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PennSilverTaco's "Perfect 5-Lug Regular Cab" Build, Aspergers, and General BS MegaThread!

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Builds (2005-2015)' started by PennSilverTaco, Jul 15, 2014.

  1. Jul 30, 2017 at 8:03 AM
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    HomerTaco ...................................................................................................................................................... Core-Hurst short throw shifter & T-handle / Carbon Fiber Interior / custom console light / De-badged / leather interior / Heated Front seats / Red Line Hood Struts / Painted speaker grills /one-off TRD Satoshi Grill with 12-15 front-end swap/ Pioneer AVIC-X920BT HU / Scangauge II / Black LED Tails / Dash Mount for iPad mini / Safari Snorkel / Auto-pilot mode / Leer 100XQ Cap / 4x Innovations sliders / Rear Diff Breather Mod / front windows tinted to 35% / Brute Force Fab Hybrid Front Bumper / BAMF Rear Diff Skid / Budbuilt Skids / CBI Trail Master 2.0 rear hybrid bumper / Fox rr coils/ TC UCA's/ TC spindle gussets/ TC Cam Tab gussets / Dakar leafs / Defined Engineering shackles / All pro U bolt flip / Timbren Rear Bumpstops / BAMF LCA skids / Exhaust re-route / Fog Light anytime Mod / LowRange Off Road extended rear brake lines / ATO Shackle Flip / sectioned Bushwhacker flares / re-geared to 4.56 / ARB Front & Rear Locking Diff / ARB CKMA12 compressor / PrInSu full rack system / 1" body lift / Inchworm 4.7 crawlbox / twin stick FJ t-case / Davez off-road triple-stick kit/
    Charlie, the amount of pics you are posting in a single post makes it take forever to get the page to load. :(
    Not saying stop posing pics - maybe edit through to the most important ones like your last post?
    I had to post this from my laptop because the page won't load from my phone browser. :annoyed:
     
  2. Jul 30, 2017 at 8:06 AM
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  3. Jul 30, 2017 at 8:14 AM
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    June 16th, 2017:

    On the right, we see the former Duck Deli (marked with red arrow), which was there for well over 10 years and did quite well...

    Then, in like 2014, the owners changed the name to Forlano's (their last name) and changed the image of the place. There was an article in the local newspaper and everything. Within a year, the place was closed...

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  4. Jul 30, 2017 at 8:17 AM
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  5. Jul 30, 2017 at 8:24 AM
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    June 16th, 2017:

    In 2006, my dad and were out for a top-down drive in his 2003 Honda S2000, and we got rear-ended by a woman in a 2005 Ford Explorer right about where that red arrow is. How did it happen...?

    I've posted many pictures of this intersection, from both sides, showing how confusing it is. Traffic coming from the direction of that white car next to the arrow has a red light for the first part of the traffic light cycle. Traffic coming from the direction of the white car gets a green light, but for some reason, people going ever so slightly to the left still get a green light/arrow...

    My dad had a green light, but unfortunately so did a beige Impala making the left...

    To avoid a head-on with the Impala, my dad slammed on the brakes. The woman in the Explorer could not stop in time and love-tapped the S2000. The damage to the S2000 was about $500, but the Explorer had no damage...

    The woman's husband worked for Fred Beans Collision Center, so he just paid to fix the damage to the S2000 out of pocket...

    Actually worked out quite well in my opinion...

    :cheers:

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  6. Jul 30, 2017 at 8:29 AM
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    I hate getting stuck behind "All Threes" taxicabs...

    They these obnoxious pulsating brake lamps:
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  7. Jul 30, 2017 at 8:32 AM
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    I hate this particular portion of Court Street! The red line marks the spot where the street suddenly gets narrower:

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  8. Jul 30, 2017 at 8:33 AM
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    June 16, 2017:

    First gen photobomb!

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  9. Jul 30, 2017 at 8:35 AM
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    Sorry...

    I removed 25 photos from the June 16th batch!
     
  10. Jul 30, 2017 at 8:38 AM
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    June 16th, 2017:

    Acme employee who has just walked the street to retrieve a shopping cart from a ditch and is now dragging the cart back to the store...

    No problem with this...

    Except he's just moseying across a fairly busy public road with seemingly no thought given to the drivers who might have to slam on their brakes to avoid hitting him, or even worse...

    NOT BEING ABLE TO STOP IN TIME AND HITTING HIM!

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  11. Jul 30, 2017 at 8:41 AM
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    June 16th, 2017:

    The inspection stickers on this poor Audi expired back in 2015, and it has been languishing in this very spot for at least two years:

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  12. Jul 30, 2017 at 8:43 AM
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    June 16th, 2017:

    The red arrow points to the future location of a 2-story parking garage. Despite opposition from Doylestown Borough residents, they are still going to build the damn thing...

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  13. Jul 30, 2017 at 8:44 AM
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    Nothin' like driving through D-town with the top down!

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    That intersection again:
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  14. Jul 30, 2017 at 8:48 AM
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    June 16th, 2017:

    :mad:Jaywalkers:mad:

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    The orange hands are flashing (I have the right of way!): 20170616_2869_IMG.jpg 20170616_2870_IMG.jpg
     
  15. Jul 30, 2017 at 8:50 AM
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    And...

    Finally heading home!

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  16. Jul 30, 2017 at 8:58 AM
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  17. Jul 30, 2017 at 8:59 AM
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    Here, we see the adult equivalent of an ice cream truck...

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  18. Jul 30, 2017 at 9:01 AM
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    June 17th, 2017:

    At about this spot (red arrow), back in April 2008, I met Bill Clinton for the second time in just under twenty years!

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  19. Jul 30, 2017 at 9:06 AM
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    Heading home:
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  20. Jul 30, 2017 at 9:09 AM
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    June 17th, 2017:

    This was a Saturday, and if I remember correctly they ran out of ice at work so I had go back into town later that night...

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