What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

I have State Farm and for years they keep trying to get me to put the tracker in to save on my insurance for good driving behavior. I asked my agent why haven’t my ex wife’s premiums gone sky high because of the way she drives and the many speeding tickets she gets? Then she says they really don’t look at driving behavior after telling me I’ll save because of my driving behavior. She also said a nation wide increase was going to happen and if I install it I could save over $100. I told her I’ll pay the increase and I still have t seen it go up and that was about a year ago. https://youtu.be/b1tXS-NqT9I

 

It seems all the major companies are going down the tracker app route (some startup insurers like Root come out with it; maybe they were siphoning off too many customers).

They tell me they look at hard braking, sharp cornering, rapid acceleration, etc. [side note: so does the Toyota app if you want to see how it thinks you are driving]. I can see that those can correlate (not determine, just correlate) with unsafe driving. So I wonder what an off-road excursion looks like to the app! Plus I live on a mountain and we have a lot of curves (the Toyota app rates me excellent even though it sometimes criticizes me for going around hairpin corners).

At some point I may have to succumb. You get the higher rate unless you prove you are safer. Like grocery stores now; prices are up but you save tons by playing the savings game (my wife aims for at least 25% per visit). So I think rates have gone up due to disasters/claims/cost to repair. I also think that the "rack rate" is higher because they want the better drivers to get the discount but to do that you have to let them track you.

 

My State Farm agent said the savings wasn't enough for him to install it and he doesn't run it. I quit running the Allstate app because it killed my battery and it tracked all my movements. Screw that.

 

If any of those things fail they can cause minor to serious damage which would be covered by your homeowner's policy. Not saying that insurance for profit is a good thing, but I can see why they would reduce your premiums if you had updated those items.

Oh, just noticed that @thomasburk said basically the same thing. I need to read ALL of the posts before making a new one.

 

Dobinsons MRR kit installed n aligned. #302 coils n #110 leafs (lightest choices), no control arms. Alignment numbers good. Before/after measurements show 2” lift at each corner, with 1/2” rake maintained. No lean!

To say the ride has been transformed would be an understatement. So much more stable and composed vs the stock Off Road suspension. Was ready to pull the trigger on another big name but was recommended this for the adjustable rebound, high and low compression, and Dobs deploys OEM style rubber bushings for a smootherish ride. $3k in parts (15% off for Nov), $1k labor/alignment.

 

B.A.M.F High clearance no swing out rear bumper installed today

 

That looks great on the Off Road hood, I tried one on a Sport hood - started at the grill, looked great halfway through the scoop, until I had more material than I could shrink or use. A local shop quoted $300, plus I buy the vinyl, and no guarantee - $70 lesson learned….

 

Very nice! Whole truck sits nice as well

 

Well,
I guess I can quote Dirty Harry when I say “Every man’s gotta know his limitations”
I have to say attempting to swap out that third brake light by one’s self is an endeavor I wish not to undertake. I did attempt it but when I saw that I was very close to putting a serious crease in the headliner and was still not able to see what I was doing in regards to removing the 10mm nut on the old light. I said, f#*k it and put it back together. I will see what my brother thinks when I take the taco down to his shop for the fluids change. If not, I’ll pay someone to do it. Although you can’t see it, my head is hanging in defeat.

 

I tried Bing AI

 

You forgot to include "Finally"!

 

Looking good! Do you have the option of adding the swing out later?

 

My anytime front camera kit arrived today from Runnin 4 Tacos, guess it time to install it

 

Keep us posted on this. I'm looking at the same one. Curious on 1. is it a PITA to install and 2. is it worth said PITA from #1.

 

Wash and “wax” with Rejex. Never heard of this stuff before but it’s legit!

 

Been there, (almost) done that as well. Took a couple of steps back and decided that having swapped out all of the other lights to LEDs - that weren’t already LEDs - that bit wasn’t worth it. Who, besides me, would even know, besides a few other Taco owners? Took a beat and decided, there are more important things. Plus I’d be upset if I (or anyone else) did some damage.

I wouldn’t consider that a failure in the least. Smart move in my humble opinion.

 

That's a damn brilliant shine! For about 3 seconds I was thinking "that's a weird place to put a cubby on a truck. And I wonder what those blue bottles and green case is for?"

 

I watched a couple of videos on the installation, doesn't look too complicated

 

I’m pretty sure that’s not the case.

 

Well put.