Trade-in value shock

I just sold the vehicle. Seeing someone else drive away in my truck. Made me a little emotional.


Sucks to see her gone

 

Did you end up getting a GX? I was sad getting rid of my MT taco 5 months ago (left knee issues) but I got a V8 4runner and I certainly do smile everytime I fire up that 4.7L.

 

Not yet. I am still looking.

 

manual tranny knocks 3k right off the bat, even new ones. know firsthand.

 

That's my worry, is having left knee issues due to work.

At the moment between ovt, adm, and new fluids (soon) my taco clutch is smooth as butter and not giving me trouble

 

If you like the lex

That's the weird thing, I'm 31 and I've been doing manual labor/trade work since I was 18. Overall I've been holding up pretty well (knock on wood) but for some reason pushing a clutch was just killing my knee.

Even though I generally loathe automatics I know it was the right decision. Couldn't just keep dealing with the pain knowing I wasn't doing myself any favors by ignoring it.

 

Could be an ergonomic thing. Obviously nothing you can check now, but did you play around with different seat positions? I know for me, driving a manual, seat position and steering wheel position are incredibly touchy things. It's one of my biggest concerns with the Tacoma since the steering wheel is basically not adjustable.

 

Right. Same thing. 30, been doing labor since 18. My 95 Pathfinder clutch was light as a feather. 06 LJ wasn't bad either.

I mean, it is adjustable lol

 

Same here. My left hamstring started to hurt for months now and it became really stiff.

I didn't want to mention it here because someone might imply I'm a wussy or something.

 

Pfft. We drive tacos. We're all wussies who don't mUrIcaN

 

I think it’s the seat, I drove a 12v Cummins with a south bend clutch for years and never had issues, test drove a 3rd gen mt and after 10 minutes my leg hurt.

 

Found a nice deal on GX but the online Lexus service notes said this

“ALL AREAS OF INSPECTION ARE SATISFACTORY ~|~CUSTOMER REPORTS AFTER LAST SERVICE VISIT THERE IS SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE ENGINE .CHECK AND ADV ~|~FOUND UPPER RAD HOSE CLAMP WEAK CAUSING UPPER RAD HOSES TO POP OUT. WEAK HOSES CLAMP. ~|~122092 FOUND UPPER RAD HOSE CLAMP WEAK CAUSING UPPER RAD HOSES TO POP OUT. WEAK HOSES CLAMP. REPLACE RAD HOSES CLAMP, TEST BLOCK, OK. PRESSURE CHECK COOLANT SYSTEM HOLDING PRESSURE. NO TROUBLE CODE FOUND. VEHICLE RUNNING FINE”

I held off because of this. The Lexus tech apparently said the vehicle is fine. but the customer had a complaint. The vehicle was traded-in/sold immediately after this last service.

 

I’d be Leary of a overheated engine situation with that

 

Weak hose clamps are an easy fix.

 

yeah I don’t think I’ll go for that.

 

the service rep fixed the hose.

but for 21,900, I’ll wait.