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drooartz said:
And of course always be wary of anecdotal information. A good friend of mine has a '99 Tacoma with 190,000 miles on it and still going strong. He feels it's good for at least another 100,000 miles. There's a story for every side of a story...
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Very true. We also have a '99 FourRunner that we keep at my sons place in Moab. Lots of miles on it but lots more in it, too. It's the only 2wd 4Runner on earth, I think. If it was 4wd I'd bring it here and replace the '05.
 
I thought you didn't have DRL's in the States, they have been a legal requirement on cars in Canada for many years now, I think starting in about 1990 or so... Never heard any issues up here from the problems detailed here

And I do think it's an excellent safety feature, even in the daytime the headlights being on are quite visible and do warn visually of an oncoming car, in both in city driving and especially on highways...
 
Sherlock said:
I thought you didn't have DRL's in the States...
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Not required but some cars are fitted with them anyway.

GM cars, Hondas, Toyotas and VWs mostly.
 
coldplugs said:
drooartz said:
And of course always be wary of anecdotal information. A good friend of mine has a '99 Tacoma with 190,000 miles on it and still going strong. He feels it's good for at least another 100,000 miles. There's a story for every side of a story...
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Very true. We also have a '99 FourRunner that we keep at my sons place in Moab. Lots of miles on it but lots more in it, too. It's the only 2wd 4Runner on earth, I think. If it was 4wd I'd bring it here and replace the '05.
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A problem affecting 813,000 Tacomas and Toyota's admission it could cost them close to $100 million dollars would typically not be considered anecdotal information. https://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/07/toyota-offers-to-buy-back-rusty-tacomas/
 
3-1/2 years old, before they started sticking accelerators and stopped spending money and admitting there was any problem, one would think.
 
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