Austin Area TW Chapter (all gens welcome, even T4Rs; heck, just make it a Toyota and we're good)

Oh, now I'm a sad panda

 

Haha!!!! I am mildly sad myself

Just going to have to wait this last little wait though!

Had these wheels nearly 6months already

Took me 6months just to get them!

 

Just give them to me then. Sounds like you dont want them


@riz_atx my wife was wondering why we decided to do this run in College Station? She was really mad its not the Texas Hill Country

 

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That was last week This week its all about Cheese burgers!

 

Yea but its such a far drive for us

My wife asked me "Where do you go offroading in College Station and why would you want too?"

 

Its 2 hours and 15 minutes from my house to Yankee's Tavern It was 2.5 hours from the end of the Hill Country run to my house as well

 

Yea but you live in Austin I live in Seguin

Do you have a link to the post again? I wanna send it to my wife and my buddy so they know the itinerary

 

Yes sir!

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...ll-gens-welcome.411172/page-858#post-15512426

Its only 30 more minutes for you: https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Seg...f3114f29cd395a!2m2!1d-96.0809245!2d30.5973362

 

I woke up having some questions for you guys:

1) How many miles on your trucks?
2) What's the avg mpg?
3) For your third gen guys, are you going to be getting the new ECU Alpha release?
4) For your third gen guys that had a 2nd, is the 3rd gearing really that bad?

 

13k
All city: 14.5, With Some Hwy: 16, All Hwy: 17.5 (I should probably take my steel skids off in between off road trips)
Yes, already ordered it
Didnt have a 2nd gen

 

25k

no clue haha

NA

no clue

 

2nd gen 4wd, 45xxx avg 18.5 mpg heavy throttle

 

1) 12k
2) 19.7 mostly highway. Been has high as 21+ and in the low teens when off-roading. Skids, sliders, occasional rack and RTT. Never drive much faster than 70 - 75 mph.
3) probably not
4) Never a 2nd gen. I come from a history of small sport cars so my expectations may be different. The taco is sluggish but I never expected it to be a jackrabbit. It eagerly upshifts at highway speeds, especially in traffic. If it's bothersome, it can easily be overcome by using ECT or using the manual shift limiter.

 

The lil' missus rolled in at 2:30a, after having texted me at 11:10p, saying that Willie was playing a full set, but wasn't there yet! Who does he think he is, Axl Rose?!?

 

Now that I have my welding skills a little more fine tuned, I wanted to get in to another venture. I would like to know if any of y'all are interested in gears and lockers. I lack the tools right now, and they are a fairly steep initial investment, but with enough interest, I will be able to offset my cost at the same time offering lower cost and better turn around than local shops. First thing of course would be to do my own truck with gears and lockers as that is one thing that I haven't been able to invest in yet due to the higher cost and downtime. Although the alternative is to buy completed units and swap out and send back the originals as cores, but still, that is a fairly high cost. Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated.

 

I think its a wise investment sir!

When my time comes, I would like to gear and lock my rear end.

 

I mean, from my text you know where I stand on that. I will be your first customer.

 

15k
15mpg
Not likely
Not really.

 

I had you in mind when I thought about this.