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1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

Discussion in '1st Gen. Tacomas (1995-2004)' started by Speedytech7, May 31, 2018.

  1. Jul 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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  2. Jul 23, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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    Never seen dallas 5ton still

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    4 run, 2 don't
    Dude was something else; whenever he'd text me I was like

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  4. Jul 23, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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    4 run, 2 don't
    There were more holes in his story than a 1st Gen frame that's been left to rot in the midwest

    None of us saw his long travel either
     
  5. Jul 23, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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    In his defense it's not as crazy as you'd think. Texas doesn't design our infrastructure to have any drainage, so more than an inch or two of rain and whole cities go underwater.

    I almost didn't make my flight out of the Midland, TX airport a month ago. My 08 Tacoma on 33s had water coming up to the rockers and I watched two sedans intake water getting off at an exit. Midland also doesn't have flood gauges? All that oil money and no public safety.

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    Oh I hear ya, lived in Texas some +8 years.

    Granted it's +5hrs away from Midland, when it rains it definitely pours.

    Like you said though, this can all be helped but who knows where the money is going :violent:
     
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    4 run, 2 don't
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    Wild year. 1/3 of the city flooded over the 4th of July weekend. Half my neighborhood flooded so it's a disaster zone with furniture and drywall stacked up in the front yards. I was extremely lucky my house was on higher ground. The federal gov hiring freeze is wild because I'd spent the last 3 months of 2024 shooting out applications and 99% of those listings were cancelled. So if I do try to leave this area I'd have to meet different private sector job requirements.

    That and an upcoming colonoscopy have me on pause for this year. Didn't get hit with the first few rounds of firings so that's a huge win for the time being.

    This just gets more accurate as time goes on.
     
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    So...Komrad Kayden or Kaotic Kayden?
     
  13. Jul 23, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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    lol that gun is as tall as he is

    time to size up to the next one
     
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    this man owes me white claws

    $20 reward if sighted and trapped
     
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    started tearing into this d60 front i picked up

    it is a weird mix of crusty and ok at the same time. caliper bolts rusted in place, but the ball joint snap rings came out with the baby ring pliers.
     
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    I always knew he was a dirty rat

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    Any of you run the Brembo ceramic pads?
    Going to do new pads/rotors soon, just looking at options.
     

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