Norcal Spotted and BS Thread

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Thank you @FlipKn0t

 

First gen vagabond spotted at HD in San Rafael.

 

But, without digital, how would my LG sing me the song of its people every time a load is done??





(Those who know, know)

 

I’ve been dealing the past week with the joys of buying a used vehicle and third party warranties.

Sometimes I wonder if I did the right thing trading in my mazda3 that I had from new for less than 2 years for the tacoma, sure I miss the 30+ mpg and the snappy 6 speed transmission and light clutch over the behemoth with a automatic who has more trouble slotting into a gear than a drunken college boy constantly asking “is it in?”, but I definitely have more fun with the Tacoma.

So what’s been going on: truck seems to have had a perpetual oil leak coming from somewhere so I took the truck back to the Hyundai dealership in Antioch where I bought it used and they resealed the lower oil pan. Low oil light comes back on, this time I take it over to Berkeley Toyota while the truck is still under powertrain warranty. They see the oil everywhere, redo the gasket on the lower pan and call it a day. Fast forward a month and maybe about 700 miles later, the low oil has magically reappeared again. Bring it back to Berkeley thinking they might have done something incorrectly, and this time they decide to go a little more indepth with their investigation.

They pull the skid, and their inspection reveals a crack in the upper oil pan. Since it’s out of powertrain warranty, it’ll cost 3700 dollars, parts & labor. I’m not going to pay for that. Not when the Hyundai dealership pretty much threw in a 3 year full comprehensive warranty when I traded up. So truck got dropped off last saturday, the service department lead says he’ll look at it tuesday. Get a call wednesday, the crack is a little more than what their service shop might be able to handle, but luckily they send it over to their toyota sister delership a few blocks away. They found that the upper oil pan is quite porous and it’s apparently an issue with the Tacoma engines. I guess oil worked its way through a weak spot. Luckily, they can handle it for sure, and I just got the okay that the warranty will cover everything, but they need to send an inspector out to verify the work. So now, I’ll have to wait a little bit longer, as they’ll have to pull the entire engine out now for a rebuild.

I’m sad I don’t have the truck around, but if I don’t have to pay for it and not have to refill oil so frequently from here on in, then allright.

That’s money for future parts.

 

Damn.

 

I still have yet to get tires on those wheels I got from you as well. So big list of things to catch up on.

 

its real confusing on weekends as the 5 houses around me all have LG washer/dryers. I never know if its mine going off while working outside.

 

Well, i’ve seen the service manager so many times over this issue that I almost feel like he sympathizes with me to an extent. The truck got the low engine oil light almost right out the door, so everyone there has been aware that it’s been an issue from the get go (possibly before I bought the truck) and they’re willing remediate the fault.

 

But I’ll say this; there is no high porosity issue with the upper oil pan. They are feeding you a line to cover up the fact that they sold a vehicle that was clearly damaged on trade in.

 

don't read if your BP is high:

https://www.thedrive.com/news/29482...just-planted-by-new-jersey-conservation-group

 

the article is ripe for conspiracy theorists. in the comments people be talking about a setup.

 

I was wondering about that. Toyota Berkeley told me someone must have damaged it when the timing chain cover was done, and that’s what sounds most plausible. I never considered that it’s a cover up term.

This is the only picture i’ve seen of it. It very much looks like a crack. But if that’s what they want to say and I get it fixed...

 

if they're fixing it under warranty then who cares. But its definitely a line of BS.

 

sexy '96 4wd stuck in traffic. take the taco lane, man.

https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2019/08/22/bay-area-traffic-delays-rank-second-longest-in-nation/

 

Damn, I feel it everyday - especially moving from somewhere that I didn't have to have a lengthy commute at all. Wish BART extended to my work in Livermore cause miles in the 4Runner suck

 

i hate to sound like one of those get out of Cali guys but, i'm telling ya, Colorado. Colorado is what's up.

 

Caltrans: let’s add more merges and metering lights

 

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