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A break-in 2008. I forgot to lock the truck last night. Actually, I rarely lock my truck. I mean, we live in a neighborhood of 75-80 year-olds. But apparently there is some hooligan in Woodridge too. A hooligan who opened the truck, rummaged through the glove box, and took several invaluable...

Pumping up the rear with air shocks June 23, 2008. There was a time when I was working with Dad on some job site when we went and filled up the back of his Jeep (1989 Cherokee Laredo) with bags of concrete, and he pulled out a bike pump to inflate his rear shocks. I was hooked. It took me 8...

Donuts on the freeway - time for a new bumper November/December 2006 It's snowing! The truck loves snow. Snow means pulling people out of ditches, driving on roads that are impassable by cars, and having an all-around good time. One night I headed over to pick up Gina from school (the buses had...

Landscaping June 4, 2005 I found out today that the truck loves landscaping. That is all.

A late-night knock on the door - the Truck was hit November 12, 2004. Two weeks after moving from an apartment in Redmond to a house in Bellevue, we were setting up the house after work (at about 10pm) and there was a knock at the front door. And then, Gina found me in the back room and said...

My first mod - disabling the daytime running lights August 1, 2001. While the ABS brakes may have been a lucky break (in certain on-road situations), one thing I wasn't going to put up with were the daytime running lights (DRL) that I couldn't turn off. Three things bugged me: First, what if I...

I’m getting a truck (for my birthday!) Late 1999. As with pretty much everything I do, I’m over-researching my first car purchase. But it’s not a car, it’s a truck. It’s not any truck, it’s a Tacoma. I’ve wanted one of these ever since I nearly traded my 1982 Honda Accord (that Dad bought) for...

Trips May 2016 - Owyhee Canyonlands, OR - Want to skip work on Friday? July 2016 - Icicle Creek, WA - Mileage milestone - 60K September 2016 - Crater Lake, OR - A volcano. In a lake. On a volcano. October 2016 - Stage 3 of the WABDR to Sleeping Lady December 2016 - Christmas Tree, Sledding, and...

AdventureTaco The story of a 2000 Toyota Tacoma XtraCab SR5 V6 4WD TRD The story of the truck actually started in 1999, but nothing was written down until early September 2016. As such, there are surely important (and unimportant) parts that have been forgotten. And of course, there are sure to...