My point precisely. If you think the Grand Canyon is forbidding, remote or unimproved, you need to recalibrate your definitions of those terms. If a bunch of Bedouin with no formal mechanical training can run these things in the open desert, to the near exclusion of any other sort of vehicle at all, for decades, it speaks volumes about the efficiency, reliability and repairability of said trucks. Not to mention that they are lightweight and easy to get unstuck with a sand ladder or two. They are basically a Willys jeep without 4wd, only better. Parts are literally everywhere. The Datsun/Nissan equivalent is also a fine vehicle.
On Tue, Oct 15, 2019, 4:33 PM MG via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Holy Sh-t people have you ever had one? How long > should it last to be considered good? > As long as a Mercedes? > > My wife has driven an 03 4cyl 2wd Tacoma since > new. Like she stole it (80 mph +). $22K for a 4 > door 2wd with a lid on the bed. > > Had oil changes every 5000mi. Repairs you ask? One > COP and the rear wheel bearings at 290K. Replaced > the belts and hoses twice just because. That's > it!!! Has any of your cars needed so little? > > Show me any of your Mercedes or mine that have had > so little work needed done to them over 330K miles > which is what it has on it. Still doesn't leak or > burn oil. > > Hell! I put more than that into my 83 Mercedes to > get it up to not even near that good a condition. > > Get one of them and run it and see how good it is > before you run them down on the say so of idiots > that use a vehicle without any maintenance done to > it and expect it to last a million miles without > an oil change. > > Bunch of wankers! > > > Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes wrote: > > Because Hilux sounds like cheap crap. Tacoma sounds more enchanting even > though it’s also cheap crap. > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > >> On Oct 15, 2019, at 11:28 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> > >> A Hilux by any other name is a Tacoma. No idea why the Hilux name never > stuck here in the US. > >> > >> Curt > >> > >> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > >> > >> On Sun, Oct 13, 2019 at 10:25 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes< > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: Again, read my original post. I would > raise these issues but I’m stupid. You’re a parent, you know what I mean. > >> > >> This too, will pass. > >> > >> -D > >> > >> > >>> On Oct 13, 2019, at 10:21 AM, Curley McLain via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> he'd have to sift through the iron oxide on the ground at most > junkyards to find what remains of one in most of the country. Near the > ocean they rusted top down. Elsewhere, bottom up. > >>> > >>> Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote on 10/13/19 7:59 AM: > >>>> Youngest son believes he now wants a Toyota Hilux and has asked me to > put the word out. No more details than that, so I’m going with what I’ve > got. > >>>> > >>>> Don’t ask me why, I don’t go there. If you see or know of one, drop > me a PM and I’ll pass it along. > >>>> > >>>> -D > >>>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________ > >>> http://www.okiebenz.com > >>> > >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >>> > >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >>> > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
