Recent content by Sama

Ohhh, no, see the 500lbs test rope in that pic is a joke. None of us tried to tow anything with it. My husband just pretended he was going to drag us out with that. It was there before we got there. People are always getting stuck in that hole. The strap our buddy used to get us out did...

As soon as we got the 4Runner, my husband and I were itching to take it off the road to try out the 4wd system and get it a little muddy. What we did was get it very stuck in mud. Bellied out and it still had the dealer plates. And for the record, that ugly mug walking around the truck is not...

I am hoping for some snow tomorrow so I can do the same. :D

In my fridge right now and always :: Heineken. In my freezer most of the time :: Captain Morgan.

My very-amazing husband is getting me a set of Shrockworks rock sliders and some new floormats. =)

Nice. Lucky you!! I am definitely getting a bad case of 4Runner envy from lurking around on this site. My husband won't even let me look at one of those at the dealership. :dammit:

My '04 turns the lights off for you if you forget, but also has no reminder/buzzer. I left the lights on for an entire day at the beach the other weekend and was pleasantly surprised to find the battery wasn't dead. The other night, we realized the lights turn themselves off. We keep thinking...

Actually... "You don't need 4x4." 'Nuff said.

On a lot with no used 4x4 4Runners :: "You don't need a 4x4 in this area because it doesn't snow." [A lie; it does snow here, albeit about 3x/year and rarely more than 4 inches.] "But we plan to drive on the beach [30 minute drive from this dealership] and off-road [trails, fire roads, etc.]."...

My parents never bought me a car...too busy spending their money on the 4 cars they bought for themselves and my 2 brothers, I suppose. :violin: My husband bought mine for me after I paid for his flight training, and I am eternally grateful. :bravo:

Very cool. Great pics and videos. Uwharrie is my new favorite place to be. We went in mid-August and are planning to go back a few more times this year. I hate those logs on the 89 trail though... And getting all that dirt out of the nooks and crannies...ugh. Are you still cleaning your...

Welcome to the boards. Nice to see those T4R.org stickers hard at work, haha. I, too, am wondering about the story behind the previous owner. And of course I have to add :: GO DAWGS!! Won the game yesterday, 55-7.

Almost identical to the one we bought this July except ours is silver. Ours has around 126k on it. The high mileage isn't so scary when you consider, it's a Toyota. I've heard plenty of people say on here that they expect these things to run at least 300k miles, and I wouldn't expect any less...

Thank you, Asmara and DRC, for all the good info. I've bookmarked the diagrams for taking things apart, but SURPRISE! a little WD-40 did the trick. The keyhole is working properly now. Still a little snag/pop/stick when you go to turn the key to the left to unlock/roll down, but we were...

Well, we just went out and "inspected" the keyhole in the back. It's not working at all whatsoever now. The door will lock/unlock and the window will roll up/down when the buttons in the front are used so I'm thinking something is wrong with the keyhole itself. How would we go about taking it...