yesterday in Royal Blue SUCKED. I'm sure there is some good stuff in there but we got almost exclusively muddy ruts and then even worse massive mud holes. Very little actual rock crawling. The place was eat up with side by sides. But still a good day on the trails.

 

[40LandCruising]

Was supposed to be wheeling in Alabama this week, rain and lack of planning moved the trip to TN.

Got to Maryville TN Wednesday night, wheeled Sand mines (TWRA Land) Thursday, rain gave us a late start Friday but we ate a breakfast buffet at Shoney's and hit some stuff at windsock, and then Saturday we hit more TWRA Royal Blue trails.

Sand mines was cool, I'd love to check out more of the playground areas, my rear locker is current incapacitated so I was at a handicap all week.

The trails we hit yesterday in Royal Blue SUCKED. I'm sure there is some good stuff in there but we got almost exclusively muddy ruts and then even worse massive mud holes. Very little actual rock crawling. The place was eat up with side by sides. But still a good day on the trails.

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For once I made it through a trip with out breaking anything, worst damage was ripping my grill off like 10 times. I have a long list of things I plan to change soon. Like making the 37s for so diff out slightly less. And having suspension that actually flexes.

 

[Hokie LX]

This popped up on the deals forum here on Mud. The Koito headlight kit from the toyota dealers is on sale for <$20 from my local dealer. Great deal considering it includes the harness and bulbs. I bought this kit early on and have since replaced it but great value.

Toyota h4 Koito halogen kit. Relays, harness.$16.64 + shipping.

Stole another deal from garage journal I had not seen before. This time it’s for a made in Japan Toyota headlight kit. P/n 8111060P70 The harness and relays are more useful than the other stuff for me but others may find it all valuable. The cheapest price including shipping for me was from...

forum.ih8mud.com

 

[little_joe]

This popped up on the deals forum here on Mud. The Koito headlight kit from the toyota dealers is on sale for <$20 from my local dealer. Great deal considering it includes the harness and bulbs. I bought this kit early on and have since replaced it but great value.

Toyota h4 Koito halogen kit. Relays, harness.$16.64 + shipping.

Stole another deal from garage journal I had not seen before. This time it’s for a made in Japan Toyota headlight kit. P/n 8111060P70 The harness and relays are more useful than the other stuff for me but others may find it all valuable. The cheapest price including shipping for me was from...

forum.ih8mud.com

I just used this kit on my KZJ90, agreed - for the price, it's a steal! And having headlights that shine beyond 4 ft and are LHD-specific are nice bonuses!

 

[lowtops]

New milestone!

This is my 2009 Tacoma Prerunner. I bought it used in 2011 with 75k on it. I got a decent deal on it since it had high miles for a two-year-old vehicle. This is by far the most reliable vehicle I have owned. It only left me stranded once due to a bad alternator.
This truck is stock except for adding a Toyota skid plate, paint job, & recovering the seats. All replacement parts have been Toyota.
I save all of my receipts so I went through and added up all of my expenses for 12 years. Price of the truck plus interest on the loan, gas, tires, maintenance, paint job, seat covers, insurance, property tax, etc.
Total cost of ownership for 12 years- $85,650
That’s an average of $594 per month, with gas accounting for an average of $284 per month.

For the first 300k miles, I performed regular maintenance, replaced both front wheel bearings twice (four total), and replaced the alternator.
Between 300k and 400k miles, I had to replace the headlight housings, new leaf springs (recall), new water pump, one more front wheel bearing, and replaced the blower resistor for the HVAC (it's bad again but I found if I open and firmly close the glovebox it will work again for awhile), and new shocks and struts.
The first 6 oil changes were included from the deanship, after that I used Mobil 1 5w-30 and changed it every 10k miles. It started using 1/4 qt between oil changes so I dropped the change interval to 7k miles.

I sent an oil sample to Blackstone a couple of weeks ago and am waiting for that to come back.

Hopefully, in about four years I’ll post a 500K pic.

