1996 LIMITED 4-RUNNER TOYOTA, PAID FOR
Posted By: GrapeNut on 2006-07-19
In Reply to: RE: POLL: What kind of car do U have and year? - SUV Driver
Will last forever, body will fall off before the engine ever quits.
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I think they have had one running since 1996!
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1995-1996. nm
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I've been dealing with AOL since 1996...
so U may be eligible! I don't think I've ever hated a company more...well...yeah. LOL
Code Runner
Anyone know what this is?
Same Here - Road Runner
I'm in Upstate NY, Syracuse area and I haven't had any problems with mine either.
Pat/Awaiting Road Runner
I hope you get it soon! I used to dial up, all kind of problems, slow, slow. Then switched to RR and for over a year now, NADA a problem at all, zilch...it is always here..you will enjoy it
No, it looks like multilevel which is a close runner to it. nm
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He's a runner and a vegetarian and he looks just fine to me! :) nm
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Toyota Sequoia all the way!
My DH is a Toyota salesman and I have had ALOT of cars and SUVs, but this is my absolute fav!! It is the only car I have ever driven more than one year!
TOYOTA 4RUNNER IS THE BEST!
I have owned two Toyota 4Runners and they are absolutely the most dependable SUV I have ever owned. You cannot go wrong with a Toyota of any kind!
For QA consulting I'm paid per hour; QA instructing (college) paid salary, QA editing paid per li
I am an IC and work for two different MTSOs as well as instruct at a business college.
Have a 1996 Suburban, bought in 02/1999 with 64K miles - sm
now has 184K miles, still going strong. Paid $26K. Have gotten our money's worth on it. Just started making repairs here and there over the last 2 years, new fuel pump, new fitting from radiater to engine, a couple engine seals, water pump, cleaning of fuel injectors. Probably about $2K all together in the last 7 years we have had it, not bad I think, other than regular maintance stuff, i.e. brakes, tires, oil changes, air filters, engine belt, etc. Gets about 15 MPG, 18 sometimes. Thing is a tank and I love it. Had a Blazer before that, though I had to put a lot of $$$ into it over the years I had it (10), about 16 MPG---Going to run the Suburban into the ground, hope to get 250K miles at least out of it. Has a few tics now and then due to age but all in all is in great shape and runs well, and I have made a point of fixing things immediately engine-wise and cosmetically. Go GM, have heard the transmissions last a lot longer (mine is proof of that, 184K original transmission) my husband has a 1990 Ford F-250 that had its transmission rebuild at 90K miles. His truck now has 189K miles on it and shifts rough.
My hubbie had a massive stroke in 1996 and since then I have been the only income...sm
in our home. Our vehicles were repossessed on Christmas eve of that year and within 6 months of his stroke we lost everything. We had no car, no home, etc, but by luck insurance paid most of his medical bills, but our credit was shot. He has not been able to work since and I am an MT, so that probably tells you what type of money we are making. I am only telling you this because there is light at the end of the tunnel. You hubbie will be able to work again and it might take some time, but you will be able to get out of this mess. I would recommend a book by Dave Ramsey called "The Total Money Makeover" and he explains how to get completely out of debt no matter what your situation. He also has a daily radio program, you can go to his web site and find it, but he really has advice that can help you right now. I am not sure if you are a believer, but prayer right now if you are can really help to give you some peace. I really do understand where you are at and have been in your shoes. Believe me, it will get better. Please feel free to email if you need to talk.
It's no more 6/6/6 than june 6 1996 was. Nobody otherwise calls the year only by the last digit.
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Road Runner lately in Upstate NY has been slow. U R not alone.
Toyota 4Runner! LOVE it! (sm)
It's a '97, & got it used a few years ago. Had Ford trucks in the past, but didn't like the crummy way they steered. Also had a GMC... it was a good truck but I was ready for an SUV that was slightly smaller. Found the 4Runner on the Web, along with a few others in the vicinity I wanted to look at. Ran Car-Faxes on them ahead of time, and as soon as I drove this one, I was sold. I did my homework and read forums on 4Runners, and almost everyone said their 'Yoda's just kept on going.... "hardly had to do anything but change oil & tires". Well, that may be an exaggeration, but I'm finding it's pretty close to the truth for me. The only complaints some people have is the stiff, trucklike ride (it IS a truck after all, built on a truck frame), but that's what I wanted... wanted a feel for the road and didn't want a mooshy car-like suspension. It has 4-wheel-drive which is sure handy in the mountains. The 6-cylinder engine has plenty of power. It carries all my stuff, and/or all my friends. With a 4-speed automatic transmission & overdrive, I think the gas mileage is quite good for a mid-size, 4WD SUV. A neighbor just got the Toyota Sequoia... fine for a really big family, but they have just one kid, and can hardly squeeze it into our narrow carports. Another neighbor has the newer 4Runner, which is smaller than the Sequoia but a bit larger than my '97. I still think mine is JUST the right size.
