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Chris writes:
2005 Toyota 4Runner Sport Edition V6 4WD Review
Everything is awesome but the gas mileage, unless you are going over 75mph, then it gets 23mpg.
Brakes are expensive to replace and precats and cats go bad, very costly to replace
2005 Sport Edition — This is 4Runner number 3 for me, so that should tell you I love them. I am so happy she is mine free and clear. Her name is Kaimera, which means Ice Ship or Protector, she is definitely the second. 4Runners are built for safety, I know first hand after a $15800 accident I walked away from w/o a scratch. She was not totaled, but fixed. The emissions on this 4Runner is troublesome! Was to dealer 5 times for unknown problem, I had to find other owners online to see the O2 sensors and Air/Fuel Ratio Sensors act up you lose Vehicle Stability Control, Skid control, and big loss of power and mpg! 3/10/2015 Kai is about to hit 195k miles. Everything has been pretty simple to keep up except for brakes and exhaust. Even Toyota service representative recommended using an aftermarket caliper as Toyota Calipers lock and fail early. I fixed the catalytic convertor problems by putting Magnaflow cats on. Gives her a bit more of a rumble. I also put an open air intake and made the hood scoop functional. Yes it is actually a real hood scoop if you take out the insert which blocks the scoop opening. What a nice growl she has and the motor runs a little cooler with air actually coming in hood scoop. I know other 4Runner owners probably wonder whats under her hood. HID headlights make a huge difference at night, so you SHOULD get them for your 4Runner. I bought mine on ebay for $35 and dealer installed for $100, no problems with lights and I have had them in for over 5 years!
Primary Use: Sport/fun (spirited driving, track racing, off-roading, etc.)
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Sammielandis13 writes:
2005 Toyota 4Runner SR5 V6 4WD Review
I absolutely love this SUV. It is the best car I have ever owned.
Five Stairs Through And Through! — This is the absolute best car ever. I would recommend this SUV to families, who are on the go. It's great on gas mileage. Handles well. Maintenance is reasonable. Easy to drive. Safe all around. Great for commuting or for a drive up to the mountains.
Primary Use: Family transportation
doryc11 writes:
2005 Toyota 4Runner Limited V6 Review
My favorite 4Runner, loved how it handled and rode. It gave excellent service, very dependable and got great gas milage.
Loved It And Hated To Sell It — I would recommend the '05 Toyota 4Runner Limited to anyone. I took very good care of this vehicle and it never gave me any problems. I hated to sell it but I decided to buy a newer one and I did not need 3 since I still have my '88 4Runner. I know it will serve it's new owners well if they take care of it.
Primary Use: Family transportation
Amglover193 writes:
2005 Toyota 4Runner SR5 V8 Review
Comfortable ride
horrible gas milage
4runner — I enjoy the space my 4runner provides. It has a lot of power and is very comfortable. I hate the gas miliage. I have also had lots of problems with the brakes on my 4runner. If you don't mind the horrible gas.miliage its a good ride.
Primary Use: Sport/fun (spirited driving, track racing, off-roading, etc.)
bobbyh09 writes:
2005 Toyota 4Runner Sport Edition V6 4WD Review
Great in the snow and mud. smooth ride for an suv.
Fuel economy, Maintenance cost.
Great Suv And Very Dependable — I like this vehicle all around its great for everything, long trips, towing, hauling, inside hauling space. Everything about this rig is great. I don't think you could go wrong buying one. I wish I had a newer model. Good luck.
Primary Use: Family transportation
oceancross writes:
2005 Toyota 4Runner SR5 V6 4WD Review
Very neat car,comfortable, in perfect shape and fun to drive!!
Fuel economy.
Excellent Car! — This 4Runner is in excellent condition. The engine is strong and powerful, the transmission shifts well and the power features work perfectly. More so, this SUV is well equipped with AM/FM stereo, CD player, ice cold a/c, power windows, power rear hatch window, power locks, power mirrors, cruise control, and much more! Wow! What a great SUV!
