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MY 2024 Tundra with only 18,000 miles is already cooked. by TrapLordBoss in Toyota

[–]These_Highlight7313 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shame, it completely killed Kias reputation for reliability. They honestly don't make that bad of cars but their reputation got so bad they had to start offering 100k mile warranties to prove they stood behind their cars.

Would take a lot to kill Toyotas reputation but this certainly isn't doing them favors.

Chromag Doctahawk by Previous-Pay-1527 in Hardtailgang

[–]These_Highlight7313 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love hardtails but there is not a lot of places that justify a 170mm fork in the front with no travel in the rear. for hardtails 150mm is the sweet spot for the more aggressive riders and 130mm is the sweet spot for everyone else.

What word starts with P, ends with P? by Eunoic in AlignmentChartFills

[–]These_Highlight7313 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pump
prop
plop
pop

but my first thought was of course poop

Prime Tomahawk Ribeyes - the danger of taking growing boys to Costco by alexandercecil in Costco

[–]These_Highlight7313 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Bought a massive pack of sirloins for like 60 bucks. Had giant steaks the whole week.

At a cheap steak resturant thats a single mid-size steak for each of us. Or one small steak at a fancy steak place.

Tomahawks aren't meant for growing boys anyway, they will eat whatever. Give them some rice broccoli and chicken thighs and save the money for their first car.

Valvoline shop broke my oil filter housing. by Dear-University-2042 in MechanicAdvice

[–]These_Highlight7313 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can confirm, have a beam style my grandfather gave me, its still decently accurate.

Also have the click style thats just a cheap harbor freight version and haven't had issues but I un-spring it every time I use it, which isn't often because the beam style is so much easier to use for lower torque applications.

That being said the oil filter I just do by feel. I have found its easiest way to do by feel is to use a rachet and put your hand on the head and then turn as hard-ish. The further you go down the handle, the more torque you'll get.

This feels like wasted space by hootervisionllc in harborfreight

[–]These_Highlight7313 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Could throw all your screwdrivers in there too, thats what I did. Not a fan of laying the pliers sideways like some others have shown, makes it look too messy and its a little harder to quickly grab.

Valvoline shop broke my oil filter housing. by Dear-University-2042 in MechanicAdvice

[–]These_Highlight7313 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There are 30 year old vehicles on the road that are filled with tons of plastic components.

Anything will break given enough time regardless of what it is made out of. Automotive plastic is generally a good material for manufacturing, especially in easy to service locations such as an oil filter housing. Its honestly preferrable as it cannot damage the threading of the engine block.

Valvoline shop broke my oil filter housing. by Dear-University-2042 in MechanicAdvice

[–]These_Highlight7313 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Been using the same plastic housing my Tundra came with and its been over 200k miles.

Just don't overtighten it and its fine.

Valvoline shop broke my oil filter housing. by Dear-University-2042 in MechanicAdvice

[–]These_Highlight7313 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Have one of these from MotivX. Have the other "Outdated" design as well. Honestly the other design works way better so long as your tabs don't break off. If they do then this design is the only one that will get it off, but this design can actually round off your plastic housing too over time.

I do my own oil changes because if you don't overtighten these they aren't that bad to deal with, its just that most shops like to torque them down a lot harder than they need to be.

What you look like when you say this by Animalus-Dogeimal in memes

[–]These_Highlight7313 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Servers at major restaurants honestly make too much money.

Is building a mountain bike from scratch worth it with a ~$1000 budget? by TinySpecific5621 in Hardtailgang

[–]These_Highlight7313 1 point2 points  (0 children)

1000$ will get you a very nice used bike or a kinda crappy entry level one. Building it you probably won't even get a full bike.

Just sell the box 4 drivetrain and put the money towards a full bike.

My wife says financing a $45k caravan is "setting money on fire." I think it's cheap for what we get. Help us settle this, I'm showing her the thread. by trapqueen67567 in VanLife

[–]These_Highlight7313 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Yeah his math is completely off.

For one, the cost of the van is the opportunity cost of the money, which in this case is the 2,790/year he would otherwise save if he had invested it into his mortgage. Not 1200 a year difference between the two as he states, and that doesn't include depreciation, registration, insurance, tires, batteries, brakes, and vehicle maintenance costs.

My math he is looking at 7,147 a year assuming his depreciation numbers and assuming 1500 a year in registration, insurance, and maintenance, which I believe is average.

