Austin Area TW Chapter (all gens welcome, even T4Rs; heck, just make it a Toyota and we're good)

Anyone planning on being out at hf this weekend?

 

Hello weirdos! Any fellow Hippo's in this group?

 

I've seen a few around and from Round Rock, Pflugerville.. and pretty much everywhere

 

Live in Round Rock now but will be moving to Hutto next summer when our house is finished

 

Pflugerville here, but I'm always around the toll road where RR, Hutto and Pf meet

 

Hey how'd the install go? Not sure if I missed an update. Is the new suspension eating up the trails? The 6112/5160 combo is what Im thinking of going with.

 

I have not been on any trails yet, but I really like what it did to my on-road feeling.

There is less rumble, less brake dive, and I had a horrible situation where people would get carsick and I blamed the vibrations coming from the stock suspension with all the modifications I've made.

The suspension spring compressor I purchased was horrible. I ended up having a shop assemble the 6112s for me, but the install was real easy with professional air tools and a good set of deep sockets and swivel sockets.

 

That’s super clean. Hard to see the driver-side cat. Is that a flange, or is it just welded to the pipe leading out the cat?

 

Have Taco meet and greets been halted due to the rona?

 

Pretty much.

 

There's been a couple small eat and greets here and there. Have you been to the new Southside Market yet?

 

I've been, but only bought sausage to cook at home. The inside was real nice and it smelled so good. The sausage turned out great.

 

AR = Avery Ranch

 

Anyone in Austin need some 2021 TRD Off road wheels and tires. They only have 300 miles on them, come with OEM TPMS sensors and lug nuts, and the OEM spare. Say $500?

Sold. Thanks guys.

 

Lol!! DA=Dumb Ass, I should have picked up on that. We actually love it here, our home backs on to Brushy Creek Park, great for hiking and MTN biking, and good access for road cycling. The only thing I don’t like is that it is part of Austin, and we get the higher taxes without the benefits of living in the downtown core.

 

Yeah, we lived there from '03 to '16, in Creekside. Our backyard was the greenbelt between Creekside and Brookside. We moved up Parmer/Ronald Reagan about 8 miles, to Reagan's Overlook, when the demographics shifted way the f away from what it had been...

That Prop A and B deal is going to really whack you guys, from a tax increase in perpetuity, and probably drive even more folks to the burbs, outside of the city limits. I rode the train once, from Lakeline to the Convention Center for a Mecum Auction. It was okay, but not something I would do on the reg.

 

Yep, the MetroRail is a joke.

 

It's probably fixed by now, but this was the Street View of our AR house in 2014, on Bing. The Taco is now replaced with a Tundra, the wife's Saab is replaced with a VW Tiguan, but the 40 is still with me, and yes, I still drink beer. I saw the photo car coming down the street, and struck a pose!

 

I have been against expanding the train because they never try to expand it into the areas that really need it. Do they take it east and south? No - west and north. So...the people who could really use the train are stuck on the bus or driving.

 

The the FJ is STILL SEKSI!