Vlogging and walking around, give it away

As I described yesterday, I had my GoPro rolling during various driving sessions yesterday.  As I looked at the camera it seemed like a lot of vibration was being transmitted from the two extension arms I had connected together.  Luckily the GoPro has built in anti-shake tech that compensated for it to a large degree.  If you would like to see the vlog which was mostly regarding what lead up to my sale of the SSR, take a look.

Last night I created and posted my second video of the day, a walk around of the new Tacoma.  Although having a new truck will cut down on the amount of repair/maintenance videos in the pipeline I do have a number of small upgrades that I will be filming.  Yesterday I received one of them, a new set of Tacoma OEM mudflaps.  Yesterday I ordered a tonneau cover and nerf bars which should will have both practical and visual advantages.

The tonneau cover will help gas mileage by eliminating the tailgate brick wall that air slams into right now.  Of course it will also offer protection and security for whatever I may stow in there.  I opted for a different style of cover this time, a roll up model instead of the trifold model on the 99 Tacoma.  The release brackets on the tri-fold can be a real pain in the ass at times.  Plus a friend of mine has this roll up variety on his Tacoma and highly recommended it.

The nerf bars visually are a nice compliment to the high ground clearance the TRD Tacoma has.  I got the 5″ black variety.  Not only will they look good and give shorter people a step into the high cab, they will provide protection from asshole door slammers. They will extend out far enough that if a clueless parking lot visitor throws their door open it will smack into the nerf bar instead of my door.

Yesterday the woman that paid for our fridge picked it up.  Since she seemed like a very nice woman that could use a hand, we actually extended the offer to her that she could have the other stuff if she wanted it as we valued the space more than additional money.  She came back and picked up the range later in the evening and texted Cindy that she will pick up the other stuff today which is awesome.  With all of the old appliances out of the garage we can once again park the Prius in there. I can also work in earnest on reorganizing my workbench area, utilizing the additional pegboard real estate.