1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

You guys sleep?

 

What is this sleep you speak of? But really excited. Olive learned the word purple this morning and has been saying it all day.

 

Damnit, you serious? I love down there in a week and was hoping to run them in the next month.

 

Imogene will be open by then. Bear Pass is closed for the remainder of the season. There are many better trails to run with fewer tourists. I didn't run either of the tourist traps when I was there in July.

 

@Ozark_RegCab For $500, you can drive to Oark with Tesla Cyubertruck and Subaru owners to eat a dry cheeseburger and then cruise back to the Sake Bar in Bentonville to wash down the dust.

 

Never

 

@01x4 Installed the faring. More accessories to install over the weekend.

 

@CS_AR i looked at this 80 series yesterday, along with a 2008 200 series. It felt good to be in an 80, although I forgot how vague the steering is (almost went off the road at first lol).

I wasn’t that impressed with the 200 tbh. It just felt like I was driving an F350. It felt too huge to take on most trails, and I smelt burning oil from the VCGs.

 

That's not normal at all.

My 80 was well planted driving it anywhere, soaked up bumps and bad roads really well.

 

It probably needs the steering box rebuilt, idk. I think they’re dreaming with the 15k asking price, although the paint and seats were pretty clean.

 

I recall you saying the same thing about the bad steering in your old 80 series.

The vehicle drives well, it's heavy, and soaks up everything on the road not to mention feels lighter than it is because it's so well planted.

You had a poor example of an 80 series, just like you have a poor example of a Tacoma.

Stop buying shit boxes that you expect to drive as if they're new; you need to lease a new car with warranty.

 

15k seems pretty low for that in nice condition especially in a region where things are rarely in nice condition. If it were here in WA it'd be 20k

 

@Ozark_RegCab I got you fam

 

Well it’s been sitting for a month at that price. People are scared of the high miles probably (245k). It also looks like the rear quarter panel was repainted at some point. Everyone hypes these things up online for being so valuable and collectible, but very few people actually show up with 20k in cash, unless it’s an ultra low mileage time capsule.

 

I always thought the conventional wisdom was to never lease. That’s what’s been drilled into me anyway.

 

Few show up where you are maybe, AR isn't exactly known for it's financial success. Finding someone with 15k in cash rather than debt in AR is probably like finding a sobriety sponsor at a beer drinking competition. But they don't stick around long up here.

 

And where has any financial advice that you've been given actually lead you?

 

That's paid off so well for you so far hasn't it. You know you can buy a lease out at the end of the term right and still get a warranty. The prices are nearly always better then the same vehicle if your weren't to lease it.

 

There’s plenty of pretentious trust fund types around here - i.e. the Walton heirs, etc.

Even looking at Marketplace around the country though, I see pretty clean Land Cruisers sitting on the market for weeks, even priced under 10k.

I was told even my 97 would fetch at least 12k and was worth way more than a Tacoma. The best offer I ever got was half that.

 

It may work out sometimes idk. I just always thought of leases as being for people who wanna look rich driving a Range Rover or something. But maybe leasing a Corolla wouldn’t be the worst idea.