Are TOYOTA's really TOUGH???? Check this video out!

BRACEYOSELF777 · 08-28-2006, 12:46 AM

I like surfing thru you-tube and street fire watching different videos of trucks and cars. But this one....is worth mentioning. Check it out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQltQ6Qzdb4

Titan-Power · 08-28-2006, 12:59 AM

Durnit, stupid filters put in place by my compter geeks at work!. Gotta wait till i get home to see it

phillipyang · 08-28-2006, 06:22 AM

Yeah top gear had this episode for a couple of years and they did a lot of extra appearances. Its a great truck. They dropped it and it still worked!

**Blackbeauty** · 08-28-2006, 06:25 AM

I didn't watch the whole thing this time, but I saw it several months ago. It's amazing what that thing went through. Seawater in the engine, blown up on top of a building, etc. And with just a few handtools, the mechanic kept it alive. That IS amazing!

phillipyang · 08-28-2006, 06:30 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5ZtntPoaVQ

That is PART II

**Blackbeauty** · 08-28-2006, 06:33 AM

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Originally Posted by phillipyang

That is PART II

I thought 9 minutes was a lot shorter than the one I watched months ago... LOL!

Stoobie's Titan · 08-28-2006, 07:30 AM

Ahh, I did most of that (except water that deep and fire) to my 93 hardbody 4x4. That truck RULED!!!

**konigfritz** · 08-28-2006, 07:37 AM

I saw that on TV last year! it was great., Guess they don't build em like they used to.

Waterfowler · 08-28-2006, 11:32 AM

Yup the old Toyota trucks are the real deal.

I have had my 4x4 for 8 years and the only thing I have done to it besides oil changes and tires is a brake job once and a new battery twice. I've put mine through hell and the whole under carriage is orange with rust but the thing keeps on tickin. The beasts are bulletproof.

Too bad the new ones aren't in the same league. I think the new Rangers are now considered a more reliable truck than the new Tacomas.

**chunko** · 08-28-2006, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Waterfowler

Yup the old Toyota trucks are the real deal.

I have had my 4x4 for 8 years and the only thing I have done to it besides oil changes and tires is a brake job once and a new battery twice. I've put mine through hell and the whole under carriage is orange with rust but the thing keeps on tickin. The beasts are bulletproof.

Too bad the new ones aren't in the same league. I think the new Rangers are now considered a more reliable truck than the new Tacomas.

That's cause the new rangers are the old rangers...they haven't updated that thing for crap in a decade...although I guess they did swap the 2.3 for 2.5

Waterfowler · 08-28-2006, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by adavis99

That's cause the new rangers are the old rangers...they haven't updated that thing for crap in a decade...although I guess they did swap the 2.3 for 2.5

That's true, reliability tends to follow longevity. What was the last major change for the Ranger? 1993? My dad had a 1993 Ranger, it seemed state of the art at the time.

I think it's still being built on the same platform since the 80s though.

ted hanson · 08-28-2006, 01:03 PM

I have a 99 Tachoma with 240,000 miles on it and I drive 110 miles a day over a tight, twisty mountain road. I drive it like I stole it. I've gone through 13 sets of tires and four sets of brakes and 80 oil changes. Nothing at all has ever broke on this truck and I plan to give it hell for at least another four to five years.

Justintoxicated · 08-28-2006, 02:16 PM

Those old trucks were good but I don't think their new ones are the same..

My Friend had a Tacoma TRD and kept getting stuck in the sand and I had to keep pulling him out with my 4x4 86 SE. He got sick of his new 2000 tacoma getting stuck and pulled out by an old *** nissan so he decided to drive it on the hard pack. Ended up swerving into the cochilla canal at glamis and thats the last time he saw his truck. Over $25,000 worth of elecronics damage from the fresh water. **** would not start nothing. Compleatly totaled.

**walleeme** · 08-28-2006, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Waterfowler

That's true, reliability tends to follow longevity. What was the last major change for the Ranger? 1993? My dad had a 1993 Ranger, it seemed state of the art at the time.

I think it's still being built on the same platform since the 80s though.

I got rid of a 2005 Ranger to buy my Titan. It was a POS. Today, I am driving my trusty 94 For Ranger, that just won't seem to die. The Ranger is still on the same 20 year old platform, but the parts fall off a lot faster now.

gyrate · 08-28-2006, 02:57 PM

i saw the 2nd part where they finally do kill it (takes a while) but haven't seen this one. cool find