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I am not sure there is a better car in the snow - - maybe a 4th gen - preferred it in the snow a bit for some reason - 3rd gen is better all around for everything thoNever driven a 100 in the snow, but the Tundra and LX kinda make me nervous in comparison due to size and lack of Atrac etc.
80-200s are the best snow suvs I've ever driven. I would guess that rivers are the same.
Hell the 80 with no traction control and tires that are terrible in the cold stuff did amazing.
From the BOD Nominations thread...
No, James. More like this.
No, James. More like this.
ANyone been on these trails in Virginia?
George Washington & Jefferson National Forests - Passes & Permits
https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fsbdev3_000235.pdf
George Washington & Jefferson National Forests - Passes & Permits
https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fsbdev3_000235.pdf
Green Hell Mustang
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Check with @Izzyandsue. He's been all along those trails and fire roads. I think he may have documented it too.
Green Hell Mustang
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I think the Onion needs to do a follow-up with Land Cruiser owners.
https://www.theonion.com/toyota-recalls-1993-camry-due-to-fact-that-owners-reall-1819577805
Edit: I post this with the full understanding that this may open wounds with a majority of LC owners.
https://www.theonion.com/toyota-recalls-1993-camry-due-to-fact-that-owners-reall-1819577805
Edit: I post this with the full understanding that this may open wounds with a majority of LC owners.
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Holy moly the crazy LC mark up has hit the literature also
Toyota Landcruiser Special Edition of 50th Anniversary (BOOK)
And to think I gave mine away to a club member a while back...... didn't know I was siting on gold. LOL
Toyota Landcruiser Special Edition of 50th Anniversary (BOOK)
And to think I gave mine away to a club member a while back...... didn't know I was siting on gold. LOL
The USS Nimitz returned to port for the holidays today
Mud hacked?
Yeah, we hacked
i saw that in the recent posts. hide yo kids hide yo wives, hide yo husbands too . .cause everybody is at risk, but we gonna find you!!
Flashback!!:
Flashback!!:
No, not likely hacked. Some person created an account and posted a bunch of ads on there, but in mandarin.
^^^...and as a MUD member, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground sugar caves.
Actually, what I came here to say is that while shuffling cars around I just lumbered my heavy-ass 80 up my driveway hill, then I zipped right up it in the stock LX. Oh, my! Vive le diffèrence!
Actually, what I came here to say is that while shuffling cars around I just lumbered my heavy-ass 80 up my driveway hill, then I zipped right up it in the stock LX. Oh, my! Vive le diffèrence!
Partsouq.com issue
About a month ago I drove my lexus for the first time in a while. Went to fill up gas and noticed fuel coming out from under the car. Shut off the pump and went to tell the attendant. After that was done and I assessed it was safe to drive I took it home and jacked it up. Found that there was a gash in the hose that connected the filler neck to the gas tank. No clue how that happened, something must have kicked up in there at a perfect angle to do that.
So I order the part from partsouq.com from their diagram for a lexus LS430. Part comes in the mail, I tear apart the DR of the car to get the old one out..... looks nothing like the new one. Also I can fit the end of the old hose inside the new one... not going to make a good seal even if it was the right shape. I also noted that the part number on the part they sent me is different than the toyota label on the bag it was in, and both of them are different from part number on the original damaged part.
I email them and get a reply right away with them wanting to know what is wrong with the part. I explain it to them and send them all the pictures.
They tell me to to worry about the part numbers on the actual parts those are just "toyota internal part numbers" and the part is correct.
I send them the pictures to show how wrong the parts are and they say to not worry about the shape the hose will bend to fit.
I tell them that even if that worked the opening is too big and won't work to seal the fuel system.
Their response is to clamp it down tighter
Before I email back I look up the part number of the bag and the part in the bag. The bag part number correspond to a 98+ camry and the part number on the actual part they sent me is for a 91-96 camry. I tell them that not only did they send me the part for the wrong car that they sent the wrong part for the wrong car.
They reiterate that the "toyota internal" part number on the part is not what the part number is blah blah blah. I say well that doesn't matter I needed this part for a 01 lexus.
You didn't order a part for a lexus you ordered a part for a camry.
I check my order bill and sure enough the part number on it is the part number on the bag.
So I tell them there is something wrong with their website because I followed the links to that part by clicking on my car so it is still their fault, I would have had to willingly look up a camry for it to be my fault and I may be getting older but I can still remember my own car.
Still its my fault so then I say that ok, lets say I needed this part for the 99 camry you still sent me one for a 91 so I would like my money back.
Back to the internal part number.....
I forward them an email I got from the local parts department at toyota telling me the parts are not interchangeable.
They say that they are mistaken but they will let me return the part to them for a %15 restocking fee......... oh and I also need to cover the cost of shipping it back to Dubai...