Primary Use: Commuting to work
Matthew writes:
2005 Toyota 4Runner SR5 V8 Review
Gas MIleage
Great Suv — I tell everyone that i know that they should be buying a 4Runner. best vehicle that i have ever owned. just towed my 800 lb. suzuki M109R from DC to VT and had no power problems but has mileage took a dive. went from around 20 mpg to 15 just by hooking up the trailer.
Mark writes:
2005 Toyota 4Runner Limted V8 4WD Review
Great acceleration, features, build quality, goes through anything, reliability, its a Toyota!
Gas mileage, headroom
Best Suv Out There! — The exterior looks great. Ride quality is smooth on paved roads for an SUV with a rear live axle. Handling is great with the XREAS and not top heavy for its height. The V8 is fast and has plenty of torque to pull anything. The interior design is alright with the black marble trim and leather. The 4Runner is packed with features like dual zone auto climate control, power everything, auto headlights, heated seats, adjustable ride height, and navigation system. The seats are low to the ground, but I find them comfortable. Headroom can be a little more generous, but it doesn't prevent me from loving this truck! I definitely would recommend the 4Runner to anybody.
carymc21 writes:
2005 Toyota 4Runner SR5 V6 4WD Review
Plenty of room. Handles great for an SUV. Has great power. I like to get up and go and it does it with no problem. I feel like my children and I are 100% safe in this car. It is still in great condition for 7 years old with two kids. It's comfortable. And very reliable. I have never had 1 problem with my car.
With this economy and gas prices as they are. Gas millage hurts for the daily drive I have.
Nice Rig — I love love love my 4runner and hate to get rid of it. She has been very reliable and safe for my children and I. I can no longer afford the gas millage it gives me though. It's a very clean car, with a lot of gumption for those who like to get on it. I always have felt very safe in my car.
Primary Use: Commuting to work
lv2hunt writes:
2005 Toyota 4Runner Sport Edition V6 4WD Review
Looks and fuel economy.
Terrible anti-slip traction control and stability warning far to touchy. If the traction control system even thought the car might slipspin a tire it would take over and ALL control of the gas pedal was GONE! This nearly caused me to be in a number of accidents while entering traffic from a stop sign and other areas. I could get stuck in front of my own house on level ground with 1" of snow on the ground (with new traction tires on the car)! Terrible System!!! I took this to the Toyota dealer many times and spent over four thousand dollars in their attempts to make it right and ultimately told me that everything was working at manufacturers specs. I will sell this and never buy another! (That is after driving Toyota's for 30 years).
Very Poor! — Terrible anti-slip traction control and stability warning far to touchy. If the traction control system even thought the car might slipspin a tire it would take over and ALL control of the gas pedal was GONE! This nearly caused me to be in a number of accidents while entering traffic from a stop sign and other areas. I could get stuck in front of my own house on level ground with 1" of snow on the ground (with new traction tires on the car)! Terrible System!!! I took this to the Toyota dealer many times and spent over four thousand dollars in their attempts to make it right and ultimately told me that everything was working at manufacturers specs. I will sell this and never buy another! (That is after driving Toyota's for 30 years).
Primary Use: Family transportation
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Love The 4runner !
For my use , which is mostly as an off roader and commuter , it's power is enopugh . i don't tow anything bigger than a utility trailer . Off road , it's hard to beat ....the locking hubs and low gear... Read More
I Will Not Sell This Car As Long As I Can Fix It - So Far So Good!
This is the only new car I've ever bought because it has been a great drive. When new the only problem was faulty thermostats - once I swithed from Toyota replacements no problems. Head gaskets went... Read More
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Awesome Trail Rig
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Well, his heart was in the right place....
My husband and I have been married for 40 years, and together for 3 years before that. We don't exchange gifts between the two of us. If he came home on Valentine's day with flowers and a card or even candy, I would be ticked off that he wasted the money on something like that...I'd rather go to a specialty nursery and buy a shrub or go to a cemetary and take a cutting. The things I like, you don't find in regular department stores. Not to say that he doesn't give me gifts...and he has a knack to know just what I like too.
