Well it’s not perfect but

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04/10/2019 at 11:45 • Filed to: None

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Also check the barrage of warning lights

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DISCUSSION (16)


Kinja'd!!! E90M3 > Mini Guy- Now has a 4Runner
04/10/2019 at 11:52

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It’s a Tacoma, so I’m assuming you’re thinking of selling it for $30,000 . No wait, I forgot about the warning lights, $29,999.99 then.


Kinja'd!!! Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Mini Guy- Now has a 4Runner
04/10/2019 at 11:54

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Hey, I got one of those things.


Kinja'd!!! Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Mini Guy- Now has a 4Runner
04/10/2019 at 12:21

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At least they gave you a temperature gauge. Two of my more recent automotive acquisitions have none. Only an idiot light.


Kinja'd!!! functionoverfashion > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
04/10/2019 at 12:27

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If it’s anything like the temp gauge on my car, though, it’s not linear. Meaning, it sits in the very middle 99% of the time unless it’s not warmed up yet, or about to catastrophically overheat. Otherwise it never moves.

Maybe because it’s a Tacoma, it is more useful? 


Kinja'd!!! Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > functionoverfashion
04/10/2019 at 12:29

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Probably because it’s a Toyota, it’s a dummy gauge, knowing most Toyota buyers will never notice it anyway.

Don’t take that as an insult.


Kinja'd!!! Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness
04/10/2019 at 12:32

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The bonus is that you have a Toyota so you don’t have to worry about it overheating.


Kinja'd!!! Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Mini Guy- Now has a 4Runner
04/10/2019 at 12:34

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Ah yes. A typical 4runner fuel gauge. Dead on the bottom. 


Kinja'd!!! Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
04/10/2019 at 12:35

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As long as it’s not a 2012 Corolla S.................


Kinja'd!!! Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > functionoverfashion
04/10/2019 at 12:39

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Is the needle close to the red? Approaching the red? Far from the red? Receding from the red? Closer to the red than normal?

The answer to any of these can be helpful information.


Kinja'd!!! Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > Mini Guy- Now has a 4Runner
04/10/2019 at 12:43

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Just need some electrical tape and those lights will be solved. Should easily have another 100k in her. ;)


Kinja'd!!! Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
04/10/2019 at 12:44

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Surprisingly enough, that is one thing ( maybe the only thing ) 90s Mopars did not skimp on, all mine have legit temp gauges.


Kinja'd!!! TheTurbochargedSquirrel > functionoverfashion
04/10/2019 at 12:55

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The gauges in the 1st generation Minis like mine are so bad they are almost worse than an idiot light. I can’t find it again now but I remember reading a forum post showing that the bottom of the middle tick was 170F and that the top was 230F.


Kinja'd!!! functionoverfashion > TheTurbochargedSquirrel
04/10/2019 at 13:31

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Yeah, same here. Someone figured out how to reprogram the ones in the E46 to give you something between “OK” and “WARPED HEAD”


Kinja'd!!! Under_Score > Mini Guy- Now has a 4Runner
04/10/2019 at 14:41

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That’s crazy. The odometer should say 462,222 before those lights appear.


Kinja'd!!! Mini Guy- Now has a 4Runner > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
04/10/2019 at 15:04

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no way me too


Kinja'd!!! Mini Guy- Now has a 4Runner > TheTurbochargedSquirrel
04/10/2019 at 15:06

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your mini has more gauges than the fuel, and speedo, and rpm? woahhhh