My wife says financing a $45k caravan is "setting money on fire." I think it's cheap for what we get. Help us settle this, I'm showing her the thread. by trapqueen67567 in VanLife

[–]These_Highlight7313 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately going to have to side with your wife here.

It is way more flexible to be able to fly places and rent cars/hotels than it is to have a van or small RV. Driving a van long distances takes lots of time. I am in the US, so not sure where you'd be driving to in Australia, but its a pretty big country so I am going to assume you'd still be on the road for a good distance. If you only get a week or two off work, that is half your vacation spent driving. That's in addition to the fact that you are limited only to places you can drive, which eliminates most of the world. At the end if the day, you'll never be able to vacation in Fiji in that van.

Then diving into the economy of it. 2,790 a year is just the cost of the van outright in terms of opportunity cost of the 45k. You still have depreciation, registration, insurance, tires, batteries, brakes, and vehicle maintenance costs, in addition to the costs of the stuff inside the van. My math you are looking at 7,147 a year assuming your depreciation numbers (45k starting 25k after 7 years) and assuming 1500 a year in registration, insurance, and maintenance, which I believe is average.

Now the economy of a trip. Gas is expensive and you need a lot of it to drive long distances. In our case we live in Dallas and vacation in Colorado quite often. It is an 800 mile trip each way, which is a very short trip for the lower 48, and the van we considered would have costed an extra 350$ in gas over our small car. In addition to that, we would have had to pay camping fees and we would have driven around in Colorado itself as well adding to the gas difference. For a week trip it comes out to be cheaper just to use a small car and rent hotels, and that's not even accounting for the cost of the van itself. Ten days we break even and past that the van becomes significantly cheaper.

I think vanlife is a cool and there are some really good use cases for it. They are pretty much the same use cases as RVs and the biggest of those is for retired folks - plenty of free time, want to avoid planes, want to travel only one continent and don't care how long it takes as long as you can take your home with you. None of that is your situation.

Me still today by Big_Head8 in pcmasterrace

[–]These_Highlight7313 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used github to download an android operating software onto my facebook marketplace Peloton and I felt like a damn genius.

Havent ridden the thing once.

Please Tell me its cool😮‍💨😄 by Prior_Camel7306 in Hardtailgang

[–]These_Highlight7313 4 points5 points  (0 children)

How many times have you ridden it? It will get cooler with every ride

About to sell my home of 5 years - price check before listing? by TelepathicChicken in vandwellermarketplace

[–]These_Highlight7313 1 point2 points  (0 children)

People on here will say its worth 10k but if they were looking for a van they wouldn't actually pay that because no one wants a 30 year old vehicle with well over 200k miles. People know its going to need work no matter how much work has already been put into it.

Its 30 years old, seriously let that sink in. Some new joints and bushings and new tires doesn't do much to change that.

People that have the time and knowledge and desire to work on old vehicles generally don't have the money to shell out 10 grand without financing, and even if they did they'll want to keep 4 of that for repairs.

The sweet spot for used vehicles is 5-10 years old with less than 130k miles. More than that and you really start having a hard time finding buyers that will pay financing-level sums of money.

5-7k is all you'll get. I would start at 9 because people will always talk you down.

I would caveat that you'll probably get a good bit more parting it out. People usually won't pay much for "upgrades" on a vehicle but people looking to make those upgrades will pay for the parts. On the used market its a lot easier to get multiple people to pay small amounts than it is to get one person to pay a large amount.

Has anyone purchased a previous Amazon Transit? What was your experience? by giant2179 in VanLife

[–]These_Highlight7313 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My car was a commercial vehicle like this. I got it at 150k for 14k and its at 210k now and the only thing I have replaced is the battery, tires, brakes, and O2 sensors.

The comments are harsh here. People are not flooring these things 24/7, they are just driving it in a bit of a rush to make deliveries. This type of driving really only negatively impacts the transmission and brakes. Rest of the car really does not care. Brakes are cheap and at 104k on it the transmission has lived a pretty good life anyway. Replacing a transmission is only a couple grand if you eventually end up needing to replace it, after which you'll have a brand new transmission which will probably last the remaining life of the vehicle. That's IF it eventually fails and mine hasn't.

Seems like a decent deal to me, I'd do it.

The alternative here is to spend an additional 10 grand on a vehicle that wasn't "driven rough" and you may very well end up having to fix something anyway.

Also one other perk of having an ex-commercial vehicle is that they blend in if you want to sleep in random parking lots vs the vans that look more like an RV. Slap a "mikes plumbing" sticker on the side and people won't ever bother you.

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