New England B.S. Thread

everything you order gets ruined in shipping lol

 

Lol good luck with the house man. Hopefully you can figure something out and keep the tacoma

 

Finished my tie rods. The driver side was a BITCH. The drivers side crush bolt was fucked up! Musta been a grain of sand or something. Totally flattened the threads when I unscrewed it. That was a battle in and of itself.

 

Inners or ends?

 

Yes

 

Shouldn't take more than 10mins per side. I did a rav4 the other day

 

Bolts haven't been touched in 9 years and they were rusty. Plus it's cold and I don't do auto work for a living, so I go at a moderately slow pace

 

Makes sense. I did a water pump, timing belt and radiator today OUTSIDE with soaking hand. Not fun

 

Do you work at a dealer, on your own or what ? if you don't mind me asking

 

works for tasca ford, shop foreman.

 

Good thought, but how much longer to pay on your truck?

I hear what you're saying..now is a killer time to buy with the rates where they are. We had no payments on either vehicle when we bought..and it helped, plus we were dumping tons of cash into the house fixing stuff.

 

i have 4 more years left on the truck.. only had it year. ive thought about re-financing to like 36 months and just paying it off quick, but that wont help me get a house this summer... who knows, it could happen with the truck payment, but the 80 bucks to fill it twice a week kind of sucks...

 

I can see where that would do it too..maybe try and find a 4 banger?

My thought is try and keep it, unless you find your dream house. Big as the job looked to see my house at the start, I'm pretty much through the big jobs now plus I got to do it as I wanted it.

 

yeah, i really dont want to get rid of it, but the 200 dollar less payment and 35mpg looks pretty good. i havent even driven it yet, so who knows if ill even like it. i looked into a 4 cylinder but, i had a 4 cylinder, and blew a shitload of money in mods...

 

If you do go that route, take that 200 bucks and pay it extra on your mortgage. I pay the extra payment a year on mine, that kills a 30 yr mortgage in 23 years. That really helps at my age..

 

yeah i hear ya! i really dont want to part with my truck, so i guess im in a good position because the dealership is going to have to make me a fuck of a deal to trade it in. and if i do, all my shit will be for sale.

 

I'd lean towards keeping it myself, it's not like it's a toy like an old car or motorcycle..

 

I think everybody was in on it except for the salesman. Noticed it's advertised as an '09, they first went on sale an 2010 models.

 

this and I do a ton of side jobs. I'll come to your place and fix anything or help install what ever it may be

 

I am interested I just have to pull the panel to see what I have in the door