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The old boats are fun and offer a great value given how dang expensive the newer rigs are. I'd love to build one of these. http://www.ptwatercraft.com/ptwatercraft/PT_Skiff_Description.html The weather has been pretty wild this yr. Good news all the lakes and rivers will be full and offer great...

If I wanted a LC I'd have one. The OP did ask about an 80/ 100 and Sequoia. I like all three. Oh and mine was a 3rd vehicle. The sequoia is actually a 4th vehicle today. Only one or two people lightly touched on ride quality. When you have three vehicles to chose from and long pavent miles...

Funny this thread turned into a disaster and missed the whole point of the OP. I have two kids. We had a fantastic J80 long before they became fanboy status rigs. Very well built simple machine. Not exactly cheap to keep 100% but fun rig. We moved to a more modern rig for two main reasons. The...

Lol Few yrs ago some dope in a 30ft RV ran his ****ty genset all day and half the night. 5am that morning kid you not. 30 kids 12yrs to 2yrs were having an epic base ball game home plate 3ft from his front bumper! There must have been 60 parents sitting in a camp chair grand stand cheering. The...

The V8 is way more enjoyable than the I-6. I liked my J80 but the 100 is just that much better reagarding power. The IFS gets lots of bad press but I rarely ever hear of real cases of failure due to being IFS.

I'd look at the plugin Fusion battery pack. Nicer size to mount in a truck bed. 7.2 kwh.Also the standard Hybrid battery pack is small. Plugin on the other hand no need to run at all. But recharging any high capacity battery takes more than 2 minutes, or 10min or 20min. A little honda generator...

REI is awesome. LOL I only shop on discount days ;-)

I had a toyota go through two Head gaskets in 14 Months. 4 new heads plus labor and block work toyota spent $6000 the first time. $4000 the second time and it was still not right. Ive had two more yotas since both have had their problems. My subarus have been dirt cheap in comparison.

No no no !!!! West system gflex epoxy with some light glass cloth. Superglue is too brittle. This stuff https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2a5RlcP-4JE I've used it on a number of things goid stuff!

99-2003 they had a gasket issue. My 2001 at 62k was dripping coolant Subaru pulled the head replaced with a multi layer gasket and returned it 24hrs later no cost to me. Beat the hell out of that car through 180,000 - sold it in prime shape no leaks to a local kid. Last I heard he replaced it...

Take the tires off. Run a lock through them and stow them in the truck. Put lugnuts in your hand gun safe.

Dont forget to swap your battery cables for AC as thing warm up.

I recall nissan mentioning a special head / valve design. I would be really curious if the head and valving is different than the marine ized version.

My 3yr old daughter named our 05 Candy apple red Sequoia Clifford.. Great name !! ;-)

I've been towing various rigs with my two subarus since 01. Trailer brakes start to really make a difference on the subaru at about 1600-1800lbs. Though even then trailr stability under braking conditions really matters more. Light trailers like that dont give you much braking power, but the...

Quality led fixtures are a big deal. Lots of cheap chinese junk out there. 12volt basic leds run a low risk of fire. But any led with a step down transformer be wary of the quality. Leds are polarity specific. I ended up using a neg bar for all the neg connections. Most led fixtures seem to be...

Wow sounds like Toyota is using 1990's Ford customer support model. Just confirms my observation of the yota decline that really does not justify the yota tax. Not to mention our Auto Group monopoly in CA that manipulates both new and used market pricing in major CA regions. Pretty sure my...

Roof gear hits the mileage hard. Our 4x6 life time tent trailer "the original version" packed with gear runs around 1300lbs behind the Subaru. No bikes on the car roof we get trip averages of 21mpg at 65-70mph speeds. Add bikes to the car roof and we get knocked down to a solid 18mpg. I'm...

Wow $20k.. For a J80. I liked mine but not for 20k paid $8000 for it in 2004 from lady original owner. She had ordered it sans step with leather. I sold it in 2011 for $7500. Great truck but not a daily driver. Too costly and too maint intensive for a daily rig. It was my extra car. At 13mpg and...