As the best-seller in 16 countries, the Toyota Hilux truck (also known as the Toyota Pickup in North America) was the top vehicle in the most countries.

I wasn't familiar with that. It seems that it's similar to a Toyota Tacoma (compact pick up). I bought a new Tacoma in 2013 and outfitted it for my contracting business then was promptly almost killed when some texting granny hit me head-on while I was driving my Honda Fit to check on my mother. The Toyota only has about 10,000 miles on it now. LOL. I'm too crippled up to work much now, so it doesn't get much use. I think it's been a year or so since I had to put gas in it. I need to burn it up before it goes bad.

Same same this.

Most common sight in Middle East is a small well-used white Toyota truck with the black letters HILUX on the tailgate.

I saw one once trundling down the street in an Arab city with the women and children in the bed of the truck with the more valuable livestock (a goat) strapped to the passenger seat with a seat belt.

I kid you not.

I kid you not.

Pun intended?

2-3 cans of fuel stabilizer would not be against the law, would they?

No, I don't remember if I stabilized it when I filled up last. Stabilizer only works on fresh gas, adding it to old gas is a waste of money. I might see if I can snake a siphon tube down its neck and let my lawn guy burn it up. Should only be about 10 gallons left.

(Edit) When I fill it up again, I'm gonna use premium and stabilize it. Gas just sitting, loses about one octane point/mo. Normal gas is usually good for a year, stabilized, two, they claim.

Stabilizer only works on fresh gas...

Huh! I did not know that, thanks.

Why don't you invent a gas revitalizer in your spare time?

It's almost impossible to get any fuel out of an automotive fuel tank any more.

They say you can do it by fiddling in a skinny 1/4 inch tube past the valve (takes forever to drain) or by jamming the valve open with a chopstick.

Let folks know how you manage to get gas out of your car. You might end up having to disconnect the fuel line from your gas tank!

It's almost impossible to get any fuel out of an automotive fuel tank any more.

It's a no-go in the Toyota. Seems there's an anti-siphon baffle about a foot and a half down the neck past the bend. The hose I use is a 1/4 ID/3/8 OD vinyl hose with a bevel on the end to help it sneak past obstructions.

I had to pull about 10-15 gallons out of my 93 GMC Sonoma so Chip could drop the tank to replace the fuel pump. That was no problemo, I was kind of surprised. My 96 S-10 was a little more difficult, but not too bad, I think I took off the little spring steel flapper on that truck, it's been gone awhile, the Toyota replaced it.

Let folks know how you manage to get gas out of your car. You might end up having to disconnect the fuel line from your gas tank!

Screw that, too much effort. I'll just start running around in the Toyota rather than the Sonoma and burn it up. It'd be nice if they had a drain plug in the tank like the bad ol' days.

We used to do a lot of badass stuff in the bad ol' days.

When it used to snow a bit up north, on a Sunday the Krogers were still closed and you could take your Bug out to the parking lot and do doughnut until the po-lice showed up and gave you the get out of Dodge sign.

Also there was nothing that could go broke on a 50s GMC truck that you could not fix yourself. I don't touch nothing on my truck nomore.

Why don't you invent a gas revitalizer in your spare time?

I'd rather someone figure out how to turn those stupid plastic grocery bags back into oil. I'd never have to fill up again.

I don't touch nothing on my truck nomore.

If you have an OBD II scan tool, the new stuff, '94 or '95+ isn't too bad. The problem with the 93 GMC is that its OBD I. Nobody remembers how that works. It cost about $2,000 and three whacks to get it running when it died on me a couple months ago. Turned out to be a coil, ignition module, cap, rotor, wires and fuel pump. The truck was running perfectly right up to when it died. It was like you turned off the key. I'm pretty sure there was a bit of shotgunning involved, hence three times to get it right. At least it's back to nominal. It only has about 60k on it, I wasn't ready to send it over the scales. Chip couldn't believe that I've kept the original R-12 A/C working for almost 30 years. I've still got about a 30# tank of R-12 left from back in the day. I've probably got about 20# of R-22 too. I'm not sure if that's been outlawed yet. I've been out of the game for about a decade now.

Cars, buildings, it's all the same to me. They both have plumbing, electrical, HVAC, doors, windows, etc. Seen one, ya seen 'em all.

I've hardly stuck my nose in it since ignition went solid state. I did the plugs in a 2000 Tacoma years ago because they wanted some hellacious amount to do the job. (Those plugs go way down into the valve covers on a 4-cyl.)

My Tacoma now is still with the warranty. I let the young guys handle it so's I won't bang my arthritic knuckles!