Anyway, in anticipation of some remodeling to the house, I have been wanting a soaking tub for the bathroom. As a junk afficienado of many years, I have some clawfoot tubs...um, 4 as a matter of fact, but none are big enough for what I want. I was looking at some tubs in a magazine...one was over $3,000 and the other was over $5,000, and that didn't include the faucets. Of course, I had no plans to ever pay any kind of price like that. Today when he came home, he brought me a tub...it is huge...old...
about 6' long and tho it doesn't sit on feet, it has a base, which is kind of interesting. He had it in the back of his truck, resting on a 2 x 6, so it wouldn't get scratched. As he tried to move it forward, he lifted it and told me to move the 2 x 6 a little bit. When I did, he set it down on my right index finger! It is smashed...I don't think broken, altho I am sure I will lose the nail. It didn't bleed hardly at all...must've cauterized the blood vessels by the pressure!
I know better than to not be careful when working around him...he can be very dangerous. He once called me over to the edge of the pond to help him untangle a minnow seine, caught in some weeds. Just as I walked up, he jerked on it, and it came free and hit me in the mouth with the broomstick that it was tied to. Chipped three of my teeth.
Anyway, I don't know when the bathroom remodel will take place...and actually, he bought me two of the tubs...will bring the other one home tomorrow. I will pick out the best one to use, and I guess find another use for the other one.
My husband is a sweetheart. One of the kindest people I have ever known. I am still looking for the battery charger for my camera...I have a lot of new junk that I want to take pictures of to show you guys. I'm fortunate about the finger. It is sore but not nearly as bad as it could be.
Marilyn...are you sure that your husband didn't time those "accidents" ...?...ha...Joking!
My husband is very kind too...but...when he starts that chainsaw in the fall/winter months...he doesn't seem to recognize a hedge bush from a Clematis vine, or the little Rose of Sharon trees that I set out in late summer...when I heard the noise, I rushed outside...too late!...they were laying on the ground...and he said, "I thought they were just wild trees sprouting."... Wild?...hmmmm.
One thing is certain...it's not easy to hide a chainsaw.
Any ideas?
Ohhh, I'm sorry about your finger! His heart was in the right place...he must feel so bad. You could always use the second tub as a flower planter in your yard. It sounds weird, but I have seen it a few times. It's a pretty cute idea if you like country style.
I have a clawfoot tub sitting in my yard waiting for spring. I'm going to plant it with white bubbly looking flowers and put a water feature in the drain end that will look like a shower. I love cottage gardens and have all kinds of "junk" sitting around in mine!
Ashi, my husband is the same way with the tractor. When he mows, something always gets "sacrificed". I had planted live oak trees on the graves of two of my cats. I chose live oaks because everyone loves live oaks, and I figured if we ever sell this place, no one would cut down the live oaks. Well, he did...said he didn't see them. Fortunately, both came back up, but when he mows, I have to be out there watching or something else will be lost...if only a garden hose or whatever. I figure the way I will meet my demise eventually is when he runs over a chunk of concrete or a brick, and it is thrown and hits me in the head. I don't think he is doing these things on purpose...we really don't have any money...so no reason to want me dead.
The tub looks just like this one in this thread at the bathroom forum. Mine is old, and close to 6' long. I wish it was a little deeper, but this will be okay....at least I can stretch out and soak.
By the way, yesterday I saw a green toilet at a junk shop. I am going to see about it tomorrow. It is kind of jadite green. I think it will go okay with my white tub, and I have a friend whose mother paints sinks and they fire them in a kiln, so I will get her to paint a sink for me using some jadite green colors...like leaves, and maybe some pink roses. I was told that you can buy new "guts" for old toilets. I don't think this one is antique...but it is kind of unique. I just love junk.
