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

As her username implies, @Stitchgirl90 is obsessed with certain little blue alien experiment!

 

My friend's 2018 DCSB TRD Sport was cut down in the prime of it's life, at just 33K miles, by a red light runner...

 

Yep 33K Miles is basically nothing, what a shame to see.

 

MA inspection..ugh.


I'm usually pretty silent on it because I understand the idea, not many know/care enough to keep up on vehicle stuff like ourselves so I just do it and get it done.

Place failed me yesterday. Per them my regular cab Tacoma must have 3 seatbelts and my middle belt missing is a failure.

Hadn't been an issue from 2012 when I got it until 2019, right when the on camera stuff started. The Toyota dealer then even agreed with my thoughts but said if it's a grey area he's gotta reject it as they're being watched. I disputed it through the RMV and won based on:

Per MA law, you can't put a child seat in the front (which is most likely what that spot would be used for) as I can't manually shut off the airbag(s) in the vehicle.

The space is about 12 inches..2 CD cases fit side by side tightly. If a person not needing a car seat was in that spot they'd be straddling the shifter and have at least one leg on my side of the floor, which is illegal.

In both examples the person would most likely be prone to knocking the shifter out of gear as well.

I disputed the 2019 finding and won, the inspector who called me even said that's ludicrous that a 2 passenger vehicle would require it and told the shop to pass it. No issues again until now.

The 18 year old who failed it got a pissy attitude in telling me it was failing and when I started on my explanation slowly shrunk behind his boss..the boss folded his arms and got all snotty like who am I to tell him something.

As an aside I dug up my title and found it incorrectly lists my truck as 4 door 4 passenger, so I'll have to get that corrected after this. But in future years bet I'll have that title in my pocket and show anyone who contends it's a 3 belt requirement.

 

, take it to a backyard mechanic.?

 

Not for a state inspection sticker..

 

Sounds like it's time to leave Massachusetts. Your story is just further proof that safety inspections and emissions testing are a crock of shit; I can count the number of times I've used my middle seat and the third seatbelt on one hand...

 

Not soon enough, if my parents weren't still here.

If there's justice the RMV sees it my way again. And oh boy will I walk into that shop again and bust the balls of those 2 people in a regal manner.