What have you done to your Tacoma today? 1st Gen Edition

Total noob question, but when chains are required (planning on driving up the Donner Summit up into Tahoe from cali) and I have 4WD engaged, do I still need chains?

I assume I would always use 4HI for driving on snowed roads and 4LO for deep snow.

 

haha ahhh your just gonna love having 4wd haha reminds me of silas when he coverted to 4wd. Couldn't believe how awesome it was.

But that said, 4lo isn't magic and won't get you out of everything. Chains still help when its sloppy snowy shit. No matter what.

Not saying you'll need them, you might not. I'd still bring them though.

 

I try to avoid 4 low in deep, crusty snow if I don’t have chains... all I ever seem to real do is spin my tires a bunch, the back half is too lite, in my experience.

 

Let's hope my truck finally agrees to be 4WD and stops eating flexplates for breakfast. Haha.

I don't even need 4WD, it's just nice to have and not need it as opposed to needing it and not having it. Funny story about 4WD. I sold my old drop-in bedliner to a guy from Big Sur, CA which is a beachside surfing town. The guy I sold it to looked like Jeff Bridges from The Big Lebowski. Now I want you to imagine every stereotype of California you can imagine, this guy was all of that personified.

Out of curiosity I asked him why he bought a Tacoma and needed my bedliner. He said 'To move my product easier!' all enthusiastically. I asked 'What product?' He said 'Ohhh I own a Pot farm up a long dirt road which is why I need 4WD!'

California, man. I love and hate this state.

 

wow.

 

Funny to think my old bedliner is hauling tens of thousands of dollars worth of pot up and down the California coastline.

If that's not the American Dream I don't know what is.

 

Thats fn hysterical! I do love big sur, but lots of sharks haha, and i guess a big pot farm now haha

 

I buy/sell a lot of parts and meet a lot of Tacoma owners. Somehow in every conversation the topic of mileage comes up. That guy and almost everyone I meet are always shocked when I tell them I have less than 100k miles. A lot of these guys told me they bought their truck at 200k and are like the 3rd or 4th owner. I have yet to meet anyone with less than 100k miles.

When I was loading my truck onto the tow truck when my flexplate imploded I parked it in a neighborhood. One of the residents walked up to me wanting to buy my grille guard for his '02 if 'they were just going to bring it to the junkyard'. That guy told me he bought his truck at 230k miles and was something like the 3rd owner. That's the case with most people.

When I got my truck two years ago it only had 75,000 miles on it. Really rare for a 1998.

 

Damn, yeah finding a 1st gen under 100k is rare. Im at 175k and i bought mine used certified in 2005 w 6k on it. Its still young if I take care of it! Its just gonna get harder to find 1st gens w low miles. But they go for a long time. Im jealous of everyone who ownes multiple 1st gens!

 

Works just fine on stock wheels/tires, at least with some chains. I have installed these on all 4 several times and they were great.

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Jealous of @Blackdawg with his THREE Tacomas. Not even different generations, all first gens. Haha.

 

i have one with 40k on it!



















On the motor anyways

Frank only has like 135-140k on him

 

Quick question....has the new truck had it's ball joints replaced?? Haha

 

I'm imagining how owning one of every generation would be.

I feel like the 2nd gen would be the butt of that collection.

 

I can’t remember exactly what they do up in Tahoe but i know there are areas that require chains regardless of AWD or 4WD like Paradise up here in WA for example. Kind of a pita but can definitely help you out.

 

haha yes they have. But Im going to replace them again...as..well..history...

No way. I like the 2nd gens. Would own one if i could afford it. 3rd gen...no way. too much shit in them to go wrong and a smaller motor.

 

Yeah I had a feeling. We took our E320 up there years ago and I distinctly remember us trying to remove the chains after a certain zone, but they were frozen to the tire.

 

Honestly I just like how the 3rd gen looks. Trucks are so 'angry' looking now.

 

Would have been just fine if it was just a visual redesign but they fucked up the auto and paired it to an engine that makes power in the same power band as a sport bike.

 

I don't. I hate knowing that they made the face huge..when it could have been smaller. Like a 70's mustang front end.

I just want them to bring back the real mini truck and quit trying to look like a 1/4 ton truck when its not.