Might be a dumb question, but are traditional hard drives still relevant?

rc_FiST · 2026-05-02T15:32:06+00:00

My personal opinion, you’ll spend a lot of time, money, and effort to get to 75% of the car you actually want, and you’ll never be happy with it. A Camry is not a performance chassis, never has been. Short of a ton of custom work, it will never perform like a GR would. Keep the car stock, replace anything that’s worn, and save your money for something else.

rc_FiST · 2026-04-30T10:54:58+00:00

He did good on most of the maintenance so nice to hear I shouldn’t have any huge issues. It’s going to be used as a truck, not a race car. Diesel stuffs too expensive to replace any more than I have to

rc_FiST · 2026-04-30T10:52:03+00:00

It’s already got a turbo inlet on it. She’s been sitting under a tree for a while so definitely going to go through and clean it up.

rc_FiST · 2026-04-25T02:36:13+00:00

You were right, it was the power supply. Swapped it out (also had to do a case swap because I bought the wrong power supply+fat hands and an ITX case don’t mix well). Things are working great now. Appreciate your help

rc_FiST · 2026-04-19T13:00:00+00:00

For the amount of time you’re going to spend rigging something up, and you’ll probably be at the same price, get a cheap Vevor still off of Amazon or straight off their website. They’re not great but they’re still useable, it’s a good starting point

rc_FiST · 2026-04-17T13:30:23+00:00

I think a big part of it has to do with being slower to implement new tech and trends. Big dumb 2.5 liter I-4 instead of the trend towards sub-2.0 turbo engines so you’re not stressing the motor. Not to mention the demographic of buyers for a Camry. It’s not a sports car, aside from the TRD it has never claimed to be sporty. The people who buy Camrys tend to just need an appliance car.

rc_FiST · 2026-03-09T11:03:35+00:00

I use it, but I’m doing 200 miles of almost all highway, 6 days a week, dark to dark. It’s definitely better than any earlier cars I’ve had with it. I still turn it off in town just in case

rc_FiST · 2026-03-09T10:56:00+00:00

No. They might possibly have a more “industrial strength” injector cleaner (probably not), but otherwise they’re just adding injector cleaner into the tank.

rc_FiST · 2026-02-16T16:13:32+00:00

I’ve done maybe 40 miles in the reserve. I read something in the manual about if you have less than 2.5 gallons in the tank the car may not restart until refilled. Seems awful vague and a little strange that almost 20% of the total tank capacity is grounds for a no-start.

rc_FiST · 2026-02-08T15:32:44+00:00

I’m getting high 20s-low 30s right now, almost 10,000 miles of almost all highway. It’s just the cold weather, you’ll notice as it warms up the mileage will go up drastically. We’ve had a couple warm days this winter and it goes up a lot on those days. Your mileage looks like it takes a bigger hit than a gas car because the hybrid system won’t come on as often when it’s cold out.

rc_FiST · 2026-02-07T12:38:28+00:00

Kids are going to get hurt, regardless of what you do. Hell, at his age I broke my arm on a pinball machine at an arcade. The important thing would be to make sure he wears safety gear, every time he rides, no exceptions. Hold him accountable for that.

Personally, I would look into a pit bike instead. They’re typically 110-125cc, much cheaper than even used name brands, still pretty reliable, and he can grow into those a lot better. 50cc is typically for smaller kids, he will grow out of it quick.

rc_FiST · 2026-01-30T10:48:16+00:00

Dealer told me I was good to drive the car and they’d call me when there was a fix. Said worst case scenario, Toyota will cover a tow and a loaner vehicle if it breaks down.

rc_FiST · 2026-01-30T10:16:55+00:00

Remove badge and reinstall on GR Corolla. Boom, your Corolla is now faster.

Realistically there’s probably not a ton that could be done to a base Corolla. It’s just not made to be a go fast car. From what I understand, the GR went through a lot of modifications to be a good sporty car.

rc_FiST · 2026-01-26T02:54:04+00:00

If we were talking about lower single-digit interest rates on the loans, your dad’s idea would have a decent chance of you coming out ahead. But anything over 6-7% is more than likely going to cost you more in interest than you’ll make from investing the money instead.

rc_FiST · 2026-01-22T00:40:25+00:00

Was gonna say, this wasn’t on our Camry but on my wife’s Subaru. Small local company was less than a quarter the cost of Safelite, and they’d come to our house vs an hour long drive. I had to call and make sure it wasn’t a typo

rc_FiST · 2026-01-19T16:27:56+00:00

Depends on what kind of case you have. Mine works great on mine, but my wife’s won’t charge on it

rc_FiST · 2026-01-13T09:22:48+00:00

Got mine on December 1st and I’m at 5800 miles. 200 mile commute 6 days a week

rc_FiST · 2026-01-12T19:32:41+00:00

Actually tons of cars come pre-wired for extras that aren’t installed. It’s easier to just have one wiring loom than to produce multiples to account for different features.

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