PennSilverTaco's "Perfect 5-Lug Regular Cab" Build, Aspergers, and General BS MegaThread!

Wal-Mart Maxx

 

Walmart Maxx

 

Really? And I'm guessing it's cheaper...

 

LOL, I looked it up and figured it out...

 

But that doesn't mean an interstate and wm Maxx are the same thing.

That said, Walmart is pretty much the most convenient place to get a battery. I'll probably get my next one there, once this nice Canadian Tire Motormaster eats it.

 

Optima red tops are pure garbage. Stay away from those.

 

NO. Optima is junk. Quality sent south when the company did.

 

Literally!

 

I’d anticipate a really, really long service life. My 2007 has 268,000 miles on it now, and it’s been trouble free.

And by trouble free, it hasn’t been, but everything I’ve had to have repaired was due to an unfortunate, slippery encounter with a ditch.

The items like water pumps, alternators, and starters are original on my truck. Honestly, it’s unbelievable how good these engines are.

 

Since you take meticulous care of your truck, the only question is how long you plan to keep it. Eventually you will replace water pumps, alternators, U-joints, ball joints, wheel bearings, etc. These parts don't fail often but they do sometimes fail without warning, although it is rare. With higher mileage they do eventually wear out and they will warn you by vibrating, squeaking, rumbling, leaking or some other obvious sign. On my 2006 4-cylinder, I did a new AC condenser (cracked/leaking) at 110k and a new water pump (leaking) at 150k. Currently at 156k and running like new. At 200k I'm planning to do new U-joints and carrier bearing, but that's about it aside from regular services. Your regular cab doesn't have a carrier bearing.

 

@El Duderino
@ALI3N_123
@Running Man

Guys, read from here to the end of the thread...


PennDOT really sucks...

Yes, they do serve a purpose and fill a very important role, but they still suck. I complain about Pennsylvania's annual safety inspections and emissions testing all the time, but that's only the tip of the iceberg.

For starters, PennDOT is responsible for maintaining the roads, but they can't even do that most of the time! Where the hell is all my tax money going?!?! The steering linkage on my Tacoma would sure like to know, as I just had to get an alignment for the first time ever.

PennDOT as an organization cares more about generating revenue and serving themselves than doing their job.

 

One of the more obnoxious things about PennDOT is it's policy on suspended and revoked driver's licenses...

Let's say somebody loses their license for a few months because they a DUI or have accrued too many points due to various offenses (speeding, reckless driving, etc). They will eventually get their license back, but they have to serve out the suspension. That's not the problem. Driving is privilege and not a right, and that privilege can be taken away if you do something stupid. In the meantime, you'd think they would at least be able to keep their driver's license as a form of ID in the meantime, right? NOPE!

Regardless of why a person loses their license, they are required to mail their license to PennDOT headquarters in Harrisburg. If they want photo ID for the duration of the suspension/revocation, they must get a non-driver ID, which costs like thirty bucks or so on top of every other fee and fine they're probably facing. Some people are lucky enough to have a passport or military ID, but many do not. It's as if PennDOT wants to make sure you know they've got you by the balls.

Also, the obvious reason for this rule is that the government bureaucrats actually think that physically taking someone's driver's license will keep them from driving while their license is suspended...

Seriously?!?!

 

It's partially a money-making measure, because no doubt people have gotten their license suspended weeks after getting it renewed. They've got a perfectly good driver's license that's good for about four years, and now they have to spend like thirty bucks on a state ID that is good for the same period of time as a license, but that they will only need for anywhere from a few months to a year or so.

I technically still have a state ID. It was issued in 2009 before I got my license, and it expired in 2013, more than two years after I got my license. Obviously, since I have a valid driver's license, I don't need to renew it. I was 20 when my first state ID was issued, so it was vertical instead of horizontal. I was 22 when I finally got my license, so I've never had a vertical "Under 21" license.

 

Illegal immigrants drive without a license and uninsured all the time; What makes anybody think an American citizen or a legal immigrant who previously had a valid license will stop driving if they depend on their vehicle to get to work?

 

One annoying part about PennDOT's licensing practices is that doctors can anonymously get someone's license taken away for medical problems. I actually agree with this practice under most circumstances, but it greatly inconveniences the person whose license is being taken away.

My late step-grandpa (who we all called Mr. P) had to surrender his license in 2010, at the age of 86, due to various medical problems. This was not voluntary, but the result of a doctor reporting it to PennDOT, though he did voluntary give up his license when asked to do so.

**A little backstory. My biological grandparents met in about 1956, and got married in 1957 or 1958. They had four kids together, but ended up divorcing in the mid-1960s. Both got remarried in the 1970s. Both Grandmothers are still alive and healthy. Grammy, my biological grandma, turned 81 yesterday. My step-Grandma, who I call Nana J, is like 73 or 74. Both are healthy, live by themselves, and still drive. I am in a very close relationship with both! I called my late grandfather "Pop Pop", and as I said, my step-Grandpa was "Mr. P". Pop Pop had another child with Nana J in 1975. Grammy and Mr. P did not have anymore kids, though Mr. P also had kids from previous marriages (my step-grandpa's wife died in the late 1960s). This left me with two sets of grandparents and another aunt, which I just saw as more presents every year. My biological grandpa died in November 2007, from lung cancer, at the age of 71. My step-grandpa died in April 2017, at the age of 93, so it was basically just old age (and heart failure).**

Grammy was more pissed off about the license fiasco than Mr. P was (actually Mr. P wasn't pissed at all and willingly surrendered his license when asked). Grammy and Mr. P lived full time at their lake house in Maine for a time, and as such held Maine driver's licenses. Grammy recalled how when friends and relatives who also lived in Maine were forced to give up driving due to health problems and/or old age, and their license was still valid, the DMV would cut a corner off of the license but let them keep it for identification purposes. I'm guessing that one the "snipped" Maine license expired, that person would just get a non-driver ID. Obviously, simply snipping the corner off of a license would no longer have worked after 9/11. Grammy was specifically concerned about how Mr. P was going to vote, because by then he really didn't feel like going to the DMV and getting a non-driver license. Mr. P is an honorable man who have stopped driving whether he got to keep his physical license or not, and my suggestion to both him and Grammy was to tell PennDOT to go to hell, and just keep his license until the day he died. Mr. P gave up his license in 2010 and died in 2017, without ever getting a new ID.

