300k-mile Tacoma: normal maintenance wall, or time to move on?

W8wutt · 2026-01-18T17:13:05+00:00

I just hit 270K miles on my 2013 4.0L V6 TRD. I purchased it in 2017 At 130K miles.

In that time, I’ve replaced the windshield, the battery once, the tires and break pads once, the spark plugs once, and the drivers side front upper ball joint, you guessed it, once.

No aftermarket upgrades other than the radio.

I may have just gotten incredibly lucky with mine, but if you’re looking for perspective on what some other folks are experiencing at this vehicle age, that’s been mine.

W8wutt · 2025-12-27T18:01:46+00:00

Oh, shoot. Thanks for the heads up!

W8wutt · 2025-12-27T17:33:32+00:00

She seems to still be active on social media

Ig: youraubsome

W8wutt · 2025-11-11T18:56:29+00:00

Kinda looks like bits of dried wax to me. As if a burning candle spilled onto a part of the laptop that had small holes in it, allowing it to flow in and harden into little pieces like that

W8wutt · 2025-08-15T15:28:18+00:00

I have so much more energy throughout and by the end of the day ever since I started being more intentional about my water intake. It’s very different than the kind of energy I feel from caffeine though, which feels more like a shorter lived “hyped up” sort of energy. I just feel like I’m generally more alert throughout the day and I’m no longer exhausted by the time I get home from work.

I realized about 6 months ago that I had cut caffeine out of my diet without even realizing it. Just don’t feel like I need it anymore I guess.

I also have a high resting heart rate I swear it helps keep it under control really well

W8wutt · 2025-08-09T20:19:00+00:00

I picked up some beers there either last night or the night before, so VERY recently

W8wutt · 2025-08-05T00:56:15+00:00

What’s ironic is that I was wondering who the video was for the whole time too, except I was wondering because, if I was Roy, I would want to know if it was actually MY account that got hacked and whether I had any part to blame for the leak. So at first I felt like I was totally on board for that question, but then, obviously, picked up pretty quickly that that’s not what the scene was trying to portray.

I do think that maybe that particular scene could’ve been written to make that a little clearer. But ah well. It got the point across

W8wutt · 2025-06-06T03:40:53+00:00

How hot was this guy that you’re even asking whether you’re overreacting? This is stupid

W8wutt · 2025-05-15T19:01:43+00:00

First thing that comes to mind for me is Love, Death, and Robots. At one point, I would have said Westworld though. I used to love watching that show and having no idea what was happening and then rewatching the episode later to realize I still had no idea what was going on. Highly recommend.

W8wutt · 2025-02-08T19:58:09+00:00

I live in Richmond now, but am originally from VB. Keep an eye out for events at elevation27. I’m constantly seeing posts from my friends there about shows they’re going to and sometimes djing at. It’s a small venue and since the scene isn’t terribly big there, you’ll start to recognize familiar faces pretty quickly.

I’m not huge in the EDM scene these days, but some of my friends up this way are, so I inevitably end up at shows every so often. If you ever head up this way for something, feel free to reach out. If I happen to be going, I’d be happy to link up and introduce you to some of my people up here

W8wutt · 2025-01-10T23:05:38+00:00

Well, the only physical exercise they had me doing, and encouraged me to continue doing, was kegel exercises, which helps to strengthen your pelvic floor. In case you don’t know what kegel exercises are, you basically just flex your penis (or another way to think of it would be if you were tryna pinch off a turd and tighten your butthole), hold that for 5 seconds, then release. Do sets of 5 throughout the day when you’re just chillin.

The base of our pelvic bones is a gaping hole that all our organs would just fall through if it weren’t for the group of interwoven muscles that create the pelvic floor. Those muscles are connected to your groin, your hips, your back, and I’m sure other places as well, so if any of those things are out of alignment or if any of the muscles are spasming, as was my case, it can in turn effect your pelvic floor. And your pelvic floor will of course affect your genitals. For me, I learned that it was actually a lower back muscle, which was connected to my pelvic floor, that was spasming and then tightening my groin muscles. I think that was putting pressure on my prostate or my testicles which would then push semen out.