Here is a link that might be useful: Bathtub
The first house we bought, many years ago, was an old fixer-upper in town. In the small bathroom sat this huge bathtub with sides that curved over and fancy claw feet.
We could of taken it with us when we finally bought a house outside of the city limits, but I chose to leave it, along with many other items...that I have since regretted leaving.
(throw out the old...bring in the new!) My standard size tub can't compare with soaking in that old one.
When I first saw your post, it reminded me of another one that I read about. I was just looking for plants on the net when a link brought me to GardenWeb...and some were writing about a funny post they had read and were asking if anyone had saved it...it was called, "He meant well"...about people's "unusual" decorations in their yards...seems there were over a hundred replies to that one...I would like to read them...Anyone remember that post?


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Drawing on an ethnographic study of Bangalore one, an innovative public ICT project implemented in Bangalore, India, the paper examines how strategic ambiguity is deployed by key public actors to chart the course of the implementation process and to steer it towards reasonable outcomes. Theoretically, the paper suggests that although strategic ambiguity is a precarious and unsettling condition in general, it can work effectively in contexts that are reasonably tolerant of ambiguous norms. The findings of the study also present arguments for why evaluation mechanisms need to be fundamentally reframed in order to assess the extent of implementation success of public ICT innovations in emerging economies. Description: This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in the Journal of Information Technology . The definitive publisher-authenticated version, RAVISHANKAR, M.N., 2013. Public ICT innovations: a strategic ambiguity perspective. 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I've heard a lot of complaints about them not allowing water to reach the bottom strawberries, and I wondered why not just put a wicking chamber and water resevoir under there?
Can anyone think of a reason this wouldn't work?
I don't think this would really be necessary. It's impossible to thoroughly water any container instantly that becomes completely dry no matter if it has side openings or not. You have to water once, then water again a few minutes later. Especially if there are things like peat, vermiculite, perlite, water retention crystals in the soil. After you water, these particles wick water away from the tilth. On the second watering much more water will be absorbed. Just like a completely dry sponge, you can't pour water over it once and get it wet all the way through. So I think if you water properly, low and slow, it would be unnecessary. I've grown impatiens in these type of hanging bags before and they do dry out more quickly. Get as much soil as you can in there with as little air pockets around the holes as possible.
Thanks for the thoughtful response. I live in a dry, mountain climate and am a first-time gardener taking advantage of my new deck; do you think I should just water the holy hell out of it every night and evening? It seems like with a bag like this, it would be really hard to overwater.
I've also got peppers and tomatos coming in; I'm building some SWC's for these, but probably still won't move them outside for another month.
does anyone know of a source to purchase plastic hanging baskets with the side planting holes. I do not have much luck with the liner baskets and our local nursery had some plastic baskets with the holes already cut of course they would not tell me their source. Thanks
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"...do you think I should just water the holy hell out of it every night and evening?" Apply a gentle shower of water so it doesn't cause root disturbance, or cause the "dirt" to move around or even escape the bag. After 30-minutes to an hour, do it again. If possible, try morning watering, or try to avoid getting the leaves wet, just wet the dirt. As long as there is a small hole near or at the bottom of the bag, overwatering shouldn't be a problem. The peppers like things a little dryer than tomatoes. Do remember that tomatoes can give even experienced gardeners a hard time, and growing tomatoes in a container is an added challenge. Don't let yourself get discouraged about gardening in general if your toms are a disappointment. You'll get to know your plants as you spend time with them.


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The department would save money by using the existing system, the IG wrote in a report, which was released Aug. 8.
CBP's Office of Air and Marine has 270 aircraft of 26 different types and needs a better way to track them. The office keeps details on airplane maintenance and inventories in the Computerized Aircraft Reporting and Material Control, a system built in 1979 with a now-outdated programming language. Officials estimate they will pay more than $21 million to maintain CARMAC for the next five years, while replacing it with a new system would cost an estimated $7 million to buy and then operate over the next five years.
