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C'mon guys quit sand baggin'........


I wanna see the 'fully loaded' with bags of mulch from Home Depot parking lot pics.......



(just kidding now.....be nice!)

I don't know how to do pictures but mine is a 2012 4 door Tundra 3.0 with 121k miles on it. Love it. Nice truck. Has a topper and is standard silver, with 4WD, TRD.

Oh c’mon Marlin. Step up to 2001!

expensive compared to a Ford,Chevy or Dodge? They do not have the markup of the other 3 for sure but I paid a few k less for my tundra then I did for the POS f150 that was bought back from Ford.

2012

one of the best pics I think I've ever taken



Same trip

I was going to put a 3.4 from a 98 T-100 into mine. Got to the part where I was going to have to pay serious money for a wiring harness and decided my 3.0 was running just fine

2003, 156,000 miles. Had it since 08. Drive a crew cab utility truck every day so nothing better than jumping in a little truck to run around in.
Full OME suspension. ARB with a 12,000 winch 235/85-16 BFG KO2's

Reminder to myself to post my pics...2003 Taco, 2004 4Runner, my 5th and 6th Toyotas.

My 2002 Tundra V-8 has been the most trouble free vehicle I have ever owned.I must say,the quality that went into all the parts far exceeds my expectations.After driving it nearly seventeen years,it is still a very dependable,good driving truck.I have 206,000 on it now.I could still probably get around $6,000 for it if I was to sell it.I'm not too sure if the newer Tundra are as good.If I decide to buy another,I would consider a 2002-2006 Tundra with a little lower mileage,one owner.No way would I buy new anymore.

Got the wife a new 4runner this year after 225,000 miles on her last car. This one is going to get a upgraded roof rack, probably Frontrunner. Waiting on one of the local deer herd to step out and then will do a new front bumper too probably.

2001 4wd SR5 with 4.7 auto. Probably my favorite truck. Great engine, and really a good size for hunting. Mine had the frame recall, so at that time I had a lot of other things replaced. It ran like new. I sold it to a farm boy as a first truck. I let him negotiate a good price, glad he has it.
Moved on to a 2018 4Runner, and it is great, but I like the Tundra better.

Nice pic. What tires do you have on it?

I'm not skilled at doing pictures.
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I have an '04 Tacoma TRD that I bought with 18,000 miles on it, in '06

It now has 173,000 and going strong.

My Wife has a '97 4-Runner that we bought new. It now has 160,000 on it.

We drive my Tacoma way more than the 4-Runner.

Both are V6-5 speed

We put new front brakes on both rigs at about 150,000

I'm thinking these two will last us the rest of our lifetimes.

GREAT vehicles!

Virgil B.

My 2014:

I've got a 2007 Tundra SR5 4x4 4dr. 8ft. bed with 101,000 miles, it has the 5.7 I-Force V-8. Best truck I have ever owned. I put on 4 new cooper tires and did the brakes....that's it. The words, trouble-free come to mind.

If you are referring to my post, those are siped Cooper Discoverers. They were good tires but I had a double blowout way back in the Ruby range this summer and replaced them with Falkens which I like better.

Thank you.

Not mulch Sam, but loaded down with the ubiquitous "stuff" accumulated over the years including 7 years in E.WA, working away from where my wife was at the time. A man can gather in some "stuff" in 7 years without the wife saying "oh no you don't" . This is one of the trips down to our place in NorCal where I retired last summer. Truck probably has close to 1/2 ton on it including the weight of the rack (120 lb? )and the 100 lb boat (air bags are a big big help ) and the trailer has at least 500 lbs, likely closer to 750. Bullets, brass, dies, rifles, tools, etc add up quickly. I keep a truck box with about 60lbs and a tool box with another 50 in the back just for everyday stuff.

'01 Tacoma, 2.7L 4 cyl, 5 speed. right now, purchased with 110K on it in 2010, 247K miles on it and ready for another oil change (and analysis). Just put the winter treads (studded) on it Friday. Almost ready for another winter. Really needs it's once a year whether it needs it wash and wax as it missed the 2017 one due to the moving and all.



It made similar trips from Fresno to E.WA, Sacramento to E. WA, Portlandia to E. WA, twice a year every year I worked up there, pulling the grades past Mt Shasta, or up 395 outside John Day and Canyon City OR. Never a hitch.

My truck works, but it's almost retired to a few 2x4's and sheets of plywood for the 7 acre RANCH now.

Geno

My wife's daily driver and the car we use for trips over the Cascades to Dr.s and stuff in S OR and Redding. 2017 RAV4, base model and it still has more stuff in it than I'd order if I could have. My wife likes that back up camera though! I still use mirrors. Purchased new so she'd have a dependable AWD car up here if I was in WA.



My daily driver now, since we bought the RAV 4. '04 Matrix, base model not the AWD one, therefor the need for the RAV 4. Might have bought another Matrix (Corolla running gear, different body) but the newer ones slope too much in the back to get our dog crate in. And this one is a 5 speed also and we made the concession to get an auto due to the need for old people parts replacement (hips and knees ). 206K miles, another one due for an oil change and analysis.