GA Tacoma Owners BS Thread

I had a similar deal at the fish camp. I'd just say "put it on my granddaddy's bill." Once he found out how many Butterfingers and Mtn. Dews I was buying, he made me work it off at the bait store. It was a good setup for an 8-year-old. I organized the shelves, swept the floor, and got paid with soda and candy.

 

For sure man. Great way for a kid to build some character.

Times have certainly changed. No way in hell I’d let my kids walk unattended on 197 like we did when I was young. Plus Kastners closed their doors many moons ago. At least Laprades is still going. Albeit a completely different setup/atmosphere to what it once was.

 

My kids earn $ doing house chores and yard work. My oldest (10) set a goal to buy a racing go-kart. He made flyers & walked dogs, washed cars, did yard work for neighbors, and sold snow-cones on the curb, saving up his $ for 14 months. I told him I'd match what he saved, dollar for dollar, and the son of a gun handed me $740 a few months ago. it was a gut-check on my bank account but I was proud of him. We're going go-kart racing real soon.

We live 9/10 of a mile from a shopping center. The neighborhood kids walk/ride bikes to the drug store for candy & drinks. I'm a little nervous but they're traveling on a neighborhood street. I had to end it though when my 5yo rode there on her bike and back home without telling anyone. We found her sitting in the recliner with a lap full of candy. I was secretly proud of her initiative but said she could not travel alone until she's older.

 

When I was about 7/8, my dad took me into ToysRUs, and said you could have anything you want in here.
We went inside played with everything for hours, wrote a list.
The. He took me to the front of the store, we walked out, hey wait a sec...I didn’t get anything.!!
We walked back to the truck, where he and I went over the list.
Prioritizing what I really wanted and what was just catching my eye.
At that point I knew what I really wanted. Then he wrote me a list of chores and said, do this and we will come back next weekend and get exactly what it is you want.
I have carried this with me my whole life.
If you have a kid, I highly recommend you doing this. The things I learned from my day that one day, has made me who I am today.

 

Absolutely. We talk about needs & wants often. I keep a list as an example for the kids and review it with them to discuss their own needs & wants. My 10yo has it down. If he has $20 burning a hole in his pocket, I ask "what do you need & what do you want? Think about those two things and how best to spend that $20, if you need to spend it at all."

 

Hey- what trailer adapter do y'all recommend? I have an old one I bought from U-Haul years ago that's falling apart. I'm going from the round receptacle toa. 4-pin connection.

Second Q:
My front left turn signal keeps burning out and my tow-lights won't operate. Is this likely a fuse issue or a relay issue? Related?

 

I went with a hopkins (48470) 7 blade and 4 & 5 pin connector and have been very pleased. I mounted it in the bumper to get it out of the way since I broke the OEM one.

Link to pics: https://www.instagram.com/p/CNIpz--nQ2I/

 

I’ve had a Reese 7-4 adapter ever since 2005, works great and inexpensive.

As for the turn signal, are you saying that the bulb keeps blowing out (and the others are fine)? I know it sounds dumb but make sure it’s seated properly in the socket. Sometimes they take a little force and should click a little bit when seated. Of course, check your fuses with a multimeter just to be sure (sometimes I’ve found that a fuse looks good but has such a small crack in it you can’t see with your eye).

For the tow lights, I’d check continuity at your 7way plug first. It’s possible that your adapter is just bad.

 

Crappy day at work today. Buried a loved one today.

Came home to this!


Kinda brightens an otherwise dismal day.

 

My condolences brother. Can’t wait to see the wheels on the truck

 

Seeing SCS boxes were delivered is always a good feeling

 

Does anybody have 17 inch rims for sale?

 

Jb has some 17 inch sema pro wheels for sale. I never asked the price for them.

 

Right

what do these sema wheels go for these days. Mine are nib, was gonna keep them for another project. But I will most definitely sell them.

 

I love those wheels.

 

They are $179.11 each at Jim Ellis Toyota .

 

Sell them to meeeeee

 

I have 5 FJ wheels that I could be convinced to sell for the right price.

 

Which Fj wheels?

 

Not the popular ones.