What do I dislike? Hmmm.... not much. I wish the display & buttons on the radio lit up so I could see them at night. There is also a rather large blind spot caused by the driver's side windshield post, though part of this in my case is caused by a plastic rain-deflector. STILL, I've found I have to be a little extra-vigilant about watching out for pedestrians in parking lots, etc. I also wish the car-alarm had a cut-off switch inside, for those times when you set it off by mistake. And since I drive on wet, snowy, salted or sanded roads in the mountains when I ski, another plus would be a larger window-washer reservoir.
But of course those are all minor things. I love the quality and solidness of it, the design (Toyota vehicles, especially the 4Runner, seem to be timeless in their design, and never look outdated.) I like its dependability and its ruggedness. The other night while driving home from skiing, I hit the Mother-of-all-Potholes on the freeway. It was a severe enough jolt that if I had been driving a car, or even a smaller SUV, there probably would have been damage to the front end, or at least the tire & rim. But my 'Yoda has nice big truck tires & rims on it, and although the hole was large enough that I actually came close to losing control of the car, later when I inspected it, the wheel was still intact.
Also, even with the back seats in place and not folded down, the cargo area in the back is huge.... much larger than many of the so-called luxury SUV's like the BMW, Lexus or Mercedes.
A used Toyota 4Runner cost me considerably more to buy than another brand, such as a Jimmy, a Jeep, or an Explorer, but I feel it's already practically paid for itself in the amount of money I've saved on repairs. I don't neglect it, of course, and do take it in for all its oil changes and scheduled maintenance. But when I do, they rarely find anything that needs repairing or replacing. I've had 4 pickup trucks, a station wagon, and a sedan, and my 4Runner is by far the BEST vehicle I have ever owned.
I am a Toyota girl!!! Forever!
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2001 Toyota Sequoia - will
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2005 Toyota Camry
Love it!
I LOVE my Toyota Corolla
We have both 2005 & 2006 models. It is priced reasonably, has excellent gas mileage, rides very smoothly & comfortably- I'm hooked! I think we will be loyal Corolla customers for many years to come. (Plus, I hear they will be coming out with a hybrid model!)
PS- it is funny because our neighbor just asked us the other day if we have a family member who works for Toyota because everyone that comes to our house, also has some kind of Toyota truck or car! 
He wrote the song, but it was sung by Celine Dion...around 1996 I think. nm
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Three months ago I switched to Road Runner voice over IP.
I'm very happy with it. I'm on the phone for hours and haven't had any problems with them as of yet. We'll see what the future brings.
I was told my Pontiac had a Toyota Corolla motor
chances are--you aren't really. Girl don't feel guilty...go on and work for who makes you happy!
Does anyone know if there are a limited
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My limited experience with DQS
Tech transferred my PRD (expander program) for me. Had to make some changes to
it, but it works just fine. I recommend checking ahead, if possible, about
getting your expander program switched over, so it will be ready to go for you.
My experience and therefore my info to share on DQS is limited, as I was trained
last Apr. but have not made the permanent move over (I'm the one still on INET)
because it is a nightmare to try to use the DQS system on
dial-up, at least for me. High speed not available where I live. Anyway, I will
say this much, the actual transcription part of it, the screen where you type...
that part does seem like an improvement to me. The rest of it though seems so
top heavy with data from other hospitals that I will never need, the ADT
searches are mind numbingly slow... again, on dial-up. On INET, we just type in
pt name in seconds... DQS requires searches for various demographic info; this
is where dial-up fails miserably. I felt training was pretty adequate, and the
manuals they send out are helpful. I hear some MTs do great with it and
production is increased (though it seems not MTs who were on INET before).
Hopefully you have high speed or cable and the transition will be smooth. Know
whatcha mean about dreading/looking forward at same time. I tried to keep an
open mind as best I could. Good luck!
I look but am limited because I only have dial-up - SO I look to see if I can -sm
find something that is a little better than I have now (.09/line without spaces)---would love to find a .09 a line (or .10 of course) that paid spaces had consistent dictators so I could get a good rhythm going. So I look a lot, but cannot apply to many since I don't have high speed internet. I could get satellite of course but many don't want you to have that, so I am kind of limited and always on the lookout for a MTSO that allows/uses dial-up.
I think with just the limited background you have had
probably will need more training to do the 4s. Some folks say they just started in it but places looking for experience, most of them anyway. You might find a place to hire a newbie. The 4s mean everything so you have to be versed on any kind of medical dictation they can throw at you.
May be my limited experience, but
I like the platform. I worked for local doctors in WordPerfect before this, but I have worked in InScribe for two years, through two versions, and beta tested this current version. I like everything about it except for the lousy AutoText. It's too much trouble to enter individual shortcuts....have to save a list of 20 or 30 to make it worth your time to add them. Other than that, I'm satisfied.
Because they have a limited vocabulary
The results of dumbing down of education in general. The "I make a lot of money, so big deal if I'm careless, let the rest of the staff cover my butt" syndrome. Call it doctor ebonics for this century.
yes, in limited fashion
and handwriting to me was more challenging than the voice at times, and timewise, i believe it took longer.
