I engaged the system on my '05 4R with stock Michelin Defender tires on a dirt road descent. It was making all kinds of crazy noises and not doing a great job of controlling speed either. I'll just put it in 4LO and put the transmission in 1st gear to control downhill speeds.
You've gone soft old man. You don't have a tent, sleeping bag and Coleman camping stove? Full disclosure, I don't even go camping without a trailer anymore.
Yeah, she's crazy. I have 2 Land Cruisers and 3 4Runners. The one LC that doesn't run is stored at my dad's house. Out of sight, out of mind. The rest all run and are registered. The Insurance company loves me. My wife hasn't tried to convince me we have too many. And right now one of the...
Since Jon already said it, yes, you are old. Even I'm getting close to that label. I really like that my '02 and '10 4Rs have a t-case lever. The '10 is a Trails Edition so it has all the KDSS, Crawl Control, HDC, rear locker, and so on. I hate the way crawl control and hill descent control...
In case you've been living under a rock or never read anything on the internet related to cars, Toyota finally released details of the new 4Runner. I've been wondering where it would slot into the lineup with the new US Land Cruiser that's based on the same platform as the GX/Prado and sort of...
It used to be if you took it the county station downtown for your free retest and you failed again after showing that you had spent some money to try to fix it, they would give you 1 year to get it fixed completely. I wasn't sure if you knew about this or if it's even still a rule.
A pack of smokes costs almost as much as a good bottle of whiskey these days. My parents smoked like chimneys. I'm glad I never picked up the habit or I'd be broke. My 70 year old dad on SS is now rolling his own with pouches of tobacco and pre-made cig tubes. in the 90's they smoked Bucks...
Moving to the East Mountains and working on base has made AmToy very inconvenient. I only go to Sandia Toyota for small parts I need right away that are likely in stock. For anything costly, I just order from the internet now.
Full disclosure, I've never owned an 80-series and have no experience with the pair system. I just read about it and tried to understand what it's purpose is. Both of my vehicles were carbureted that had issues so there were a lot more areas of potential failure and adjustment.
I asked if I could be on a cancellation call-back list. They said they don't do that and I would have to call back regularly to see if a there was an earlier appointment available.