Recent content by Yotta

About 150K miles on the truck and I don't think I have combustion problems. Why would an ECM have an engine running rich, it's not like there could be a badly calibrated carb nowadays. Oil changes every 5-6K, never had low oil. In any case, I got an OBD2 reader, reset everything, we'll see...

Need some advice. Have a 2015 4Runner which recently threw a P0430. A mechanic looked at it and said that both cats are bad, temp at inlet noticeably higher than at outlet, plus both O2 sensors are showing the same thing meaning the cat isn't doing anything. His solution was to suggest...

The intent was to annoy Toyota, not wage a legal slash-and-burn campaign X-)

I let the matter drop since I had other, more exciting things to do, but I vaguely remember that one of the reasons Toyota was unhelpful is that it is NOT plug-and-play, getting mirrors with turn signals involved installing a new electrical harness which is an involved and expensive process.

Is that box waterproof (in the sense of rain-at-80-mph waterproof)?

Nah. I've taken five people with all their luggage on a week-long 2000+ miles trip. The stock suspension is fine. The cabin does get a bit... tightly packed, though. I have third-row seats and we found it's better to open one third-row seat and have only two people (but with some luggage) in...

Because you're posting claims that are simply false. Yeah... maybe that search for clues is not going to be successful...

Heh. Though a couple of years ago I was driving up I-95 from Florida and decided to do a detour to go around some major screwup on the interstate. I found myself in very very rural swamp country in Georgia. That place was... weird.:wow:

I call bullshit. A month ago I spent a week and a half driving around a third-world country. My phone didn't have a local SIM card, so it didn't talk to the local cell network, there was no data feed, etc. However that phone (Note 4) was able to navigate me across the country with street-level...

I really don't think so, this is way too high. Map data is cheap and has zero marginal cost for an additional copy. Besides, we're talking about the cost of yearly updates which, of course, should be much cheaper than the initial purchase. Nah, the map update pricing is just a naked money grab.

I would be happy to pay what it actually costs Toyota. I expect the price to be below $10.

Google Maps is not the only mapping/GPS application on smartphones and there are others sources for map data as well. I used the Osmand (Open Street Map ANDroid) app and maps recently when I was abroad and had no cell reception whatsoever. It worked perfectly well.

Izza truck. It remembers where you left it and mostly stays there. Usually, that is. Bite the bullet and buy an minivan :-P

Anything in particular your hope is based on? You're supposed to be a good consumer, just open you wallet and be happy with the locked box they give you... IP rights in firmware and low-level code in consumer items is a big issue, not limited to cars by any stretch of imagination.

Rev her. Once you get the rpms to 4-5,000 you'll be amazed how sprightly it becomes :-) Oh, and if you want power on demand you'll have to manually shift instead of stomping on the pedal and praying for the ECU to recognize your intentions.