Recent content by Forenaftrunner

OK, here are the results. My wife had to follow me somewhere a few days ago on the highway. We both maintained a slow highway speed for a bit then floored the accelerators at the same time up to about 90mph. Both trucks were dead even. Although completely unscientific and revealing nothing...

I'm the guy who started this thread, and I agree. This is by no means what my intentions were. For those who are still interested, I still plan to drag race my wife in the Lexus and post the results here. BTW, Eskimochaos: Who is that in your avatar?

I may have to do the same. Huge improvement in looks. Great pics too.

Re: Re: Neat Tailgate Window Science Experiment That's what I assumed would have happened, but instead mine got much hotter. Very strange. By any chance, were you listening to Bob Marley at the time?;):

To answer both of your questions, the Scion is plug and play and it does maintain the steering wheel controls. Fits perfectly too. You will lose operation of the little aux. jack in the center console unless you do some pretty fancy mods, but instead you buy a $70 cable from eBay which...

I agree 100% that the 4runner is by no stretch a fast car in today's world. I'm a recovering speed freak. My previous car was a Subaru Legacy GT. I've had a 911 C2 and a Formula Ford race car (SCCA). In fact, the T4r is the first automatic transmission car I've had in 22 years of driving...

The base stereo plain sucks. I lived with it for a month or so before replacing it. Do yourself a favor and do what I recently did. Buy a T1808 or T1809 Scion radio on eBay for anywhere from $50 - $200. Install it in your 4runner (pretty easy). Sell the POS original radio on eBay for...

x2 I see a bit of Volvo XC90 in there as well. Overall, however, I think it's a very good-looking upscale design. The interior looks very luxurious, albeit a bit bland.

This may work with different combinations of speed, temp., etc, but here's what I found out today. Driving on the highway 60-75 mph. Front windows all the way down. Sunroof all the way open. Rear windows and back(tailgate) window closed. No air conditioning on. Outside temp. approx. 75...

Re: Re: Re: Re: Is my V8 slow? I thought the same thing. I asked yesterday and she's agree to race me. I was shocked. I'll keep ya'll posted!

Re: Re: Is my V8 slow? Since I first posted this topic, I've done a bit of research. You are correct that the GX is considerably heavier than the 4R. About 600 lbs! Maybe the GX just feels faster to me because of the extra mass being moved. I'm going to see if my wife will drag race me...

By comparison to my wifes GX 470, my 2008 V8 4Runner feels slow. Given that both have the same engine and I use regular unleaded in both, I would think they should feel about the same. On the contrary, hers feels significantly faster than mine. I probably wouldn't have thought about the...

My SR5 had the base CD player too. I thought I wanted a 6 disc CD player, but then read lots of posts about switching to an OEM Scion single CD radio and then connecting my iPod. I made the switch and couldn't be happier. The radio head unit controls the iPod directly and the sound is 10X as...

Check out Mavis. I think they are NY-based. I ordered over the internet from them a few years ago and they beat the prices of all local dealers as well as Tirerack and the other big internet retailers. Also, I am thinking of upgrading my 17" SR5 wheels and tires to the wheels/tires from a...

I picked up a leftover 2008 at the end of January. PM me if you'd like to know more about what kind of deal I got.