Dawn Winter

Hello to fellow Toyota owners! We have owned Toyotas since 1988. First was a Long bed extra cab pick up. Hubby was attached to that truck! was totaled 3 years ago and so we replaced it with an 03 Tacoma Pre-Runner. Wish it was 4x4, but he uses it for work and this works just fine. Really nice truck! He is finally realizing the step up wasn't so bad :) We also have a 93 Landcruiser. It's in BEAUTIFUL condition. It runs just like it is supposed to and we love it up here when the snow falls. It's nice and stable and I feel safe :) It has only 165k. Then our son started driving 2 years ago and we got him a 99 Rav4L. He loves it. It's perfect for the seasonal conditions, yet does the commuting 35 miles round trip to school. Got it with 140k miles, and needed some basic maintenance which was expected, but Mechanic also says it needs some struts, shocks and powersteering (?) because it's leaking. Our second son is starting to drive and we found him a 91 Camry. It's also in beautiful condition with low miles of 120k. We have it in now for the maintenance that it was craving, but it also needs a few other things. I bought the original Camry service manual on ebay for a steal.. Which brings me to looking for the forums on self maintenance! Now that we have a garage FULL of older Toyota's I'm thinking we need to figure out how to do some of the work ourselves! They have been so realiable and I want to keep them that way. We're looking forward to finding out what all is available here, especially since all the toyotas are in one place, just like ours! :)