1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

you're just built different

 

Clean 96 Camry alert. These things are tanks and I want another one.

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My mom's fear of "me going blind cause I was always up close to the TV or monitor" as a child

 

@Broke Okie Ty

I think he's gonna dig it



This thing is big

 

Be real, she was worried about you going blind from cranking your hog too much.

 

Complains about old vehicles all the time*

 

Ooh this one is nice as well

 

Done

 

Dunno what you're talking about. Haven't had a problem in a whole two weeks with the 3rd Gen.

Which is longer than you've gone without complaining about something

 

Well I guess time will tell if they last as long as some of the 90s models. I will say there is a lot of survivorship bias going on.

 

If it'll go over 200k that's good enough

 

How often do you actually step out of your comfort zone, like really?

Name an example of the last time you have; real one not on paper/theoretically

 

@Ozark_RegCab how does a temporarily shortage of chips during manufacturing impact the long term ownership experience?

 

There is nothing wrong with the 3rd gen. Other than some of the drivers (raptor lights people). I have friends and coworkers that have all years of the truck and not one of them have had any major issues.

 

I am wondering about the diff whine, don't know if that's still a thing or not

 

I'm not sure what you mean as it relates to cars, unless you're just talking about life in general.

It was moreso the supply chain issues and labor shortage during covid that may have caused some QC issues, but hose might be resolved by now. Toyota is still weirdly struggling to put out enough new models to meet demand. They've been glacially slow with the roll out of the new Tacomas and Land Cruisers, not to mention GR Corollas. Also just the increased complexity of modern cars makes me wonder if they'll still be running 30 years from now like so many 90s models. Toyota knows their electronics though.

 

The main issue seems to be the whining from 3rd gen owners about the transmission and other issues, real or perceived.

I still don't understand why they didn't just keep using the 4.0 though when the 4runner got to keep it for so long.

 

Cause they had to change more than just the body, trans and engine seem fine to me

 

They look great, but I don't really see a reason to get one over a 5th gen 4runner or 2.5 gen Tacoma.