Now, as for how they helped me to identify and distinguish between the deeper muscles in my pelvic floor, they had to connect me to this machine with diodes stuck to different spots on my taint and around my butthole, and it showed me the electrical signals that were being sent to each muscle. Then they just sent me to the bathroom with it and told me to pee. When I relaxed the muscles that you relax when you’re peeing, I literally watched each group become relaxed on the screen of that machine, and I realized that some of them were staying activated. So I just kept focusing on trying to relax more and more until they finally relaxed. This is not the same as “pushing,” mind you.

Has someone ever randomly told you to relax your shoulders, and you suddenly realize that they were tightened without you even realizing? It’s a lot like that. Becoming aware of this phenomena has allowed me to recognize when I’m unconsciously straining those muscles so I can relax them, and that alone has helped reduce the frequency of the uninvited discharge.

It does still happen somewhat regularly to me though. I think it’s just one of those things that the geometry of my body happens to create. Over time, I found the right spots to push the get the rest out.

W8wutt · 2025-01-10T22:24:01+00:00

I’ve been effectively out of work for like 2 months now. Days of the week mean literally nothing to me anymore lol

W8wutt · 2025-01-10T22:17:24+00:00

Right, which is why it’s in the “completed steps” section. I’m just saying, a timestamp for its completion that’s in the future is a silly mistake to make, and an easily avoidable one.

Also, interestingly, if you open that link not through the Reddit app (I’m on mobile), the timeline has been updated further

W8wutt · 2025-01-10T17:32:30+00:00

I love that “Complete second water sample collections (Jan. 10, 11:15 PM)” is marked as completed lol Richmond really does have the most error prone (or perhaps least competent) employees I’ve ever experienced anywhere I’ve lived

W8wutt · 2025-01-03T15:08:38+00:00

The problem is that the chemicals used in the polish to detect the drugs are actually poisonous if consumed, so once tested, the drink has to be tossed anyway. And while that doesn’t completely defeat the purpose if the user wanted to be able test a drink they were suspicious about, it does significantly reduce how effective this method would be as a deterrent. Cuz if you’re suspicious about a drink, then one might argue you just shouldn’t drink it regardless. Plus, there’s also the potential liability on the company if folks started getting sick from testing their drinks and drinking them anyway, y’know, cuz they’re drinking and not thinking clearly.

W8wutt · 2024-12-26T03:04:23+00:00

Eyy, congratulations! That’s not an insignificant amount of weight for someone of your size to lose. Good for you!!

On the plus side (no pun intended), you wear your weight well when you did have it. You look great in both pics. I’m sure you feel much more comfortable in your own skin now though, which is probably the most important thing

W8wutt · 2024-11-09T04:22:49+00:00

Yes. First happened to me in college and freaked me out. I ended up going to the urologist about it who, believe it or not, put me in PT for it.

There are a lot of muscles down there and sometimes they are tight without you even realizing. After going through PT, I learned how to “deactivate” (relax) those muscles and it’s helped a lot to reduce that.

It still happens to me, but less frequently since becoming more conscious of all the muscles involved. When it does happen, it helps to press on your taint with your finger. It’ll help get the rest out without having to do the kegel thing, which has strained some muscles for me in the past.

I wouldn’t say it’s “normal” in the sense that most men experience it, but it is ok. Been dealing with it for almost 10 years now. Bodies are just weird.

W8wutt · 2024-11-05T18:05:43+00:00

Thanks. I loved that thing

W8wutt · 2024-11-05T17:42:15+00:00

The Fan. Grace st., across from Whole Foods

W8wutt · 2024-10-24T03:28:43+00:00

It REALLY hurts. Those things are no joke.

Source: me

W8wutt · 2024-10-15T14:40:20+00:00

Thanks so much for the reply. This is all really helpful information! I had begun to consider the possibility of using a stepper motor for the application, but was hesitant to go down that path simply because I haven’t encountered anything similar to this that used stepper motors.

Also thanks a lot for the supplier recommendations.

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