1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

wtf does that even say

 

Yesss I figure it was time for the bumper

Ah gotcha, I think the last time I bought steel they quoted me per lb and did the math from material dimens lol

 

@m3bassman I picked it up today. Oh man, it's so so fun. What a little grin machine. Very happy with the decision.

 

Hmmm
2006 Toyota Tacoma TRD Off Road
https://cars.ksl.com/listing/7920074

 

Coming outta Lowes I saw someone working on their van across the parking lot as I was loading my truck.
But then the sound seemed dd so I turned around...turned out it was some tweakers cutting the fucking catalytic out of an old Ford E van and then throwing it in their car and speeding off. At noon on a sunny day. My brain had trouble adjusting to that.

 

There's 3' 5' and 8' long pieces, in varying widths (per my request).

All 3/16" steel

 

I don't understand why target older vehicles where the cats are probably toast or close to it, can't be worth hardly anything.

then again we're talking tweaker logic

 

Public high-five to @Kwikvette and @eon_blue who, along with some offline buds, said you better go manual on that thing. After day one, there's no world where I'd want the paddle shifters in the Mini JCW.

 

I have no idea. There was a guy near me on a motorcycle and we just looked at eachother and shook our heads. I mean the old vans are easy to crawl under and might be quicker to cut but wtf

 

More ground clearance

 

Lots of new trucks, suvs and vans with ground clearance

 

That was my thought. Dude was under there with a sawzall and plenty of room and his tweaker buddies were all looking out.

 

less likely for there to be an alarm I guess

 

It was also parked what I'd call, "mid lot," with nothing around it. I just felt bad for whomever went back and started it up.

 

Fucking crack heads! It been bad in Reno and Truckee the last few months. Was toying with the idea of fabing a cat skid just to help prevent it happening to me.

 

for sure. It's a plague everywhere right now, and with what new cats cost (esp if you live with smog regulations like us), that's an expensive repair

 

I always park deep lot at my Lowes with no cars around me. No more, I'm getting as close to the store and in between other vehicles as I can.

 

The bud built belly skid covers the cat pretty well, not sure if it leaves enough room to get it out though

 

Yeah its messed up. I just never thought I'd actually see that mid-day like it was nothing.