What have you done to your 5th Gen 4Runner today?

Harbor Freight Daytona Low Profile has been awesome for the $$$

 

Not today, but yesterday. Put a nick in the nose of my still new 4Runner. Damn! I was trying to inch up for a quad cab long bed F150 to maneuver behind me in a small parking lot and slowly inched a bit too far into a palm tree.
I've got touch up paint, but it's still a pisser!

 

Finally replaced the 7+ year old Duratracs with some new rubber, Toyo OC-AT3's. The shop actually aligned all the yellow dots properly and the balance tested good on a highway run. Good times.

Had it undercoated at the same time, it's been 18 months since the last time I did it. First owner was a leaser, so this 2018 was in need of some attention when I got it a couple years ago. The roads here in Quebec are unforgiving in the winter. The shop uses this product, Corrosion FREE | Non-Toxic And No Drip Rust Proofing , and it seems pretty decent.

 

Gonna go to Bruins vs Kings Preseason tonite??(No TV coverage for us Bruins fans out of NESN broadcast area) Quebec MORE then others deserves an NHL team! Gary Buttman SUCKS!! He needs to go back to the NBA!!! Sorry Just a Die hard Hockey fan/player & Bruins Die hard fan!!

 

Nope! Quebec City is a 4+ hour drive for me. I'm closer to the Sens, and they have sucked recently, and for a while, so my hockey vibe is waning! Sens have a new arena being built, supposedly, again, so we'll see how it goes.

 

A month later I'm able to gather some fuel consumption data. 4 tank avg on P265/70-17 BFGoodrich Winter TA: 16.0 mpg. 4 tank avg on LT265/80-17 Goodyear Duratrac RT: 15.5 mpg corrected for odometer error. So that's a 3.2% reduction in mileage. Ambient temps and driving patterns (rush hour crawl) have been consistent.

 

That's actually within the margin of error and hardly a reduction. Which is good.
I literally went down from about 19-20 mpg on a mixed city/highway cycle on Firestone Destination LE3 to about 16-17 mpg everything else remaining the same on Michelins.

 

Discovered my 4Runner has been hiding a Phoenix this whole time.

 

Or your house is on fire .

 

Hey at least you're an NHL Fan!!!

 

Yep, that one is probably 17-18 years old! I’ll be replacing it one of these days with something that has a higher lift.

 

I hit the 2500 mile mark on my 4Runner yesterday!

 

More tech problems... will be going to dealership for the 2nd time.

1) Went to dealership. They gave a high-level check and asked to contact Toyota Connected Services.
2) Called Toyota Connected Services. They did some troubleshooting including a personal data reset thing. No luck. Asked to talk to AT&T
3) Called AT&T. Same story, They did some troubleshooting including a personal data reset thing. No luck. Asked to go back to dealership.
4) Will call dealership and see when I can come in.



Man this new 4runner tech issues getting on my nerves.. I really miss my 2018 4runner. Wish it never crashed.

 

Installled the minwin3D magnetic drawers and Off Roam phone mount this morning. Both are great products and highly recommended.

Also ordered some red TRD door lights from Operation Mod Out that should arrive next week.

This weekend I'll be installing some TRD rock rails that I purchased from Facebook Marketplace. I love modding my vehicles!

 

Hand washed & dried the 2011 4Runner this morning

 

Just finished a second coat (after curing 24 hours) of Wolfgang SiO2 on mine. Should be prepped and ready for the upcoming fall/winter. Now just need to do the wife's Outback next weekend.

 

Did the 2018 have wifi hotspot?
Why dont you use your phone hotspot?

 

No wifi in 2018. That time we had unlimited data. That time I paid $100 for 2 lines.
I down graded our phone plans to 15/month (x 3 phones) with 5GB data. With in car wifi ($200/year) it was easy to connect all devices and a good bandwidth for Youtube.

 

so technically it wouldnt have helped you if you still had your 2018 since it sounds like that wasnt an option.

Personally, I have never used it but I can see how frustrating it would be to spend money for something that doesnt work. You should ask for a refund/discount during the time you couldnt use it.

I have unlimited data fast hotspot for $49/month with first net, so I dont ever need to use something else

 

I know some of my Co-workers @KMCI had major connection issues W/AT&T yesterday.

 

This issue is been there for a week now. I think some s/w glitch on my headunit or complete h/w failure of the wifi device. I used it daily despite the pain of turning on going through the menus everytime I start the vehicle.

 

What service plan are you on that you're paying $15x3 phones? I think I've given Verizon more than enough of my money over the years.

 

T-mobile prepaid - https://prepaid.t-mobile.com/connect/phone-plans?brand=connect

 

I've had Mint Mobile for 5yrs. My plan has been unlimited talk/text & 5gigs of data, for $15 per month. I pre-pay 12months at a time to get the max discount. They have excellent coverage.

https://www.mintmobile.com/plans/


The best part? My company gives me $50 a month to pay for my cell plan. So I come out ahead! I save the excess money and buy a new phone every year or every other year.

 

I've been on Mint Mobile about the same amount of time... It's been great for us. I am using he $20 plan and prepay around $240 every year.

 

It's been worth it for the price... Only negative I can think of is having to purchase your phones outright, but this isn't an issue if you budget with the savings you made.
I was worried when Ryan Reynolds sold the company that it would go down-hill, but no issues so far.

I'm an Apple user and I found a way around this by getting the Apple Credit Card... I have 24 months to pay off my iphone at 0% Interest.

 

I COULD pay off both phones now, but I'd rather buy fun stuff for the 4Runner. Priorities!

 

Top off fuel. Driving to https://readingoutdoors.com/product/annual-access-permits to burn more fuel on trails W/Polaris Sportsman 570 Trail W/EPS!

 

I ran the numbers when I first signed up (this was back in 2018). I was paying about $78 a month with AT&T. That's $936 a year. With Mint, it was $180 + tax. I think it comes out to $194?.

Sure, I have to pay for an unlocked phone, but I NOW have $734 to do that. That's how much I saved my first year. I dropped AT&T and never looked back. Couldn't be happier. Don't be so short sighted. Run the numbers and see how much you'll save in 1/3/5yrs.