However, the IG report suggests that a new system, in addition to costing more than connecting to the existing system, would also weaken DHS's overall consolidation.
"This plan would continue past practices of obtaining disparate systems that cannot share information with other components," including the Coast Guard, the IG wrote in the report.
The Coast Guard's system is called the Asset Logistics Management Information System (ALMIS), which tracks aircraft maintenance and related details. The system has been blessed already by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and it's operational in the DHS IT infrastructure. The Coast Guard is also updating it now. The IG said ALMIS is the best candidate for CBP officials to choose.
The IG goes on to cite the department's goal for the coming fiscal year. DHS officials told Congress in their fiscal 2013 budget proposal they intend to emphasize the importance of consolidating and streamlining systems and operations as much as possible. Their point is to save money.
It's not that easy though, CBP officials said. The bureau argues that it could be costly to standardize the CBP's and Coast Guard's accounting processes. CBP would have to set up a transition office to make the move, and it currently doesn't have the resources or employees to do it.
The Air and Marine Office "simply cannot wait indefinitely on the aviation information systems unification effort when sufficient resources are neither now available nor likely to be available anytime soon for its implementation," James Tomsheck, assistant commissioner of CBP's Office of Internal Affairs, wrote to the IG.
He added that the IG reaches an "apparent and incorrect conclusion that consolidating IT systems always leads to efficiencies that outweigh the costs." And, instead of saving money, the Air and Marine Office would spend more money by choosing ALMIS, especially during start-up.
To be certain of efficiencies, CBP needs to check for alternatives in the commercial sector or in government. Ultimately though, CARMAC needs to be put down to improve the agency's operations, he wrote.
The IG responded though that ALMIS has been identified as the system DHS agencies should use for aviation logistics tracking. CBP would hinder that unification by choosing to set up its own system.
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Luzerne County Manager Robert Lawton said he voluntarily keeps council and the public informed of all pay raises, job creations and other staff changes in his monthly online personnel report.
That's not enough, according to several council members who are pushing for an ordinance requiring the manager to provide more advance notice.
The ordinance is slated to be introduced at tonight's council meeting.
Councilwoman Linda McClosky Houck originally proposed an ordinance requiring the administration to seek council approval for any job creations or salaries that deviated from a position listing attached to the county's budget.
County Chief Solicitor C. David Pedri said that proposal would violate the home rule charter, which prohibits council from interfering with management decisions.
As a compromise, McClosky Houck's revised proposal stripped out the requirement to obtain council approval but forces the manager to notify council at least five days before he adds positions or increases compensation, though he could ultimately proceed without council's blessing. This advance notice is better than an after-the-fact report, she said.
"It forces the manager to justify what he is doing in terms of staff changes. Salary changes won't just be put on a website and buried some place. They will be brought to council as notification and made public," McClosky Houck said.
While the manager must work within the current budget, council has a right to be notified of salary increases that could impact future budgets, she said. Council adopts budgets under home rule.
The ordinance appears to have majority support on council, though some council members expressed concerns when the proposal was publicly discussed last month.
Former Councilwoman Elaine Maddon Curry said home rule separated the powers of council and the manager, and she said council seemed to be inching into questionable territory.
Councilman Rick Williams also questioned if the change was adding an unnecessary burden on the administration.
"I'm not interested in micromanaging the manager — this manager or any future manager," Williams said.
Councilman Harry Haas said he didn't believe the ordinance violated the spirit of the charter and asked Lawton if he saw any "red flags" in the proposal.
Lawton did not object to the change, saying he already prepares a personnel report and will provide it to council sooner for the convenience of members.
Councilman Rick Morelli, a charter drafter, said at the December meeting home rule was never meant to prevent council from receiving information.
Council's push for more notification stemmed in part from citizen complaints about pay increases and positions approved last year.
Lawton has said the changes were part of restructuring that usually included included corresponding position eliminations, resulting in a net salary savings of $234,459 in offices he controls last year.