Recent content by makakio

Amen. The booster worked great. Like most parents we're a little guilty about letting her do her own belts at almost 6yo - the problem being that they're never really snug enough when they can buckle in themselves. Due to the rain and the long (planned) drive up to SF my wife (who is...

Her first pick actually. We drove a beautiful 2009 Limited with a V8 in dark grey and we almost bought it, but then she climbed into the Lexus and wigged on the luxury. Plus, the Lexus feels much roomier and 'airier' inside, which she also liked about the Highlander. Personally, I thought we...

It's not even a Limited and our kid went the hella messy route from newb to 5yo in it too (I'm talking finding petrified hot dogs under the seats and worse). Breakdown: + $9700 comparable value + $300 for the $1800 tranny rebuild 10 mos ago. + $850 CA sales tax + $100 pro-rated DMV fees paid =...

Hahaha - I felt like a total douche for the first two days driving it and comments from my wife's friends along the lines of "my mom has one and she loves it", "my grandparents love theirs" weren't helping. But that V8. oooohhhh that V8. And the leather. Sooooo much leather. And the noises...

Dunno, but if it was anytime that day between 10:45am and when they reopened NB 17 at 4pm that afternoon I'd say yep.

Nah - just picked up a sweet 07 GX470 CPO with only 45k miles for a song. It had the 45k svc, new brakes, tires and a new windshield (interestingly) fitted. Perfect 10/10 truck in and out and my wife really wanted to go 'fancy' this time around. It's been two days and I already miss the...

Laurel curve. Now walled, but it's bad going northbound (uphill) because it kinks a little and goes off-camber right after the apex, so many drivers over-correct for the kink and just slide right into the mountainside when it's wet. On the way down (southbound), it's the 8th of 8 high-speed...

JB: it was 3/16 at 10:45am. Light rain, light to moderate traffic. MOST of us were just going it slow and taking it easy. The other guy was doing a long, long road trip for work (like Discovery Bay to Watsonville - which is actually safer and faster if you just take 101 down and avoid 17...

Scary as hell Ian. It all happened soooo fast that I barely had time to juke right a little and come off the gas. Fortunately, it was too quick to remember moments before the impending hit, so I haven't had any of those dreams where I relive it. Wife and daughter were deep into their...

Head-on at the deadliest curve on highway 17. Actually, a tail-to-head as the Altima came across the median, clipped a Suburban in front of us, spun 180 and we ended up packing it from behind at 40mph (it was still coming at I'm guessing 20mph). We drove all the way through the back of it up...

maybe a dumb question, but did you kill the air suspension doing this and change it all out to traditional suspension?

Thanks guys - appreciate the help!

Thanks guys - appreciate the feedback so far and if others have found additional issues that seem more common *to the Gen4* please post! I not new at buying cars or 4Runners and I know the basics that would apply to buying any used car, but I don't know the intricacies of these. Oh - and do...

Okay guys - haven't found a sticky or much repetition in posts about what goes wrong with the 8s or 6s, so here are a few question(s) and I'm hoping to get a primer from y'all (kind thanks in advance): Looking at 08s and 09s only (mainly b/c it's what I can find with <100k miles, but I've...

oil change + wash followed by exterior quick-detail.