people are crazy...

[the great him]

ok so ive been helping a friend for the past few days looking at buying either a 3rd gen 4runner or a 1st gen tacoma, tacomas are way more spendy, so the 4runner is more what we are looking at. -for the savings in a 4runner you can buy a nice utility trailer to have the utilitarian uses of the tacoma, but its hard to make the tacoma a 4door enclosed vehicle -unless you buy a DC and then you are looking at almost double the cost of a 4runner, at least in this area...

so i have been finding that people are just down right crazy here in the PNW, im am beginning to realize just how lucky i was with my runner -clean title, average miles, thick book of records ect. for $5500. but all the ones here i have been seeing recently have been $7000+ with salvaged titles... no Fing way people. most of the people are in this category, owned less than a year and want to sell a salvaged title... that to me screams i bought it wrecked at auction and am trying to flip it fast to do it again... well yeah no thanks. i dont mind buying a salvaged title vehicle, but the owner needs to have owned it for a long time, ie like 5 years or more. i dont want someone elses problems, and im pretty sure my friend isnt into that either (i know he isnt).

http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/cto/4238294335.html
http://portland.craigslist.org/clk/cto/4235329719.html -he said it was hit in the rear, but i can see front end issues and he replaced all that stuff... yeah i dont think it was hit in the rear...

this is one of the more reasonable ones;
http://portland.craigslist.org/clk/cto/4219347218.html
this one has a clean title, but still:
http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/cto/4207698001.html
another clean title:
http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/ctd/4227772281.html

and it was worse a few days ago.. the market was fludded with salvaged titles with $8-9k prices...

 

[EraSevera]

ok so

Yeah, people leave me speechless sometimes too. :madgrin:

 

[Kraze]

 

[downpour11]

Hey! Big gulps huh?……

Welp, see ya later!

 

[Kraze]

Whenever I get a package of plain M&Ms, I make it my duty to continue the strength and robustness of the candy as a species. To this end, I hold M&M duels.

Taking two candies between my thumb and forefinger, I apply pressure, squeezing them together until one of them cracks and splinters. That is the "loser," and I eat the inferior one immediately. The winner gets to go another round.

I have found that, in general, the brown and red M&Ms are tougher, and the newer blue ones are genetically inferior. I have hypothesized that the blue M&Ms as a race cannot survive long in the intense theater of competition that is the modern candy and snack-food world.

Occasionally I will get a mutation, a candy that is misshapen, or pointier, or flatter than the rest. Almost invariably this proves to be a weakness, but on very rare occasions it gives the candy extra strength. In this way, the species continues to adapt to its environment.

When I reach the end of the pack, I am left with one M&M, the strongest of the herd. Since it would make no sense to eat this one as well, I pack it neatly in an envelope and send it to M&M Mars, A Division of Mars, Inc., Hackettstown, NJ 17840-1503 U.S.A., along with a 3x5 card reading, "Please use this M&M for breeding purposes."

This week they wrote back to thank me, and sent me a coupon for a free 1/2 pound bag of plain M&Ms. I consider this "grant money." I have set aside the weekend for a grand tournament. From a field of hundreds, we will discover the True Champion.

There can be only one.

 

[TideRunner]

whenever i get a package of plain m&ms, i make it my duty to continue the strength and robustness of the candy as a species. To this end, i hold m&m duels.

Taking two candies between my thumb and forefinger, i apply pressure, squeezing them together until one of them cracks and splinters. That is the "loser," and i eat the inferior one immediately. The winner gets to go another round.

I have found that, in general, the brown and red m&ms are tougher, and the newer blue ones are genetically inferior. I have hypothesized that the blue m&ms as a race cannot survive long in the intense theater of competition that is the modern candy and snack-food world.

Occasionally i will get a mutation, a candy that is misshapen, or pointier, or flatter than the rest. Almost invariably this proves to be a weakness, but on very rare occasions it gives the candy extra strength. In this way, the species continues to adapt to its environment.

When i reach the end of the pack, i am left with one m&m, the strongest of the herd. Since it would make no sense to eat this one as well, i pack it neatly in an envelope and send it to m&m mars, a division of mars, inc., hackettstown, nj 17840-1503 u.s.a., along with a 3x5 card reading, "please use this m&m for breeding purposes."

this week they wrote back to thank me, and sent me a coupon for a free 1/2 pound bag of plain m&ms. I consider this "grant money." i have set aside the weekend for a grand tournament. From a field of hundreds, we will discover the true champion.

There can be only one.

this!!!

 

[kernel.panik]

wuuuuuuuuuuuut daaaaaaaaa Fü@! ?

 

[BlazeRunner]

You have to realize that the average IQ is only 100. That means that there are people even lower than that everywhere you go. Stupid people also keep reproducing, so there is no way to stop them. You just have to realize that some people aren't worth investing time and energy into, especially if it takes from your well being.

 

[downpour11]

You have to realize that the average IQ is only 100. That means that there are people even lower than that everywhere you go. Stupid people also keep reproducing, so there is no way to stop them. You just have to realize that some people aren't worth investing time and energy into, especially if it takes from your well being.

This reminds me of a night class I had yesterday, where a youngin' thought he could invest in box wine and store it so it would age and increase in value over time.

