What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

We must have the same neighbor!

 

Me third! lol!

He is intrigued anytime I wrench or I have my friends come over and wrench. Said he doesn't see people wrenching that much anymore.

 

What is next in the list?

 

A fresh set of tires, an oil change and a full detail.
I really liked Meridian/Eagle ID. I'd like to explore northern ID, WA and OR more. Winter is closing in though.

The Great Lakes and FL are of interest. I've been considering getting a Winnebago Micro Minnie or Hike 100 travel trailer.

 

Not everyone can hypermile their Taco...you must learn the ways padiwan.

 

thank you! i ended up going with the DAC tent from softopper - it looked a bit more roomy although being less sturdy. I don't camp in much inclement weather so i figured the trade off was worth the extra room.

 

We ALL must!!!

What are you doing now???

I said brakes....

He said ALREADY. ?

I said I'm at 71k on the original pads...

He said....oh.... I didn't realize you had that many miles already.

I said...... That's why I'm always doing maintenance... That's why I bought a Toyota... Not for 100k, not for 200k, but for the 300k+ haul

 

Reminds me of a convo I had with someone recently. I was talking about building my next camper trailer and whether or not I wanted some features. They said to think about resale value and I told them I don't buy or build things with the next person in mind, I buy or build for myself. Thats why I never worry much about putting miles on my vehicle, I bought it to use it. They then stated they try to not put too many miles on in case they want sell it, so I asked them if they avoid having sex with their wife to save her for the next guy in case they get divorced.

 

Same here. Neighbor always interested in what I'm doing to the truck.

 

I like the analogy!

 

Been sitting on these since January - new brake lines went in yesterday. Along with some new brake fluid.

 

My neighbor is an engineer with a company truck. He does absolutely zero wrenching on anything he has.

He has seen me work on dozens of vehicles, and now he sees me tinkering at least once a week, usually 2-3+ times a week. Especially with everything I am working on sound wise. He made a comment about a week ago… so I said… “do ya have a minute? Come here…”

We sat in the truck for 30-45 minutes with me serving as DJ and him asking… “do you have this…?”

Yesterday, I way lying under the truck bolting up the new skid plate and just heard him chuckling.

(his son had a 2nd gen AC)

Honestly, if I don’t slow down, I’m gonna need a support group.‍♂️

 

Go "cold turkey".

 

I really need to after this evening...

 

Forgot to share a video of the system in action
https://youtube.com/shorts/mo8ctUn9jXo?si=rMnInUaFP-V13WrN

I have an extra bracket for the relocation of the screen if anyone wants it, just pay shipping.

 

Leaving my local Home Depot today, I had pleasure to witness yet another accident in the making.

 

What’s the worst thing that could happen, someone rear ends you and launches boards through the rear glass and into your head?

 

Or the lumber scatters and becomes a jump ramp so the following vehicle lands on top of the truck?

 

I just want to make it clear, that’s not me! I would have opened my rear window shoving them against the windshield so I would only have 8 or 10 feet Cantilevered off my tailgate, oh yeah a tiny faded shop rage taped on the end for safety