NW WA Meet / BS Thread

Looks like fun up in the snow. 70mph gusts up here on San Juan Island. So beautiful though!

 

I will, he's waiting for the salvaged title to come in the mail before I pick it up. It's sitting at the auto body shop in town still, I'm trying to have him meet me there and follow me home with it before parts start missing. The auto body shop owners is pissed that he's buying it back, I think they wanted it. When I stopped to check it out the owner was nice until I told him I wasn't with the insurance CO.

 

Nice pics, I love the new 4runners! I'd own one if they sell them with a V8 and a manual trans.

 

same.

 

WOOHOOO! Man I wish I coulda gone!

 

Sounds like when my neighbor got the salvage title for his car. The place the tow company had taken it was all nice and friendly right up till my neighbor, dad, and I went to pick it. They had purposely parked the car in a messed up spot that was muddy, then parked other cards so the only way to get it out was through a 6" deep puddle. When I went in to ask if they could move two cars so we could back our trailer up the owner pretty much told me to go screw myself. We had to push the car through the mud to get it to a spot where we could load it on the trailer. About the time we were wrapping up the owner just comes out and just watches us. So of course being wet and muddy i had to make the comment of the three of us would never bring a car to his company and would tell others about the shitty customer service.


Amazes me how places like that could stay in business. Luckily I have a good shop that my dad has used for 20+ years and they take care of customers. Like when my dad thought he had an issue with his alternator and starter, took it to them, dad went to pick it up after work and they had just found a shorted wire. They replaced it and didnt charge my dad anything. Thats the kind of service that gets you people to come back.

 

Awesome! I am at the Pancake House right now wondering if you guys are back down. I saw a bunch of toyotas at the commonwealth and wondered if that was the recharge meetup.

 

That's bs!
This shop also owns the local wrecking yard on top of mile hill in port orchard, the one with repaired salvaged rigs for sale out front.

 

Ahhh i know where that is then! Never actually been to it but driven past it plenty. I live in Port Orchard just not near Mile Hill

 

Weily's.
I live Olalla off Banner.

 

I had a good time today, and learned that it's not possible to take pictures when snow is falling.

On our way to steal your girl.

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Airing down. Bullshitting.
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It's boring at the back of the bus...
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Oh shit looks like a ton of snow fell on you guys! Definitely looks like a good time. Who all got stuck?

 

Looks like you guys had an awesome time. Great shots, the 3rd to last photo is my fav. Would make a killer sig crop.

 

I got stuck a few times. Airing down more with a bit of a tug got me moving again. Here's my photo dump.

@YZRIDER3087





I guess that's it.

 

I know a few people who live off Banner. plus another guy who might be buying a house there soon too. Its a nice area thats for sure!


Looks like you guys had fun playing in the snow! Wish I could have joined ya but right now the truck isnt moving while i wait for a couple parts

 

What parts?

 

Wheel speed sensor for the ABS. Hoping this Chinese knockoff for 30 bucks works instead of having to pay 200 for the OEM one. Plus i need ot finish up my air hose connections in the front and rear which im waiting for fittings for

 

I think Bob, Will, and Ian were the only guys that needed help being extracted. Luckily we had nearly a half dozen winches, shovels, etc. I think we were pretty well prepared. Maybe a set of Maxtrax/Tred recovery boards would have been handy- hard to say without having tried using them. It was slick at the end. I turned around and tried to back up to where the group was, but ended up just sliding down the hill. Slick enough that we spun Will 180 degrees using winches.

It was a good time. I think the majority of our time was spent pulling people around, but that's part of the fun of snow wheeling.



Watching how capable Devin's truck was, with 35s at 4psi and dual lockers, was pretty humbling. My little 4Runner has never felt so incompetent.

 

That looks like a blast..

 

You can say that again!