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03/03/2020 at 14:20 • Filed to: kinja'd
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"Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available" (whoistheleader2)
03/03/2020 at 14:20 • Filed to: kinja'd | 4
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Until Kinja fixes my inability to post on all blogs (including my personal one), I’m just gonna recycle this poo post for random things I wanna say.
New post titled “Drove a Truck, but still Kinja’d”
Repost? Why the heck not?
I drove my grandfather’s ‘08 (ish) Ford Ranger he has had since new. It still drives like new, so underpowered, noisy, and sloppy, but somehow entertaining. Remarkably, after 100k of driving, it still tracks straight and true and only a few minor interior surfaces show wear, such as the driver’s side bolster and the glossy plastic radio trim. I’ve been trying to suggest the idea of detailing it for him. He is thinking about selling after he moves, which is why I was driving it.
Still, there is something so straightforward and honest about this truck. Everything feels mechanical to the touch. Of course the power sucking automatic transmission and power windows were a luxury feature, but they still feel old school.
As you can see, it needs a good clean. But the truck is still basically mint under the dirt. Was this the last American market vehicle left with a mechanical PRDNL selector?
It handled moving some heavy furniture and books like a champ. I didn’t notice any significant decrease in acceleration, but when pulling a trailer, you can feel the engine straining as a passenger. Speaking of passengers, don’t stick a normal sized adult in the sideways facing flip-down back seat for a long trip. Ask me how I know.
The hood and roof are now purple without the clear coat.
This is the only Tundra/Sequoia I’ve seen with a red hazard button
I also rode in my uncle’s old work truck. Even though it (260k) has less miles than my dad’s same year green TRD model (285k), the truck has clearly had a harder life. The paint on these doesn’t just fade, the entire clear coat dissolves and leaves a strange purpley color underneath the green.
So many people know had 02 Tundras and Sequoias of all different trim levels. And I can tell you, these are a ton of fun to drive with the light back end, quick but not overboosted steering, and torquey V8. Here is my dad’s TRD model. Note the fender flares and wider track width and ride height as well as the brown interior.
The Sequoias of this era could be optioned with power passenger seats and independent rear climate control like my friend’s white one. On an SUV in 2001! I still see these everywhere and probably will continue to 10 years from now. Absolutely rock solid trucks in every sense of the word (except for rust).
Original post titled “I’m Sorry”
Don’t let the cold weather get you down. Just go for a ride in your. . . errr. . .
Hmmmm, might want a rain check on that one.
E90M3
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12/12/2019 at 09:40 |
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9 years ago this month , I broke my laptop during dead week. As a result, I wanted to bring it to the Apple store. Only thing was I didn’t have a car, and my roommate with a car was borrowing his mom’s E46 325i convertible . It was a chilly December in ATL, but didn’t matter, we rode around with the top down.
Arrivederci
> E90M3
12/12/2019 at 09:46 |
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Amazing how that happens in college. I had a Mustang GT convertible back then and another friend had an Eclipse Spyder (2g). We needed to get a keg for a party we were having and it had started to snow, so my car was out (RWD + summer tires). We took his Eclipse and since it had a tiny trunk, the keg wasn’t going in there. We put the top down so it would go in the tiny backseat easily and drove home in the snow with the top down. It was awesome.
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E90M3
> Arrivederci
12/12/2019 at 09:47 |
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I see you had your priorities straight there.
Maxima Speed
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12/12/2019 at 09:49 |
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I’m kin gas ashamed to admit that i am actually liking these more and more. Not as a car but as an artistic oddity.
Milky
> E90M3
12/12/2019 at 10:04 |
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I was around Alpharetta this time last year and I got the top down too, ya just gotta do it. I n a similar car no less.
https://oppositelock.kinja.com/the-428i-convertible-turo-review-1831237149
WilliamsSW
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12/12/2019 at 10:14 |
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Fun fact - the first time I drove a convertible with the top down, I totaled it. In a car with no seat belts.
I’ve still owned 3 convertibles - for over 2/3 of the 35 years I’ve been driving, I’ve owned a convertible.
Ash78, voting early and often
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12/12/2019 at 10:43 |
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My neighbor has one, black with tan roof. I don’t even look at it oddly anymore.
Maybe it’s because I hate the Murano* , but this makes it better?
*Why? I just never liked the idea of an overpriced Altima hatchback sold as a quasi-luxury car. My aunt had one and it was definitely not worth $40k+ and was constantly in the shop.
Under_Score
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12/13/2019 at 10:22 |
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I see several of these in central Georgia, too. They aren’t surprisingly rare. I even see some Saab 9-4X’s running around Cobb!
Also, I recommend LakePoint Station Mini Golf and ro ck walls.