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Old Apr 27, 2024 | 12:43 PM
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Originally Posted by AJT123
How are new Tundra sightings where everyone is?

It is a MASSIVE hit here. There are so many that you'd think they're selling as well as domestics (they're not).
Meh, they’re around. But they’re not super common. I probably see one or two a week. Someone at my athletic club has a flat green one. Still ugly as sin.
Old Apr 27, 2024 | 12:52 PM
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Meh, they’re around. But they’re not super common. I probably see one or two a week. Someone at my athletic club has a flat green one. Still ugly as sin.
Aren't you in Knoxville too? (Not asking you to disclose your location if you don't want to.)

I think we've chatted before.

They're EVERYWHERE, at least West Knoxville.
Old Apr 27, 2024 | 01:49 PM
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Memphis. I live In East Memphis. Large trucks are more common in the suburbs like Collierville and Germantown where my Parents live.
Old Apr 27, 2024 | 02:18 PM
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There are a few here, normal amount I would say for my area. It's mostly max spec domestics here, we have 5 TRXs in my subdivision for example
Old Apr 27, 2024 | 02:52 PM
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I see quite a few of them
Old Apr 27, 2024 | 07:35 PM
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Originally Posted by AJT123
I think they look killer. So many ways to spec them, colors, the TOYOTA badge etc... I'd have A LOT of fun ordering one new. But I don't want the hybrid that you're stuck with in the high trims.
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I see them a lot. I think it was a good effort. But, still not good enough to be in the same tier as Dodge Ram and Chevy/GMC. The Tundra interior is really behind. I can’t believe no auto-4WD. Stuck with primitive part-time 4WD. The saving grace is the full hybrid

watching the Leaf game. They are advertising it like crazy.

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Old Apr 27, 2024 | 08:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Toys4RJill
@AJT123
I see them a lot. I think it was a good effort. But, still not good enough to be in the same tier as Dodge Ram and Chevy/GMC. The Tundra interior is really behind. I can’t believe no auto-4WD. Stuck with primitive part-time 4WD. The saving grace is the full hybrid

watching the Leaf game. They are advertising it like crazy.
Its not really a saving grace if it gets worse real world MPG and is only barely faster than the old truck while being totally interior to all rival options from the domestics dollar for dollar
Old Apr 27, 2024 | 11:36 PM
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I do have bags…in my garage 🫣. Need to throw them on. Wasn’t about to break up the pallet and make multiple trips.
Old Apr 27, 2024 | 11:43 PM
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I see enough of them that it's not really remarkable to me when I see one.

I still think Ford has the best truck design. Not biased or anything.

And imagine the pure horror of driving around in 2WD on dry roads. Oh the humanity! I might actually die!!! Luckily someone who doesn't drive trucks knows better than me what i need in a truck.
Old Apr 28, 2024 | 10:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Toys4RJill
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I see them a lot. I think it was a good effort. But, still not good enough to be in the same tier as Dodge Ram and Chevy/GMC. The Tundra interior is really behind. I can’t believe no auto-4WD. Stuck with primitive part-time 4WD. The saving grace is the full hybrid

watching the Leaf game. They are advertising it like crazy.
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Its not really a saving grace if it gets worse real world MPG and is only barely faster than the old truck while being totally interior to all rival options from the domestics dollar for dollar
Yep. A non- hybrid 0-60 Tundra is 6.1 seconds. Versus 6.4 seconds for the old V8. Less than half a second isn't really a big difference.

I don't want any batteries or hybrid assist in my really really expensive Tundra.
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So I was playing with the Chrysler app today after I remote started it, seems I still have a connection to the 2020 Pacifica we had. I noticed it had an airbag fault warning from November and its last location was at a collision center in Edgewater in mid January. Did some sleuthing and it seems that the new owner had it about 8 days and totalled it:



Found that picture online without having to pay for it. Salvage title was granted 3/24/24...hasn't come up for auction anywhere I can see.

For grins I ran a Carfax, and Carfax showed a minor front end collision with no airbags and no salvage title, which is obviously wrong. So a Carfax is basically worthless lol
Old Apr 28, 2024 | 04:08 PM
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Originally Posted by SW17LS
So I was playing with the Chrysler app today after I remote started it, seems I still have a connection to the 2020 Pacifica we had. I noticed it had an airbag fault warning from November and its last location was at a collision center in Edgewater in mid January. Did some sleuthing and it seems that the new owner had it about 8 days and totalled it:
Interesting....a Pacifica only four years old, and essentially a new hood and some front-end-trim parts totals it? Must have been a lot of depreciation in those four years.


Of course (and I'll admit this) sometimes you can't tell all of the damage just from a cursory view like that, without a thorough inspection.
Old Apr 28, 2024 | 04:35 PM
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Originally Posted by mmarshall
Interesting....a Pacifica only four years old, and essentially a new hood and some front-end-trim parts totals it? Must have been a lot of depreciation in those four years.

Of course (and I'll admit this) sometimes you can't tell all of the damage just from a cursory view like that, without a thorough inspection.
Its a pretty bad wreck with both front airbags at least deployed. The damage is on the drivers side...looks clearly totalled to me. WAY more than a new hood and front end trim. Thats $25,000+ worth of damage.
Old Apr 28, 2024 | 05:10 PM
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Originally Posted by SW17LS
For grins I ran a Carfax, and Carfax showed a minor front end collision with no airbags and no salvage title, which is obviously wrong. So a Carfax is basically worthless lol
You already know that lol. But yeah.
Old Apr 28, 2024 | 05:26 PM
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Originally Posted by AJT123
You already know that lol. But yeah.
I want my $40 back lol



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