NW WA Meet / BS Thread

Correct, also it isn't exactly a first gen tundra rear end. Tundra's were 4" wider and I thought had a 9" ring gear.. could be wrong about that but @utroda would know

 

sorry to butt in here in the middle without doing much reading back.

just became the proud owner of my first 2 toyota's.
a 1997 reg 4x4 Tacoma and a 2003 4x4 v8 sr5 Tundra ( low miles that is not running )
will anything from an 03 v8 tundra swap onto my Taco?

any good shops or Toyota Genius' in the Battle Ground/Vancouver area to checkout?
ill be skimming this thread more later this week!

Butsack!

 

You use a lot of emoticons

 

Hey guys, I'm trying to plan an easy day trip down here in SE Washington (I live in the Tri-Cities). I have a thread on Northwest overland about the proposed trip and wanted to extend the invite to TW peeps too.

http://northwestoverland.com/forums/topic/possible-trip-for-summer-kendall-skyline-rd/#post-195054

 

I'll be headed up to snocrummie after work today to capitalize on the projected 20ish inches projected to dump today. Anyone else headed for some pow turns tonight?

 

True. But the harrup you only get the locker. The arb you get an air source too Either would be fine though

 

I am not registered on that site, but to answer some of your questions. You should have NO problem hitting that anytime after May 15ish. Most of the routes your have looked at are maintained forest service roads or maintained county roads, again, no problems.

I am also in the Tri-cities and would like to get more into these types of trips (at least until I'm better equipped). PM me and we can exchange numbers.

 

This appears to be the dealer?

http://www.autosalesspot.com/mobile...d-5-speed-automatic-used-pickup-auburn-wa.htm

 

I would like more info as well!!

 

welcome! I have no answers for you, sorry.

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/free-autocheck-running-carfax.466088/
hit this guy up to check the vin... and run away from vehicles imported from Canada

 

I see a ton of used trucks (mostly full size Chevy's and GMC's) on dealer lots that are Canadian imports. I'm leery of them to begin with, but just wondering what your experience or knowledge about avoiding Canadian imports? It was my understanding that factory warranties would still be honored (but not 100% sure), but what other factors are there to consider?

 

Unfortunately I am new to the site and do not meet the 50 post requirement.

 

Most of them are rust buckets due to the chemical/salt. The rigs from alberta are the worst, they are usually used in the oil fields and they dump them when done. Dealers pick them up and ship it to BC, undercoat the crap out of underside and then dump them in the states through auctions.
I briefly worked for a used car lot in BC (as a detailer) and that was their practice, due to nafta and strong dollar, they make a huge profit.

There are recent news on this was couple years ago when a couple bought two trucks from a truck truck truck dealer in our puget sound area.

 

Hahaha shit oh well. My taco has one and it's aight.

I'm dying! So true hahahaha

Yeah mine is always when starting out. It's slow as hell so I give it enough gas for fucking 4 cylinder and then it goes "nope he wants power. Double it!" And I'm like well dammit now my foot is pressed too far for an 8 cylinder and it's all jerky. Heaven forbid I want to accelerate at a controlled speed. Not like a turtle but not throwing me back.... smh

 

That makes sense. Most of the ones I was looking at (in passing) were pretty late model (2015 and 2016) and had under 20,000 miles. But I guess with cross-border shenanigans, it wouldn't be hard to roll the odometer back, especially since they probably have to swap the dash over to Imperial for the primary. I thought the low miles were always a bit suspicious (why is this truck for sale already type of questions.) One was a 1T, so I figured the guy that bought it didn't realize the shit-ride it would have unloaded.

And every one of the ones I noticed had cheap-ass lifts and ugly aftermarket wheels. Probably to hide all the rusted OEM parts....

 

OK so WSDOT had other plans for my chowda shred night sesh, anyone want to go to Snoqualmie tomorrow evening?

 

I stomped my landing off a jump at Stevens Sunday night, so I'll have to pass.

By stomped I mean the top of the jump was all fucked up and sent me over the front, landing directly on my shoulder. Pretty sure my rotator cuff no longer exists.

 

If nobody else gets down to look at it, I will try to this weekend. Seems like a fair price for a 2011... in fact it seems way too low for a 2011. I wonder what was wrong with it.

 

That was my thought on it, seems to be on the low end price-wise. The CarFax link doesn't work either (at least for me, asks me to buy it....)