Why not doing your own repairs will make you go bankrupt.

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  1. SmallPackage

    SmallPackage Road Train Member

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    Easy to do in Tejas and never leave the state or even cover half of it in a day. Even can be home every night.
     
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  3. supergreatguy

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    All facts! It was ugly, but everything was dirt cheap and always in stock. Any shop service was cheap too. And you could YouTube fix ANYTHING on an old Toyota
     
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  4. jamespmack

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    That will get you everytime.
     
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  5. Big Road Skateboard

    Big Road Skateboard Road Train Member

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    So a part time gig? I've been contemplating cutting back
     
  6. SmallPackage

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    The only way I killed my uncles ‘77 long bed SR5 20R was sliding sideways into a 200 year old Live oak tree on a windy gravel cattle ranch road. That was in 1993 after it had well over 300,000 on it.
     
  7. supergreatguy

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    And there an angel of the road spins it’s last wheel
     
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  8. SmallPackage

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    Look
    Look up the song “Wheel” by Jerry Jeff Walker.
     
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  9. Last Call

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    You do the math .. basical Kriksville Mo. To Gibbon Ne..6 days a week 1 round a day... then tell me what that totals up too in 48 weeks

    Just say'n
     
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  10. Brettj3876

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    Same with the pickups. When me and my brother were little mom and dad each had one and a blazer. And eventually a 3rd one that was pretty much free for parts Lol.

    2 wheel peel. Some firewood in the back and they would make it up the hill no problem in the winter.

    My friend had an early 90s Corolla that was unkillable no matter how hard we tried. Same with my sonata that cost 750
     
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  11. NH Guy

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    Remember the top gear episode where they tried to kill a Toyota pickup and eventually just gave up? After crashing it, flooding it with salt water, and setting it on top of a building they imploded they turned it into a display piece.
     
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