 

[Pick]

Love my Tacoma!! I just replaced my alternator at 235k. Hope to make 400k with as minimal issues as you...

 

[alk747triodad]

Lydia and I went exploring in the URE's yesterday. Started out with BLT's from the Outpost then proceeded to to find the Big Rocks that we had heard about. We were not disappointed! After driving the service road down to almost the Narrows boat landing, we found the horse, biking, and walking trail that led up to the Big Rock area. Maybe a half mile walk and we reached the top of the mountain and was amazed at what we found. The area had probably 10 huge boulders with some stacked on top of each other that was almost like some kind of Stonehenge. There was a campfire in the middle of several boulders, that looks like it has been used for centuries. I am sure this place was popular with the indians when they roamed this area.

After this hike we went down to the Narrows lake and spent some time by the water.

We then headed to low water bridge off Coggins Mine Rd. As soon as we turned on Coggins Mine, just a short distance was the Eldorado Consolidated High School. We ended up at low water bridge where the water was up and a couple guys were launching their kayaks.

It was a great afternoon to be in the woods and was a fun adventure we would do again.

 

[lt1fire]

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New milestone!

This is my 2009 Tacoma Prerunner. I bought it used in 2011 with 75k on it. I got a decent deal on it since it had high miles for a two-year-old vehicle. This is by far the most reliable vehicle I have owned. It only left me stranded once due to a bad alternator.
This truck is stock except for adding a Toyota skid plate, paint job, & recovering the seats. All replacement parts have been Toyota.
I save all of my receipts so I went through and added up all of my expenses for 12 years. Price of the truck plus interest on the loan, gas, tires, maintenance, paint job, seat covers, insurance, property tax, etc.
Total cost of ownership for 12 years- $85,650
That’s an average of $594 per month, with gas accounting for an average of $284 per month.

For the first 300k miles, I performed regular maintenance, replaced both front wheel bearings twice (four total), and replaced the alternator.
Between 300k and 400k miles, I had to replace the headlight housings, new leaf springs (recall), new water pump, one more front wheel bearing, and replaced the blower resistor for the HVAC (it's bad again but I found if I open and firmly close the glovebox it will work again for awhile), and new shocks and struts.
The first 6 oil changes were included from the deanship, after that I used Mobil 1 5w-30 and changed it every 10k miles. It started using 1/4 qt between oil changes so I dropped the change interval to 7k miles.

I sent an oil sample to Blackstone a couple of weeks ago and am waiting for that to come back.

Hopefully, in about four years I’ll post a 500K pic.

That's pretty dang cool lots of miles per year for sure.

 

[lt1fire]

Lydia and I went exploring in the URE's yesterday. Started out with BLT's from the Outpost then proceeded to to find the Big Rocks that we had heard about. We were not disappointed! After driving the service road down to almost the Narrows boat landing, we found the horse, biking, and walking trail that led up to the Big Rock area. Maybe a half mile walk and we reached the top of the mountain and was amazed at what we found. The area had probably 10 huge boulders with some stacked on top of each other that was almost like some kind of Stonehenge. There was a campfire in the middle of several boulders, that looks like it has been used for centuries. I am sure this place was popular with the indians when they roamed this area.

After this hike we went down to the Narrows lake and spent some time by the water.

We then headed to low water bridge off Coggins Mine Rd. As soon as we turned on Coggins Mine, just a short distance was the Eldorado Consolidated High School. We ended up at low water bridge where the water was up and a couple guys were launching their kayaks.

It was a great afternoon to be in the woods and was a fun adventure we would do again.

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Looking good Lydia..... that high school is cool... did you get any interior pics?

 

[alk747triodad]

^^ No interior pics. There was a fence around the perimeter with no trespassing signs. We would have loved to be able to roam through this old school.

 

[lt1fire]

^^ No interior pics. There was a fence around the perimeter with no trespassing signs. We would have loved to be able to roam through this old school.

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[lt1fire]

A more interesting view of the eclipse