I wanted to get up and slap him as hard as I could.

 

[Kraze]

You have to realize that the average IQ is only 100. That means that there are people even lower than that everywhere you go. Stupid people also keep reproducing, so there is no way to stop them. You just have to realize that some people aren't worth investing time and energy into, especially if it takes from your well being.

That might be the average IQ of people out in the real world, but the average IQ of people on the interwebs is surely 'bout 350.

 

[vtferret]

Oh yes, the fine art of box wine aging. I believe that hobos have mastered this.

 

[Kraze]

This reminds me of a night class I had yesterday, where a youngin' thought he could invest in box wine and store it so it would age and increase in value over time.

I wanted to get up and slap him as hard as I could.

Wonder if that's the same genius that came up with this:

Ok. I didn't want to mention it but I was thinking about turbo charging my Vette. I got to thinking about it and how in efficient even turbos are (compressor efficiencies of about 80% at best).

Since a turbo's function is to pressurize incoming air and force it into the upper motor, and turbos are driven by high pressure exhaust gas created from the combustion process, couldn't I just bypass the turbo altogether and route my headers back into the throttle bodies?

Since I have CFI, I could balance the DEI (direct exhaust injection as I just coined it) by feeding one header into each throttle body. Yes, the charge air wouldn’t be that cold, but it would be under a hell of a lot more pressure.

I attached a quick sketch below:

There are still a few things I need to work out:
1) How do I get the CFI aircleaner to fit in a way that hides this plumbing?
2) Does anyone make a V-band clamp that will bolt an exhaust header to a CFI throttle body?
3) What pinion angle should I use in my rear-end? I’m sure there will be a noticeable difference in torque output.

What do you guys think?

 

[downpour11]

Wonder if that's the same genius that came up with this:

hahaha that reminds me of a joke J-Money$$$ played a couple years ago

http://www.toyota-4runner.org/3rd-gen-t4rs/73890-ice-cold-air-intake-mod.html

 

[Kraze]

hahaha that reminds me of a joke J-Money$$$ played a couple years ago

http://www.toyota-4runner.org/3rd-gen-t4rs/73890-ice-cold-air-intake-mod.html

LMFAO! That's the first time I've seen that. That's hilarious, literally had me lol'ing.

 

[nevada]

ok so ive been helping a friend for the past few days looking at buying either a 3rd gen 4runner or a 1st gen tacoma, tacomas are way more spendy, so the 4runner is more what we are looking at. -for the savings in a 4runner you can buy a nice utility trailer to have the utilitarian uses of the tacoma, but its hard to make the tacoma a 4door enclosed vehicle -unless you buy a DC and then you are looking at almost double the cost of a 4runner, at least in this area...

so i have been finding that people are just down right crazy here in the PNW, im am beginning to realize just how lucky i was with my runner -clean title, average miles, thick book of records ect. for $5500. but all the ones here i have been seeing recently have been $7000+ with salvaged titles... no Fing way people. most of the people are in this category, owned less than a year and want to sell a salvaged title... that to me screams i bought it wrecked at auction and am trying to flip it fast to do it again... well yeah no thanks. i dont mind buying a salvaged title vehicle, but the owner needs to have owned it for a long time, ie like 5 years or more. i dont want someone elses problems, and im pretty sure my friend isnt into that either (i know he isnt).

1999 4Runner Limited AT, V6 4x4 129k (custom)
2000 TOYOTA 4RUNNER SR5 4x4 LIMITED -he said it was hit in the rear, but i can see front end issues and he replaced all that stuff... yeah i dont think it was hit in the rear...

this is one of the more reasonable ones;
1999 Toyota 4Runner 4WD 4X4 SR5 SUNROOF ALL OPTIONS
this one has a clean title, but still:
Toyota 4Runner limited 4x4 132k Mint Condition $8900 obo
another clean title:
1999 Toyota 4Runner SR5 4X4 6Cyl **5-Speed Manual***89,634 miles**

and it was worse a few days ago.. the market was fludded with salvaged titles with $8-9k prices...

you were lucky.

this is what ive noticed about this area also. generally we are $3-5k higher than other parts of the country.

 

[vtferret]

I payed about 8k for mine in PA... Clean title and 120k miles on it. Not the best deal, but I still love it.

 

[97ls340]

There aew quife a few nice runners within 400 miles of me with average to low miles and clean titles for 7k or less. Granted I am in the rust belt, but lots of them are solid. I did laugh at one earlier today I saw. 408k miles for 9 grand! Muchacho loco

 

[Dirtyfingers]

Oh my, I think this has given me eye cancer.

 

[steezemcqueen]

2000 TOYOTA 4RUNNER SR5 4x4 LIMITED -he said it was hit in the rear, but i can see front end issues and he replaced all that stuff... yeah i dont think it was hit in the rear...

Must be one of those ultra rare 5 speed manual Limiteds i keep hearing about.

 

[BrianSD_42]

A friend of mine just bought a 2008 4WD Double Cab Tacoma for $22,000

The Kelly Blue Book private seller, very good, suggested price was $22.5k

Fair deals are out there. Just have to wade through the BS.