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It was not on purpose but I let it get a lot of hail damage. A smile in it was the insurance adjuster thanking me for not being like most of the pickup truck owners he'd already dealt with who take it a bit too seriously. Accidents happen.

Our daughter? My wife? There have been funny moments. Young MTB riding dudes embarrassed that chick riding fast could have been their mom. Hotel breakfasts, ski trips, a spa or pub with our daughter and the dudes realize she's with her dad.

Funny. My struggles work this way. My traditional style Jeeps were a 1947 and 1977 so fundamentally different from what the market and majority owners are now. It is rather the same for pickup trucks for a guy who mostly had and has them as work tools. Clearance lights were something that were...

Getting to two years, my pickup being work/task/tow oriented, it's been rare when premium fuel was ever felt or noticed as an advantage. I've done it mostly in high payload or towing either crossing high elevation mountains or once when towing faster had a beat the clock element. On the fuel...

Be comfy in your own skin and don't worry about others. Some vehicles can earn a reputation that doesn't fit the owner. I've sure caught that from the mix of what we've had. All I would worry about regarding the toddler and covers is airbag compatibility. We lost a family member in an accident...

Admittedly influenced by fleet and enterprise operations experience plus age I stick to a manufacturer's terms during warranty period and often beyond. Also get service performed at the dealers. It has never been any significant expense and has had times when I got coverage past warranty or the...

There are two kinds of snake oil. There was the 19th century folk remedy from actual Chinese water snakes where the chemistry made sense as pain relief. Then came the type that fools people. I'm sticking with the idea that a known brand of oil that meets an engineering specification is exactly...

My wife would not be for all of that but wants me to get something to aid loading the roof rack. I'm not an actual 4x4 hobbyist but am off road a lot in a trail builder, ski area crew and bike park steward role. I wonder if that part that sticks out might be an issue. Running boards on a loaner...

A reminder that I need to replace mine. After the problem repeated I dug in and found the culprit. The interior plug/port can use higher draw accessories. For example, a compressor I used needs a 10A fuse and doesn't blow that inside the cab.

Update: I looked at the firms covering our home/auto and umbrella, my business, and some popular carriers not mine. Mine Acuity, is much like the popular Geico, Allstate, State Farm, and Progressive. Disclosure is required for all of them. They address the modifications with CPE (custom parts &...

I took a slow or deliberate approach for rack and bed add-ons or changes. One element was for I use the whole long bed in work or traditional pickup ways. I'm working off road often but I also make fairly regular trips to places that are 500-1000 mile trips with freeway segments so want road...

That link has info that might help folks unaware understand, but there is a willful ignorance for the topic. My earlier post on how we addressed the on and off-road vehicles was certainly something not fun, but I get it when I think of all the insurance types and rates I pay as a business owner...

Even if Toyota did monitor this forum, their 1200+ authorized dealers are where you have to go for warranty work to be performed. All 50 states have lemon laws usually 3 strikes and the auto maker is out. This makes me wonder about your post. What specific repair did the dealer fail to fix...

I would call that more of a dealer problem than Toyota for all the times I've had to have extra or careful attention to balance and alignment, and subset you check tire pressure because the dealers often over inflate tires. Some of my good fortune might be the dealer nearest my home gets the...

I'm plenty set but fit and price motivated my 2024 purchase when my first winter was approaching. I've had and have OEM from 2 each Japanese and European auto maker brands plus a well known premium after market brand. All that was just throwing money away compared to the modestly priced Triple...

Posts are missing how insurance works, the laws carriers operate under, and most of the consumers. I'm sure someone with a heavily modified or purpose built for off-road use could buy insurance as we (trail building and ski area operations) buy, and it's same for my unrelated small business...

I'm with you where I'm sure some are not happy, but the roadways are shared responsibility matters and some activities are best done outside of that. For examples.... I did my racing in a club and off of the shared roadways, and in our ski area and trail work operations we don't license or...

Keep in mind that a property owner, land manager, municipality or county might not adopt the state law as their rules or ordinance. You need to have a class I type to just about universally ride most single track trail, and beyond that not by ill considered by other users in the public spaces...

In our kids raising period we moved away from a pickup truck, had a 4Runner, used trailer periodically, and also rented full-sized light trucks when needed. When our kids were growing up we also considered them in assessing back seats. All mid-sized pickups are poor for rear seat use on a...

It looks like when I got Michelin and Bosch wiper blades when they were the only choices at the moment with their being little more than basic made of craptacular Chinesium. $20 extra for a brand name here??? Funniest of all to me for not liking heavy weight of the Toyota ones or thermoplastic...