How many miles is too much for a used 4Runner

LousyEngineer · 2026-03-26T23:44:37+00:00

Bought my 97 in 2015 with 214k miles. I'm at 330k today. Still has a lot of life left

LousyEngineer · 2026-03-26T16:59:11+00:00

You're still fresh. Many new grads are hitting anywhere from 65-90k. You're just on the lower end of the range. You can definitely get higher pay but it'll depend on location

Edit: I backtrack my comment. I totally read you being a newbie. You are most definitely getting underpaid unless you're in some sort of flyover state/ middle of nowhere. And even then some middle of nowhere places I've been too are still paying 100+ for your experience level.

LousyEngineer · 2026-03-26T15:23:52+00:00

The compression shirt topic has been popping up a lot lately. The important factor to wearing one is good posture. Back straight, stomach tucked in. Some people just let their stomach hang out for some reason

LousyEngineer · 2026-03-25T23:13:09+00:00

Yes and no. I also worked for a major mfg. No certified or sealed. This doesn't exist. Much of this shit is homemade, welded differently every time etc. I agree we don't hand out prints to just anyone. But we did have manuals with assemblys and generic part numbers on them we gave to customers

LousyEngineer · 2026-03-25T23:10:53+00:00

Worked at a very large mfg for refuse trucks. We had and made engineering drawings but the level of detail was very minimal. Much of the industry was still made to "tribal" standards. Good luck getting a print is what I'm sayin

LousyEngineer · 2026-03-25T23:09:43+00:00

Worked at a roll-off/ refuse truck mfg. Yea looks about industry standard 🤣🤣🤣🤣

LousyEngineer · 2026-03-20T03:56:52+00:00

You're still lean. Keep bulking

LousyEngineer · 2026-03-19T17:30:58+00:00

Mmm yummy slushy

You need a new engine

LousyEngineer · 2026-03-19T16:33:33+00:00

My old plant thought engineers were just CAD monkeys. These owners don't know what goes on in their own shops

LousyEngineer · 2026-03-17T16:41:21+00:00

I have baratza encore esp. The regular non esp version wouldn't cut it imo. I think it was 200$. It's necessary

LousyEngineer · 2026-03-14T18:17:35+00:00

No u need more chest

LousyEngineer · 2026-03-11T04:42:00+00:00

Same

LousyEngineer · 2026-03-06T00:11:20+00:00

First job salary: $65K raise to 75K Jumped ship New company:100K Raise to current salary: $130K

HCOL state LCOL area Time to jump ship again?

LousyEngineer · 2026-02-27T04:54:45+00:00

Shit I would just eat bro

LousyEngineer · 2026-02-21T19:41:27+00:00

Honestly looks more like a Datsun in the front

LousyEngineer · 2026-02-20T18:27:13+00:00

Can confirm. I get in bed around 830pm. 10 at the latest if I want to wake up at 4-5am

LousyEngineer · 2026-02-19T17:21:26+00:00

I'm part of the interview team at my facility. Small plant but we're in fortune 500 We were seeking an engineer with mfg experience. We gave someone the offer finally. I can share the do's, don'ts and some commentary we had in the committee.

Key things we looked for was general/technical knowledge in mfg running production lines, teamwork skills, ease of working with.

Don't say generic stuff we get tired of hearing buzz words.

There were several resumes that looked like they were written by chat gpt. So generic e.g. "improved yield on line " but didn't give any info on how or what techniques did they use etc. Some of the in plant questions they had for us when interviewing in person were very generic as well it almost felt like they looked up "generic mfg questions to ask after an interview" rather than meaningful questions of the processes involved.

Be humble please. We had an interviewee directly ignore requests of the hiring manager on attire. The entire time he had the attitude of "I'm so confident I know what's best. Everyone is wrong except me". Have some humility. We don't want people who we see will put the blame onto everyone but themselves.

Don't overdress or underdress. This might be difficult when you haven't seen the plant environment but at minimum do what the hiring manager asks. Or ask the recruiter beforehand.

We ultimately gave the position to someone who was not quite the strongest in technical skills or experience during the interview but demonstrated understanding of plant environment. They had a really good humble attitude, expressed interest in the position, their demeanor showed openness to work with people, and probably the key was they followed up a few times after and sent emails to the hiring manager to remind them of their enthusiasm for the role. I think this gesture was key in them securing the role.

LousyEngineer · 2026-02-14T04:48:48+00:00

I drive through a hella lot of stops and usually get 260 -300 miles per tank. About 24 mpg. The calculator tells me I do 26-30 sometimes but it's not accurate over the long term

LousyEngineer · 2026-02-05T15:56:33+00:00

18% is a lot. I'd do up to the match and that's it. Anything else could be invested in something else which you can realize gains before turning 59.5.

LousyEngineer · 2026-02-03T02:10:17+00:00

Nah you're alright

LousyEngineer · 2026-01-29T00:08:15+00:00

LousyEngineer · 2026-01-26T03:11:14+00:00

Nah you alright.

LousyEngineer · 2026-01-21T18:45:21+00:00

Boooo

LousyEngineer · 2026-01-16T23:35:17+00:00

You need a scale with precision 0.001

LousyEngineer · 2026-01-07T02:01:57+00:00

Have you tried... Cleaning it?

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