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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Serenity on September 01, 2016, 12:13:15 PM
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So, for the last six years I've been driving a hand-me-down Toyota RAV4 that I disliked intensely. (It's a soccer mom car and I'm a fighter pilot! It's just not right!) Well, it finally committed suicide Sunday morning (The oil dumped going down the freeway at 95mph, and the engine ate itself before I could even stop) so it was time for a replacement!
I've always wanted a truck. I've been trying to buy one since I got to college, but I could just never justify the expense before now. Well, I was shopping used, trying to be responsible when I realised a 3 year old truck with 100,000 miles was STILL going for $30,000 out the door! That was insane! So I decided to take a look at some new trucks. Well, after about 4 hours of negotiations (I'm not even kidding, it took 4 hours) I got the exact truck I wanted, brand new, with an upgraded accessory package for the EXACT price I was looking for!
(https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/14045903_1792961594305336_1238488432503788446_n.jpg?oh=86c1f82ea21366786d0f9bbd2c51d576&oe=583FB146)
2016 Tundra, 5.7L V8 4x4 with the upgraded TSS package, tow package, off-road tires, all the bells and whistles! It's actually the first car I've ever bought, and hopefully the last! Oh, it was only $7k more including tax, title and license, than the 100,000 mile bare-bones work trucks used.
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aren't you supposed to ride a motorcycle? :devil
nice looking truck. :aok
4 hours...holy crud... I lose my mind after about 20 mins.
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Very nice! :aok
That's what we call a hyttebil "cabin-car". Something to drive stuff to the cabin in the forest or mountain. The RAV4 can't have been that bad since you stuck with Toyota. ;)
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aren't you supposed to ride a motorcycle? :devil
nice looking truck. :aok
4 hours...holy crud... I lose my mind after about 20 mins.
I made sure the bike would fit in the bed of the truck for some "destination riding" type of deal :D
And yeah, I wasn't expecting that much, but everytime I walked out the door, they suddenly found a LITTLE more wiggle room lol.
Very nice! :aok
That's what we call a hyttebil "cabin-car". Something to drive stuff to the cabin in the forest or mountain. The RAV4 can't have been that bad since you stuck with Toyota. ;)
Honestly, I disliked the Rav4 solely because it WAS a Rav4 and felt like a soccer mom car. But from a mechanical standpoint, it was a FANTASTIC car. I really did only the absolute bare minimum to maintain it, and probably a little below that. I don't think any other car would have lasted as long as the Rav4 did with how I treated it.