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AgentOrange76
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Howdy y'all, I'm a broke college kid from the great state of NC. I guess you could say I fit into this lifestyle, cause right now I got time and no money. If it floats, has wheels or goes boom I'm prolly interested. I'm over on the Jeep side mostly, I've got a thread I put things on occasionally, come give a holler if ya like.
Its no yota, but if a couple Nissans snuck in what harms a little domestic presence gonna cause? Reminiscin' on the brief period of time dirtbaggin' in my brother's El Camino. I can't stay outta the dirt, and I prolly shouldn't've taken that thing a few places I did, but man I love that car. I want one big time, such a riot to drive anywhere, and you can't go anywhere without someone sayin' somethin.
My daily and everything rig is a Jeep, I love that thing to death. Been in the family since new, 17 years young. The Camino and our CJ5 have me dreaming of something older though, I dream of cheap old Wagoneers, full size Cherokees, FJ60s or a 3 door 'burb.
My baby:
Ol' Orange:
For the Toyota fanboys. This was my buddy's truck back in high school, who sold it to another buddy who gave it the attention it needed but never got and got her fixed up. That's not to say he doesn't use it, it might have even been airborne.....
Sweet thread y'all got over here, keep doin whatcha do, however poorly that may be.
Its no yota, but if a couple Nissans snuck in what harms a little domestic presence gonna cause? Reminiscin' on the brief period of time dirtbaggin' in my brother's El Camino. I can't stay outta the dirt, and I prolly shouldn't've taken that thing a few places I did, but man I love that car. I want one big time, such a riot to drive anywhere, and you can't go anywhere without someone sayin' somethin.
My daily and everything rig is a Jeep, I love that thing to death. Been in the family since new, 17 years young. The Camino and our CJ5 have me dreaming of something older though, I dream of cheap old Wagoneers, full size Cherokees, FJ60s or a 3 door 'burb.
My baby:
Ol' Orange:
For the Toyota fanboys. This was my buddy's truck back in high school, who sold it to another buddy who gave it the attention it needed but never got and got her fixed up. That's not to say he doesn't use it, it might have even been airborne.....
Sweet thread y'all got over here, keep doin whatcha do, however poorly that may be.
I play outside
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Ha!! I love how e30 have infiltrated this entire thread. Kdeleon I had an 87 325e in Stillwater years ago. I'm in Cali now w an 88 supereta fully swapped to "I".
Don't steer for me. Don't tell me there's a car next to me. Don't stop for me. Don't control my oversteer. Don't control how fast I descend a hill or what tire gets power goin uphill. Don't cut out cylinders so I get bettter mileage. Don't shift for me. Don't listen to yaw, pitch, roll, throttle angle, steering angle, multiple wheel speed sensors, xxxx input sensors. Don't limit the amount of torque and hp available on my "launch".
Let me sideswipe the guy next to me. Let rear end the car in front of me. Let me powerslide off the road. Let me slip and skid and slide down the hill. Let spin tires, burn rubber and break junk uphill. Let me get a bad 100ft time cuz I laid rubber instead actually hauling can.
Let me drive.
Don't steer for me. Don't tell me there's a car next to me. Don't stop for me. Don't control my oversteer. Don't control how fast I descend a hill or what tire gets power goin uphill. Don't cut out cylinders so I get bettter mileage. Don't shift for me. Don't listen to yaw, pitch, roll, throttle angle, steering angle, multiple wheel speed sensors, xxxx input sensors. Don't limit the amount of torque and hp available on my "launch".
Let me sideswipe the guy next to me. Let rear end the car in front of me. Let me powerslide off the road. Let me slip and skid and slide down the hill. Let spin tires, burn rubber and break junk uphill. Let me get a bad 100ft time cuz I laid rubber instead actually hauling can.
Let me drive.
AgentOrange76
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Preach it. Stupid nanny state ruining cars.....get off me. Don't tell me how to drive, and don't tell me what to drive. If I wanna drive something unsafe let me, and if I'm not as good as tecnology so be it. What turns me off from new cars is they're all just appliances. Nothing has any personality or character. Cars shouldn't but perfect, that's why we love them.
Amen!!! I couldn't agree more. For those that need all the 'nannies' in their new car, they should just call Uber.
I love seeing the vintage trucks on the road and especially in the back-country. It's probably why I've been preserving a sub-100k-mile 1997 5-spd 4runner SR5 for the last 7 years. It was a cherry when I picked it up in 2010-ish, and been in storage for the most part since then. I take it out periodically to maintain it, drive it, or just fiddle with it. I hope it can one day be one of those really clean 30+yr old trucks that I enjoy seeing now. In an age of progressively more complex, complicated and DIY-unfriendly vehicles, it feels rewarding to be keeping an old-school truck for future enjoyment. Friends and acquaintances have attempted to talk me out of it with some very tempting financial offers, but I'm pretty sentimental about it and really want to drive it through the Americas some day.
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Good for you. That is a REALLY clean looking 4runner...love it!
Clutch
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Times sure have changed, 25 years ago when I lived in PA..tried selling the 85 4Runner at the time, absolutely no interest...it was up for sale for 3 months, no offers, nothing...ended up keeping it, moved to AZ with it, drove it for a couple years there...put it up for sale to buy a '92 Pickup...gone in 2 days.
With my 99 Tacoma I have people asking to buy it every couple months. I'll be outside mowing the front lawn, dudes will stop..."Hey man, do want to sell that?" Same thing when I had my VW Westy.
Clutch
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Would of thought LC's held their value...guess I don't pay attention too much, since I don't really care for SUV's. Though a manual trans 4Runner would be a nice compliment to my Tacoma. We do have a Trooper...which I find it "ok"...but it is an auto, don't really care for autos...we put a whole 900 miles on it last year and 24K on my truck. That is how much I like driving autos.
Clutch
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Think I had my '92 pickup for 6 years, then traded up to the extra cab Tacoma, as much as I like the look of RC's...love the extra cab for storing a bunch of crap behind the seat...that and I tend to go to the park on lunch to take a nap. Like to recline the seat, and catch some zzz's.... :sombrero: Though it doesn't beat the Westy for afternoon snoozes...
Really miss my Westy, always wished Toyota would of imported the HiAce.
Think I need to toss a "Westfalia" sticker on my Wildernest to pay homage to the old bus.
Westy prices are just flat out dumb...anymores...drove past a lot that had a bay on it, sure it was cherry...but they wanted $30K!!! for it...thirty fricken thousand dollars for a bay!!?? just dumb, I like them, don't like that that much though....
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Crenshaw
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I play outside
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Bump for old skool thread. Trip to Joshua tree. Old dale and that other road out the south
