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They can't pry my 2001 v8 4wd 14mpg[1] Tundra bought new for cash from my cold dead hands because I am seriously thinking of when I die I get laid out in the bed and the whole shebang put in an enormous hole and buried somewhere. I'd prefer if it was hauled out by helicopter over the Pacific somewhere and oops dropped.

125K miles, 3rd suspension, zero problems, manual windows, door locks, seats mirrors, everything. The odometer seems to be digital. It even passes GA emissions now.

[1] It was so... liberating when we started buying Priuses and I discovered I could drive them like race cars and get 44mpg more or less reliably. X-country + urban miles almost all go there. The current 2015 is so comfortably very dumb.

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125K miles (barely broken in for a Tundra) 3rd suspension??? How did that happen?

20 years on the hard 4wd trails of AZ, CA, CO, NM and both MX BCN and Sonora. A couple of hundred miles on the Baja 1000 route with a bed full of camping gear did one suspension in. And there's a lift/helper leaf in there.

Never once left us stranded.

Ah I see. Ok, that makes sense then.

Struts and shocks can last maybe 50-100k. If you’re beating the crap out of your truck you might be on the low end of that scale. Maybe that’s what they mean?

My thoughts as well, Maybe they were lifts or something

I have an 2009 4Runner and while it's got more "bells and whistles" (power seats, power windows, power 2WD/4WD switcher), but it's still very much a "dumb" car compared to any relatively modern car with an infotainment system.

I hope Toyota keeps making their cars as dumb as possible. The 4Runner had it's best sales year 10 years after it's redesign and I think that speaks to the market for "dumb" cars.

Nice. 2001 Tundra's a good candidate for "best pickup truck ever made". You might very well get 2x-3x new cost for it on the used market now, but there's absolutely nothing that replaces it, so that makes it a one-way cash thing. Your plan's better.

My family has been passing our 2001 Tundra around for a very long time now after it retired from being the ranch truck. We call it Ed Truck the red truck. It has 363,000 miles now and I’m the current owner. The engine and whole truck is incredible. I think about how different it must have been made when I think about things like it still being on the original AC compressor and never needing even refrigerant after 363,000 miles and 22 years. Such a testament to the Toyota Way. All the buttons and controls still work, which is very much not the norm after owning many other cars.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Toyota_Way

I had been admittedly a bit depressed before the big move across the country and the Tundra had been a bit neglected except for oil changes/tires etc. So after the life reset settled down Mr. Tundra got the full mechanics inspection with me ready to put in Whatever It Takes to make it ready for the next 20 years. And nope! Nothing mechanical needed fixing except for the timing chain. Rats had done their thing but that's just wires and money. I've got brake pads and a spare fan clutch stockpiled. Might replace more of the basic suspension bits if they become noticeable. Two things the mechanic told me that I found surprising is neither the AC nor the cooling system(!) needed maintenance after 22 years.

> Whatever It Takes to make it ready for the next 20 years. And nope! Nothing mechanical needed fixing except for the timing chain. Rats had done their thing but that's just wires and money.

Say you're rich without saying you're rich.

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