What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

I just glanced at the hardware as I was getting it off to prep but if I recall correctly it came with 24 grade 8 bolts so 12 per side and a few spacer per side. I’ll look and snap a pic of the hardware bag in the morning before work

 

My V6 Grand Prix was like this. I got spoiled by my squirrel-wheel-driven Corolla.

I also remind myself that 17 MPG, 19 MPG or even 32 MPG ... pretty poor progress for the combined intellect of the world given 100+ years since the ICE came along. <sigh>

 

Right on, thanks

 

The answer to this thread is, took my 23 OR to get tail lights fixed. $800 later I'm supposed to have working lights tomorrow.

 

Say what?!!!

 

Long story short, I'm an idiot, a spiteful one at that. Blew out a fuse box putting led lights in.

 

Ahhh woodgrain vinyl sides. I had a Buick station wagon green with woodgrain. Much like the "Vegas vacation" movie. Carried spouse, 3 kids, dog, me and 3 weeks of stuff. Folded down back seat and put out sleeping bags for kids, dog and stuff. No seat belts cause no crash would hurt it. It had a 403 4 barrel and could burn rubber and haul ass way more than the Taco.

 

Damn! That sucks! Glad nobody got hurt (I’m assuming) and glad the taco wasn’t engulfed in flames.

 

One thing I learned is it’s much easier to ask for forgiveness then it is permission
I think the rolling eyes is a package deal and there is no escape on either option
What you Need to be scared of is when they roll their eyes and then there head starts to spin all the way around

 

don't try to out engineer the toyota engineers

 

Cant wait to see it mounted

 

trail limo

 

Buddy of mine has a Yellow Jeep CJ with short bus decal going down the sides of his hood instead of Renegade. Maybe I should replace the TRD OffRoad decal with Trail Limo.

 

isnt summer gas better?

 

In my Corolla, it did not matter much. I am changing my perspective on many things ...

 

7 per side it looks like Here is the hardware bag

 

That might seem disappointing IF the goal was to improve gas mileage, fortunately, it has not been the singular goal, if you want 45 plus MPG or higher buy a tesla or a Lightning. No one buys a 3rd Gen Taco for the gas mileage. Still unless you live in Californication a gallon a gas is just a bit more than a gallon of water even in 2024. wait until you haul something with it, then watch your MPG drop!

They are going to drag me kicking and screaming into a life without ICE powered cars/trucks and things, in fact I'd put money it won't happen for at least another 50 years thank goodness. Today's battery tech is not sustainable in mass usage period.

 

I'm into interior mods but thank goodness I haven't gone this crazy yet....or have I? .......ummm......

 

I worked on Christmas Vacation, when they were filming in Summit County, Colorado. The Family Truckster was a Ford Taurus wagon, and it had the woodgrain vinyl, and the surrounding framing trim was literally home baseboard trim, screwed into the sheet metal with back oxide screws (looked like deck screws).

Fun piece of trivia, the old Dodge truck that chased the Family Truckster was the same one used by Kurt Russel and crew in Overboard! All they had done was black rattle canned the Dean Proffit Construction on the doors.

 

Two of my favorite movies!