Yes, after nearly 32 years of avoiding the 'Merican rite of passage that is obtaining a driver's license and owning a car (though I technically co-owned several cars over the last 11 years), continuing adventures in the amazing state of Montana have necessitated this as a practical exercise.
(Truth be told, this was part of the plan as early as 2012, but it took getting a job 200 miles east of where the family will continue to live for the next year to overcome my considerable Stability Inertia.)
During late February and throughout March, I set to buying and learning volumes about the 1999 Toyota Sienna LE, a vehicle deserving of the accolades which it receives. The main point of this blog is to share the various tidbits I gather along the way, which are many, and which have required significant digging in odd corners of Toyota-dedicated forums to find.
Before I share more in individual posts, I'll provide the baseline of what I started working with:
- a very well-maintained van with unusually low miles at 79,002 when I purchased it
- it had been garaged for the bulk of its 15 years in the second owner's possession, and used (by their account) only for family trips
- the only cut-rate thing about it was the 16" steel rims (not an OEM size) with well-worn Hankook Zovac HPW401 snow tires, which resulted in a wheel 0.4% smaller in circumference than the OEM 15" rim with 205/70R15 tires
So, if you happen across this blog, I hope you will benefit from the coming chapters resulting from my obsessive autodidactic tendencies!
