The base-iest base 2nd-gen Tundra that ever based.

"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
04/07/2019 at 16:28 • Filed to: Have you finished those errands?

Here’s something that does not tickle my fancy: this sad, sad, sad thing.

https://www.nwtruckandsuv.com/vehicle-details/7c748a38345f784f9ab80f8e0471713e

RWD, short bed, zero options. And I mean zero.

Even better: you don’t even get the 5.7L — this has the 4.0 V6. So in exchange for allegedly maybe two miles better per gallon you get ohhhhhh *148 LESS horsepower* I have driven a half dozen base Tundra plagued with the 4.0: it’s an absolute dog and can’t do anything resembling actual “work.” When I drove a 5.7 for two years, I actually got *better* fuel economy in the real world and felt like a rocket ship in comparison.

An d when I say zero options, I mean it:

- no tach

- no power locks

- no power windows

- no power mirrors (trust me, you NEED this fat boi)

- no cruise control

- no rear sliding window

A base model Tacoma (which I now use) would be a better idea because it’s not as fat and gets 24 mpgs for (extremely) light duty male-escorting. Or shoot, buy a previous gen 4WD SR5 Tundra with the 2UZ...

.......... But yeah, I was browsing for a shortbed Tundra 5.7 SR5 4WD again. Don’t judge. STOP JUDGING!

DISCUSSION (15)

HammerheadFistpunch > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
04/07/2019 at 16:32

how does not installing a tach even mach financial sense? it just means making 2 versions of a part which adds cost. makes no sense.

CB > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
04/07/2019 at 16:32

You need help.

Finding a truck, that is.

412GTI > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
04/07/2019 at 16:36

But it has a carfax!

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > HammerheadFistpunch
04/07/2019 at 16:41

To remind you what a cheap bastard you are for buying this in the first place.

LOREM IPSUM > HammerheadFistpunch
04/07/2019 at 16:45

So they can build a handfull of complete stripper models and advertise an enticing “Starting from” price to get you in the door. Then you step into the belly of the beast, tell them you want a tach AND power mirrors only to learn it’ll be a two option package bump to get them at an additional cost of a bigly sum o f dollars.

Yo u’ll protest, but being a Toyota dealer they will have already thrown the keys to your trade- in on the roof o f the building, after quickly finding every conceivable value- deducting flaw o f course.

And oh what a feeling, you come home with a new vehicle.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > HammerheadFistpunch
04/07/2019 at 16:59

Same as not installing cruise control, the programming is already there. There really is no excuse since the late 2000’s.

Steve in Manhattan > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
04/07/2019 at 17:10

I admitted last night, in this space, that the Bentayga had grown on me - I have no right to judge anyone ...

CRider > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
04/07/2019 at 17:42

This is the truck you buy for your employees to drive if you hate them and know there's a 0% chance you'll end up driving it.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > CRider
04/07/2019 at 18:56

My father in law bought a van like that Chevy Express with the most basic radio, roll up windows, NO CRUISE CONTROL, and a 4.3l V8.

CRider > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
04/07/2019 at 19:30

I wouldn’t be mad at the lack of power windows, because I don’t roll my windows down that often. And a basic radio is all you really need, especially if you have an aux jack for your phone. The base motor would be annoying, but it’s not my truck so I’ll still drive it like I stole it.

But if you dare to skip the AC and I will fight you.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > CRider
04/07/2019 at 22:44

If I remember correctly the aux Jack is the main only difference on the radio, as in thing van didn’t have one. The other nicer one he had did have an aux Jack.

CRider > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
04/08/2019 at 00:53

That’s some impressive cost cutting. Was there a way to charge your phone in that van?

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > CRider
04/08/2019 at 04:38

.... a cigarette lighter

CRider > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
04/08/2019 at 22:00

Wow, it's so old fasfioned they don't even try to get away with calling it a DC port.

RPM esq. > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
04/09/2019 at 19:27

Yeah, this only makes sense as punishment.