What did you do with your Taco today

mrproduxn said:
I always calculated my mpg. No extended warranty. That's why I ditched it after 5 years.
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I didn't catch the 2wd part. Everyone up here gets a 4wd.....many dealers don't even stock 2wd tacoma's on their lots. The 4.0 v6 in the gen2 was a thirstier engine in a 4wd averaging less than 20 mpg. Btw, these tacoma powertrain warranties do not cover any sensors, or electronics in the transmission, or other parts of the drivetrain.
 
tacojoel said:
I take it you bought an extended warranty?...toyota only gives 3 years, or 36k miles bumper to bumper, and 5 years on the powertrain for their trucks.
Btw if you go by that fuel economy readout on your trucks dash----it's bs. I can get 25 mpg + easily from my truck. Gotta do the actual math...it'll bring you back to reality.
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I bought my 2018 at Beaver Toyota in St. Augustine Florida. It came with a 20 year 200K mile drivetrain warranty. The new trucks have a lifetime drivetrain warranty.

I used mine last year when a front wheel bearing went out. I only paid a $100 deductible. I was worried they wouldn't honor the warranty because I had just had a 4x4 shop put 6112 and 5100 Bilstein's on it for a 2" lift.
 
WooD said:
I bought my 2018 at Beaver Toyota in St. Augustine Florida. It came with a 20 year 200K mile drivetrain warranty. The new trucks have a lifetime drivetrain warranty.

I used mine last year when a front wheel bearing went out. I only paid a $100 deductible. I was worried they wouldn't honor the warranty because I had just had a 4x4 shop put 6112 and 5100 Bilstein's on it for a 2" lift.
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Never heard such a thing....at least offered from toyota themselves. Most I can get here is a 10 year 100k toyota extended warranty, but it costs well over $1k up front. You can buy into other warranty companies like carshield for 200k miles, but they're a rip off, unless you drive a lot of miles every year.
 
tacojoel said:
Never heard such a thing....at least offered from toyota themselves. Most I can get here is a 10 year 100k toyota extended warranty, but it costs well over $1k up front. You can buy into other warranty companies like carshield for 200k miles, but they're a rip off, unless you drive a lot of miles every year.
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Hell they have lifetime oil changes now too!

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Are you smoking that nasty weed again? Saabs are no harder than any other car, and simpler than many.
Now changing spark plugs on a saab turbo...that can be another matter.
 
tacojoel said:
It's a sad deal when one can't do their own oil change. I actually chill out when doing mine.
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When I bought my Tacoma I told the sales dude I always do my own oil changes, and asked how that would work with the 20 year 200K warranty. He said just keep your receipts when you buy the oil and filters.

I figured it wasn't worth the risk.
 
tacojoel said:
Are you smoking that nasty weed again? Saabs are no harder than any other car, and simpler than many.
Now changing spark plugs on a saab turbo...that can be another matter.
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i seriously burned my forearm changing a saab oil filter tucked right under the exhaust manifold at quite the awkward angle

quiklube places got no time let car sit around wait awhile for it to cool down some
 
You can burn your arm on a lot of vehicles when working under them with a hot exhaust....it's called being careful. There also another saying..''no brain, no pain''
 
I had 2 mid 90's Z28's with LT1's. One built manual and one stock automatic. I ripped my hands up frequently on those. Worse than my 42 years in the machinist trade. Been working on cars since the mid 70's. No vehicle was more painful to work on than those freaking LT1's. Fun cars. Then I bought a Tacoma. Been driving a Tacoma since then.
 
Same here for working on cars...starting in the mid 60's. I even built a class C modified production 66 gto drag car in 71. I can't tell you how many times I got burnt hands arms an wrists having to service stuff the headers wrapped around.
I bought a toyota wolverine in 78 that I had to re-fabricate the entire front suspension after the cali conversion company did a piss poor mock-up job putting it together....that truck was unsafe to drive on public roads. I swear they used leaf springs from a model T that broke after the 1st pothole I hit. I took new measurements from the frame, and front axle, and had superior spring in our state make me a new custom set of springs. That was only the beginning.
 
tacojoel said:
Same here for working on cars...starting in the mid 60's. I even built a class C modified production 66 gto drag car in 71. I can't tell you how many times I got burnt hands arms an wrists having to service stuff the headers wrapped around.
I bought a toyota wolverine in 78 that I had to re-fabricate the entire front suspension after the cali conversion company did a piss poor mock-up job putting it together....that truck was unsafe to drive on public roads. I swear they used leaf springs from a model T that broke after the 1st pothole I hit. I took new measurements from the frame, and front axle, and had superior spring in our state make me a new custom set of springs. That was only the beginning.
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your experiences are golden!
 
No, just part of life growing up. We grew up without a lot of stuff the generations today take for granted having to make our stuff. I was into mini bikes, and go carts around 8-10 years old, cobbling stuff together that would probably make guys cry today if they had to ride them. Working on cars, and trucks came natural as I got older. You learn by past mistakes, and there were plenty of them.
 
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