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I had my Tacoma TRD-PRO in for service , its Toyotas top end off road truck . Was told the rear brakes needed a clean and service , very rusty at thirty two thousand K . Service manager said it looked like they had gotten wet . A top end off road truck , with wet rear brakes needed assembly...

service advisors are an extension of the sales dept , and the techs are in on it. If business is a bit light , better find some "end of life" brake pads or other easy clean work.

Feeling your pain @shamman , wifes car was in for front brake service , when I went to switch out her snows , buddy had cranked the wheel bolts down to 180lbs , on an aluminum rim. Needed a 24" bar to crack them loose .

Ram diesel pickup , if I could not find a B model Mack from the sixties or maybe a Soviet era Niva diesel that could be an option . It would need to come with a five yr warranty and It would be for sale month seventy . Nobody lately can F up a decent engine and power platform like those fellas...

Crane is booked , we will thirty six boats in tomorrow between eight am and about one pm . We have started to use a one hundred and twenty ton crane so he can park and pickup boats over a one hundred foot circle without moving the machine . It’s eight hundred an hour plus drive and set up time ...

Bought by a private equity firm . I don’t give them long in the current incarnation. Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com

It was my father in laws , he very briefly joined the OPP in the late sixties , he carried it in the trunk of his cruiser to shoot groundhogs while on rural patrol. He was using his issued revolver but when asked why he needed a box of shells a week when he reported no incidents … he bought the...

i picked up a Bulova crono today , the re issue of the 70's race watch, updated to the 2000's . They litteraly call it the racer lol , comes in a funky box with a tiny rubber tire for a stand . MSRP $795 , marked down to $400 . its not really my thing ( not a dive watch) , but it was a nice...

If it was any of our name on the bottom of the cheque, the answer would be , well that’s sad , what’s next? Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com

Ranger with a TDI option would be sitting in my driveway. The VW platform share is a tease , cant get that VW in Canada , can’t get Ford to use a VW power unit . Meanwhile I’ll suffer along with my Tacoma ( which is a cult among owners ) . If you’re a closet computer tinkerer , shade tree...

Not not soured on orange at all , I keep looking at the Rotary super seven in orange , it’s affordable, I’m just not sure how “loud” I need a watch to be . Doxa orange , as worn by fictional secret agent Dirk Pitt would work . Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com

No I’m not confusing hunting regs with mag capacity , in a debate with PP vs Carney the idea of semi automatic guns came up , and Carney alluded to a ban on all semi automatic weapons including shotguns . Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com

Rome is an easy place to spend a week , the Collosium, tons of museums, statues and cathedrals galore . And you will eat very well if you allow yourself some latitude . House wine in many places is the price of bottled water so dont get that wrong . Its a beautiful time of the year , have fun.

guy turned up this am for skeet shooting , he had the last 52 flats of winchester AA 12g/8oz Hummason had in inventory loaded in the back of his truck. New stock will have the 25% sporting goods tarrif . I said geez thats a 6 thousand dollar investment in shells , he laughed and said , better...

I have a special love for Squale watches , I have a blue face one now I love , I’d buy a white or black face if I could find a deal . Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com