1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

then of course I found a few quarts of 5w30 in the back of the Tacoma yesterday

 

welcome to my world of fun

 

You can park where the LC used to park then; your oils will mix nicely with my old ATF

 

I usually just buy gallons of rotella T6 yeah. Been wondering if it's worth buying the 55gal drum

 

Is it ok to mix some random 5w30 with the Maxlife 10w30 that’s in there?

 

We are probably going to take the Rav, Rebecca being as close to popping as she is. She is not keen on the idea of riding in the 4runner for that long right now lol.

 

That's what Mr. mechanic said, diagnosing today.

good thought, definitely something to look into, started and ran fine though, just wouldn't shift

 

yep

 

Your engine's going to blow up soon anyway, why delay the inevitable

 

Trying to get her into a 4 runner but she doesn't like the way they look.

 

which gen?

 

I bet she won't get into a 3rd gen.


She was looking at 3rd gen Tacomas earlier this year but payments are nasty


Like half our house payment nasty

 

Hopefully it's a minor issue

We had one Jeep Grand Cherokee that stayed with us for about a month

Same sort of issues you described, except this one had to do with the small auxiliary battery that runs components when the vehicle shuts off (has the auto start/stop function); mind you the main battery was perfectly OK

The battery was on some national backorder, so you guessed it, I got pretty acquainted with the customer and her mom since she'd always kind of bug me or rant about the issue and delays

Once that battery got replaced, everything went back to normal

Just sucks how battery issues can really put those cars down, before they kill themselves anyway

 

yeah it's difficult to get people into a 20ish year old vehicle if they aren't already enthusiasts, I mean logically it makes no sense if they are used to the amenities of newer vehicles so I can't blame her there lol.

 

4th Gen is cheap enough to buy outright and modern enough to be comfortable

 

I like her car for trips to the city or whatever on summer, but that's about it

 

What are savings

 

One of you buys the 4R, the other saves

 

I was wondering why I was 'watching' the Colorado trade thread

 

Needa get rid of her car first