I already paid to have it shipped to me, part with shipping cost me $35, Shipping it back to Dubai would cost me another $40
So needless to say I won't be sending them the part or ordering parts from them for a while... .I got the correct part from lexuspartsdirect.com for only about $2 more than partsouq
I'm out $35 and its more of a principle kind of thing but also wouldn't want this to happen to me with some kind of expensive heavy part that i'd be stuck with.
Oh and if anyone has a 91 camry and needs this part let me know you can have it
Oh and they did correct their parts diagram for the LS, I went on there and they do have the correct part there now.
About a month ago I drove my lexus for the first time in a while. Went to fill up gas and noticed fuel coming out from under the car. Shut off the pump and went to tell the attendant. After that was done and I assessed it was safe to drive I took it home and jacked it up. Found that there was a gash in the hose that connected the filler neck to the gas tank. No clue how that happened, something must have kicked up in there at a perfect angle to do that.
So I order the part from partsouq.com from their diagram for a lexus LS430. Part comes in the mail, I tear apart the DR of the car to get the old one out..... looks nothing like the new one. Also I can fit the end of the old hose inside the new one... not going to make a good seal even if it was the right shape. I also noted that the part number on the part they sent me is different than the toyota label on the bag it was in, and both of them are different from part number on the original damaged part.
I email them and get a reply right away with them wanting to know what is wrong with the part. I explain it to them and send them all the pictures.
They tell me to to worry about the part numbers on the actual parts those are just "toyota internal part numbers" and the part is correct.
I send them the pictures to show how wrong the parts are and they say to not worry about the shape the hose will bend to fit.
I tell them that even if that worked the opening is too big and won't work to seal the fuel system.
Their response is to clamp it down tighter
Before I email back I look up the part number of the bag and the part in the bag. The bag part number correspond to a 98+ camry and the part number on the actual part they sent me is for a 91-96 camry. I tell them that not only did they send me the part for the wrong car that they sent the wrong part for the wrong car.
They reiterate that the "toyota internal" part number on the part is not what the part number is blah blah blah. I say well that doesn't matter I needed this part for a 01 lexus.
You didn't order a part for a lexus you ordered a part for a camry.
I check my order bill and sure enough the part number on it is the part number on the bag.
So I tell them there is something wrong with their website because I followed the links to that part by clicking on my car so it is still their fault, I would have had to willingly look up a camry for it to be my fault and I may be getting older but I can still remember my own car.
Still its my fault so then I say that ok, lets say I needed this part for the 99 camry you still sent me one for a 91 so I would like my money back.
Back to the internal part number.....
I forward them an email I got from the local parts department at toyota telling me the parts are not interchangeable.
They say that they are mistaken but they will let me return the part to them for a %15 restocking fee......... oh and I also need to cover the cost of shipping it back to Dubai...
I already paid to have it shipped to me, part with shipping cost me $35, Shipping it back to Dubai would cost me another $40
So needless to say I won't be sending them the part or ordering parts from them for a while... .I got the correct part from lexuspartsdirect.com for only about $2 more than partsouq
I'm out $35 and its more of a principle kind of thing but also wouldn't want this to happen to me with some kind of expensive heavy part that i'd be stuck with.
Oh and if anyone has a 91 camry and needs this part let me know you can have it
Oh and they did correct their parts diagram for the LS, I went on there and they do have the correct part there now.
Oh yeah I did try one more time showing pics of my taking it apart and th pictures of the correct part where the bag part number and the "Toyota internal part number printed on the part were identical. No response.
Old part fitting into new part
Part number on wrong part
Doesn't match the part number on the bag
Correct part and bag with matching part numbers
All three parts side by side
Old part fitting into new part
Part number on wrong part
Doesn't match the part number on the bag
Correct part and bag with matching part numbers
All three parts side by side
why would you use a parts source in dubai when we have dealers everywhere in the us
Because they are cheaper than amazon on most parts and have faster shipping in most cases, many people on mud have used them and it is where I got the recommendation from. I ordered on Thursday and the part was at my door on Saturday morning.
Quite a few parts I priced out from them are a ton cheaper than all other sites I looked at but their prices do fluctuate. When I ordered this part I checked out the heater Tee's and Hoses for the 100.... total was $73. Didn't order and went with a stateside dealer when I did even with the heavy discount it was $130.
First time I ordered from them and most likely the last. Ton's of people on Mud, expo and the lexus forum i'm a part of order from them.
Quite a few parts I priced out from them are a ton cheaper than all other sites I looked at but their prices do fluctuate. When I ordered this part I checked out the heater Tee's and Hoses for the 100.... total was $73. Didn't order and went with a stateside dealer when I did even with the heavy discount it was $130.
First time I ordered from them and most likely the last. Ton's of people on Mud, expo and the lexus forum i'm a part of order from them.
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