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My 2013 Tundra was one of the best cars I ever owned. Finally sold it and bought a truck.

1st gen tundra’s are legend. So are 1st gen tacomas like mine.

Legendary 4 wheel drive golf carts.

Nice truck, I love the first gen tundras.

I live my tundra but I hate the toyota service dept

My first-year (2000) Tundra. V-8 4x4 with 124,000 miles.

The tundra should be the best. When you build the same thing for almost 15 years without a redesign it should do pretty well.

Bb

Thanks Dutch. I've never looked into the Ridgeline. Always figured that was a real truck. And didn't know Ford was making a unibody one either.

Lotta folks make fun of Subarus. Most don't know the 4WD wagons were originally designed as "all road" vehicles, not off road vehicle. And I sure took the ones I had on a lot of sketchy looking "roads".

I bet the new Toyota thing will serve just fine for its intended purposes.

Gracias

Best friend's dad came out and looked at his Chevy LUV when he had the hood up.

Saw the Made by Izuzu plate in there and about came unglued. Said those "Jap mo-fos put me in the water in the Pacific and tried to kill me, now they're going after you"

I miss my 2004 Tacoma double cab TRD:


But the 2000 Tundra gets better gas mileage, has more room and runs better. The taco was better on goat trails though.

I'd be interested in buying a $20Kish Toyota truckish vehicle similar to the Maverick. At this point my towing is limited to a jon boat and mowers on a 5X8 trailer.

Demand for them will be thru the roof though so they won't be $20K. By the time you get a loaded one off the lot it will be $38K

Think Fuel Cell... eg: The hoslers at Port of Los Angeles...

I truely miss my '98 Taco truck

Was called 'Jack's truck' as per my Golden retriever Jack (pic 1)

Sold it in '17 after driving for 12 trouble free years

Bought my 2nd gen '14 Taco DC SB V6 manual...'nother good one...but gone now too

Replaced the '14 with the clean 2 owner AZ native '03 LX Cruiser w/190K miles

I'm a 'Yoda guy forever

I’m going to keep my first Gen tundras as long as possible. With the limited electronics compared to newer vehicles, I consider that a plus. The only downside is parts pricing, Toyota is pretty proud of their parts.

it does take a good 4x4 truck to pick up a few 2x4's from Home Depot

Just a thought......what I do....I use these guys in PHX AZ

Cross reference/search Toyota OEM part numbers here...see if they stock/carry it

Have recently done it for parts for my '01 LC

Free fast shipping/no tax........they're GTG !


https://parts.belllexusnorthscottsdale.com/Lexus_2003_LX-470.html

Thanks, I’ll give them a try.

You are Welcome!

I did but no longer do. My 2014 Tacoma has two problems they cannot fix.

First, there's a design problem. Driven hard in corners, there's enough body roll to trip the sensor and lock the breaks which nearly creates the rollover situation it thinks it is detecting. The shop manager's Tundra has exactly the same problem. Swapping in a new one does not fix the problem, it's a part design problem, not a part failure problem. Can't be fixed. I've had it throw me off of the road into the ditch twice and nearly wreck me on the freeway a few times.

Second, there's a bad "flapping" wind noise which occurs at higher temperature. They have not been able to locate it because the dealership mechanics go off shift before the temperature rises to where the problem occurs. They've been chasing it off and on for 4 years. Doesn't happen in winter, only in the depth of summer ... 105 degrees and up. My best guess is some rubbery/plasticy part becomes soft enough to flap in the wind when high speed air crosses it. If I drop down to around 60 on the interstate, then I can mostly manage it but that renders the truck almost useless.

Tom