I have entire reports in SC, though not many. Is it limited? nm
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New computer - dictionary seems limited
My desktop crashed so I bought a laptop. The dictionary for the system does not seem to be picking up near the medical terms my desktop did and the new computer has a newer version of MSWord. Is there anything I can do to expand this? I have Stedman's but some of the things it is saying I am misspelling are very basic medical terms and I did not have this problem with my old computer.
sprint limited usage
Do you work more than your 5GM? I just wondered since I am thinking about getting a card. I think Verizon and ATT do the same. My daughter has 5GM on her cable and she went over once, but they did not charge extra.
Thanks a lot.
I agree, especially regarding limited use of expanders...nm
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My accounts aren't limited to how much they can dictate...
in one day, so on the "catch-up" days, I work from early morning, sometimes 14-16+ hours to get everything (or most of it) done. Otherwise, I hear, "Do you need help on that account? Do you want to share it with someone so you don't get behind?" Uh huh. Sure. I mean, of course. They haven't dictated in days and decided to slam me all at once, but I'll share and then have days and days of a few hours' work. Plus, sharing means constantly having to watch the incoming jobs so the other MT doesn't download them all. and leave me with nothing. Geesh. Sometimes you just can't win.  My accounts are MY accounts. If companies would have set guidelines for clients (like don't expect to send 10+ hours of dictation once a week and get it all back in 24 hours), it would work better for both sides.
Prosthetics/orthotics - limited references available
If someone out there has a good web site for this speciality, I'd appreciate it.
The service area is limited, though growing.
I don't know if they are talking about WiFi or an Air Card. WiFi connectivity is cheap, but unless you live in a large city you'll find limited access. An Air Card (called different names depending on the company selling them) I then they start at about $249.00 and the fees are pretty hefty. Not sure how good it works though I've heard people who loved theirs and they traveled a lot and said they never were unable to get a signal.
radiology is NOT difficult..while the "language" is different, its limited.
and worried if limited installs, I wouldnt be
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Easy to do when you are doing a limited amount of docs.
I work on 2 accounts with a handful of docs. I have created templates for each one. Each template has approximately 30 lines already transcribed because the docs use the same ROS and PE all the time. In addition, I use IT which does about 50% of my Keystrokes for me. On easy clinic accounts like this with limited docs, 300 is easy.
found a senior citizen on limited income,
word of mouth from someone else who uses her. She charges $10.00 an hour and does EVERYthing - including windows, oven, frig, at least once a month, bathrooms, floors, laundry, changes linens, and all surface areas weekly - all in less than 4 hours for 1600 sq foot condo. You might try posting a note on a senior citizen bulletin board in your area or go to a limited income residental facility and post a note there.
You have a baby, you have limited time to devote to work. sm
This career requires strict, constant concentration. It requires a lot of time to gain knowledge. It's not like stuffing envelopes or making bead necklaces or making telemarketing phone calls. You have to sit at your computer, with no distractions, with ALL of your attention highly focused. The thing is, your baby requires this, too. One of these 2 things will suffer. You wouldn't bring your baby to an office, and trying to do this job with a baby right there is the same thing.
Just curious if MQ/TL in your message meant Transcriptions Limited, Nashville, TN, bought by MQ?..nm
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1968 Plymouth Road Runner 383--meep meep!
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2001 Toyota Solara and inherited a 2001
if mt paid 9, editor paid 4 or 5...how can company charge 14 and make it..sm
I know the going rate in our area is 14 cents per line. As MTs most companies here pay us 8 or 9 cents a line. Now add in the Editor rate at 4 or 5 per line..you are paying OUT more than you can charge a line. How would companies stay in biz?
Unless all work is sent by the company overseas at pennies per line, this would not pay for a company.
just curious how this works out
But how much are the US EDs gonna be paid? Typically this work is paid at 2-3 cpl. nm
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You don't get paid an hourly rate you get paid by line - sm
so because of how you are paid (not an hourly rate) you don't get OT, especially if you are an IC.
I would move on. I think it is so unfair not to be paid for spaces! I think we should get paid
per keystroke, but that'll never happen. I just think that these national companies are going to keep finding ways to cheat us. I found a job working for a hospital as an employee, paid hourly plus incentive, and they let us expand everything! Somebody's gonna have to kill me to make me give up this job. I will never go back to the national's again.
I feel for you though. I know that for us MTs those good jobs are few and far between and some have little choice but to work for the nationals. I just happened to luck into the job I have now. I just applied at the right time.
Good luck to you whatever you decide.
If those companies paid a fair wage, and paid more
all came out equal, people wouldn't feel the need to try to make up the deficit by going for the good stuff. I actually prefer the harder, juicier reports. But I can't make a living doing only that, because the pay is not commensurate with the difficulty. So even though I prefer not to, sometimes I have to pick up some of the easier, more boring 'line-o-matic' reports just to make ends meet. Tell your MTSO to make it work their while, and MTs will stop taking all the easy work away that you obviously would prefer to keep for yourself.
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