The point I am trying to make is that physically taking someone's license as part of a suspension is not going to keep them from driving. Whether or not they have their actual license, they will still be punished if they get caught driving under suspension!

 

**ALSO POSTED ON MY BUILD THREAD**

PennDOT really sucks...

Yes, they do serve a purpose and fill a very important role, but they still suck. I complain about Pennsylvania's annual safety inspections and emissions testing all the time, but that's only the tip of the iceberg.

For starters, PennDOT is responsible for maintaining the roads, but they can't even do that most of the time! Where the hell is all my tax money going?!?! The steering linkage on my Tacoma would sure like to know, as I just had to get an alignment for the first time ever.

PennDOT as an organization cares more about generating revenue and serving themselves than doing their job.

 

One of the more obnoxious things about PennDOT is it's policy on suspended and revoked driver's licenses...

Let's say somebody loses their license for a few months because they get a DUI or have accrued too many points due to various offenses (speeding, reckless driving, etc). They will eventually get their license back, but they have to serve out the suspension. That's not the problem. Driving is privilege and not a right, and that privilege can be taken away if you do something stupid. In the meantime, you'd think they would at least be able to keep their driver's license as a form of ID in the meantime, right? NOPE!

Regardless of why a person loses their license, they are required to mail their license to PennDOT headquarters in Harrisburg. If they want photo ID for the duration of the suspension/revocation, they must get a non-driver ID, which costs like thirty bucks or so on top of every other fee and fine they're probably facing. Some people are lucky enough to have a passport or military ID, but many do not. It's as if PennDOT wants to make sure you know they've got you by the balls.

Also, the obvious reason for this rule is that the government bureaucrats actually think that physically taking someone's driver's license will keep them from driving while their license is suspended...

Seriously?!?!

 

It's partially a money-making measure, because no doubt people have gotten their license suspended weeks after getting it renewed. They've got a perfectly good driver's license that's good for about four years, and now they have to spend like thirty bucks on a state ID that is good for the same period of time as a license, but that they will only need it for anywhere from a few months to a year or so.

I technically still have a state ID. It was issued in 2009 before I got my license, and it expired in 2013, more than two years after I got my license. Obviously, since I have a valid driver's license, I don't need to renew it. I was 20 when my first state ID was issued, so it was vertical instead of horizontal. I was 22 when I finally got my license, so I've never had a vertical "Under 21" license.

 

Illegal immigrants drive without a license and uninsured all the time; What makes anybody think an American citizen or a legal immigrant who previously had a valid license will stop driving if they depend on their vehicle to get to work?

 

One annoying part about PennDOT's licensing practices is that doctors can anonymously get someone's license taken away for medical problems. I actually agree with this practice under most circumstances, but it greatly inconveniences the person whose license is being taken away.

My late step-grandpa (who we all called Mr. P) had to surrender his license in 2010, at the age of 86, due to various medical problems. This was not voluntary, but the result of a doctor reporting it to PennDOT, though he did voluntary give up his license when asked to do so.

**A little backstory. My biological grandparents met in about 1956, and got married in 1957 or 1958. They had four kids together, but ended up divorcing in the mid-1960s. Both got remarried in the 1970s. Both Grandmothers are still alive and healthy. Grammy, my biological grandma, turned 81 yesterday. My step-Grandma, who I call Nana J, is like 73 or 74. Both are healthy, live by themselves, and still drive. I am in a very close relationship with both! I called my late grandfather "Pop Pop", and as I said, my step-Grandpa was "Mr. P". Pop Pop had another child with Nana J in 1975. Grammy and Mr. P did not have anymore kids, though Mr. P also had kids from previous marriages (my step-grandpa's wife died in the late 1960s). This left me with two sets of grandparents and another aunt, which I just saw as more presents every year. My biological grandpa died in November 2007, from lung cancer, at the age of 71. My step-grandpa died in April 2017, at the age of 93, so it was basically just old age (and heart failure).**

Grammy was more pissed off about the license fiasco than Mr. P was (actually Mr. P wasn't pissed at all and willingly surrendered his license when asked). Grammy and Mr. P lived full time at their lake house in Maine for a time, and as such held Maine driver's licenses. Grammy recalled how when friends and relatives who also lived in Maine were forced to give up driving due to health problems and/or old age, and their license was still valid, the DMV would cut a corner off of the license but let them keep it for identification purposes. I'm guessing that once the "snipped" Maine license expired, that person would just get a non-driver ID. Obviously, simply snipping the corner off of a license would no longer have worked after 9/11. Grammy was specifically concerned about how Mr. P was going to vote, because by then he really didn't feel like going to the DMV and getting a non-driver license. Mr. P is an honorable man who have stopped driving whether he got to keep his physical license or not, and my suggestion to both him and Grammy was to tell PennDOT to go to hell, and just keep his license until the day he died. Mr. P gave up his license in 2010 and died in 2017, without ever getting a new ID.

The point I am trying to make is that physically taking someone's license as part of a suspension is not going to keep them from driving. Whether or not they have their actual license, they will still be punished if they get caught driving under suspension!