Improving My Life by 3%
Published June 13, 2024 · 49s · 591,523 views
About This Video
The Toyota Tacoma (nearly 20 years old, a gift) still drives like a rental car. One problem: the passenger side door lock sometimes auto-locks when you pull the outside handle. Not every time. Frequently enough to torture you.
Van's fix after months of suffering: leave it open until it needs security. 49 seconds. An improvisational repair that improved his quality of life by up to 3%. The video is a miniature of Van's larger argument: the best repairs aren't heroic, they're observational. A 3% improvement compounded across every small annoyance you actually bother to solve is the difference between someone who endures friction and someone who doesn't. Most people endure.
Transcript
this truck was a gift and my what a machine nearly 20 years old yet it still drives like a rental car of course after 20 years and 147,000 Mi something's bound to go wrong and something has the passenger side door lock when you pull the outside handle automatically locks the unlocked door not every time but sometimes frequently enough to torture you after a few months of suffering this spirited man has figured it out a simple elegant solution to a vexing Insidious little problem leave it unlocked until it needs security an improvisational repair that has improved this spirited man's Quality of Life by up to 3%
Products & Tools Mentioned
- Toyota Tacoma uses — truck with door lock problem, 20 years old, 147K miles, gift