What Have You Done To Your 2nd Gen Tacoma Today?

well damn, I'm probably just going to end up cutting off the studs. Need my gas tank skid on for Uwharrie

 

So someone else does that while they're at work, huh?

I alternate between 4wd/off road video's and Go Pro video from dirt bike racin'.

It would be better if I could crank up the volume, but it might disturb my boss....or wake up some of the others in the office.

 

Tanks are the same, the straps for OR pkg with skid have 4 mounting points for the skid to mount too. Not sure whether they have threaded stud and nut keeps skid on or if there is threaded sleeve that a bolt threads into to hold skid on but that will be found out soon enough.

 

I use my ear buds

 

Threaded stud. gotcha covered bud

 

That might not go over so well where I work. A couple of the employees I supervise wear them even when they shouldn't. I've had to write both of them up after "Mr Big" pointed them out to me and demanded I do something about it. I could just imagine the reaction if I was to start wearing them!

 

Bought a optima battery. Red top. Hoping it is as good as people claim the, to be

 

Eeeeek, yeah our desks are in the back of the building (Bullpen), so it's not a big deal here. It's actually encouraged, when we are watching "training videos" hahaha (hey, this is training in my opinion). I work in sales at a Toyota Dealer haha

 

Well now! That's entirely different. You're doing "market studies".

 

Good luck

 

I just bought one today too!! I heard good and bad about them (newer ones), but I needed a battery quick so I just said screw it and got it. Hope it lasts more than 3 years.

 

After selling them for years...and repeatedly returning them, what stood out to me is that they seem to have a high defect rate. They either fail really quick or last forever.

 

Took it in the woods for a little small game hunting

 

I have a local "auto parts" store that keeps "warranty replacing" Red Tops for me.
I purchased a single battery there over 10 years ago, and they keep swapping it out for a brand new one every time I bring it in without a receipt.

 

Used to do that with boat batteries every 11 months.

 

We did that too if we could find their purchase in the system...which we usually could even though the system was pretty archaic.

I know a lot of people pick these for vehicles they don't often use, so maybe that played a role. When will did a 6 month analysis we found our return rate for defective optima batteries was near 50%

 

Yeah, mine's in a car that has been driven twice in the past ~four years (yes, I know it's sad).
With the three-year free-replacement, the employees at this "auto-parts" store would simply pick any purchase of the same SKU and use it for the warranty.

 

This is why most manufacturers don't give you a new warranty period for the replacement part. The new part just continues the original warranty.

 

Same thing here on the "Optima" I went through 3 red tops in 4 years before I said enough, and went to giving my opinion and they replaced my fourth one with a DieHard I think that was about five years ago still no problems on it. Never again on the Optima!

 

It's called an evergreen warranty. Most company warranty snow have that stated somewhere in the terms.