Toyota preparing for even more frame replacements on this Friday

Driving home today, had to stop for the train crossing. Looked like this for 12-15 cars.




Happy Friday.

 

That’s about where I’m at

 

The Gen 4 Tacoma will have a turnkey frame replacement feature.

Drive truck on lift, depress four latch releases, drop old frame, insert new frame. Bob's your uncle.

 

Modular trucks? I like it.

 

No.. No... He's onto something!

 

Service department licking their lips. Each frame swap pays @ $14k for 1.5 days of work.

 

I've said it time and time again... I'm in the wrong bloody field.

 

Years ago i saw two similar piles at the dealer thats been doing my toyotacare. One was for the tacoma's and the other for the gen1 tundra's. They were stacked like cord wood against their building up to the roof.

 

i'm glad i got my insurance co. to total mine. it's probably sitting at IAA right now waiting on one of those frames.

edit: it is...

https://www.iaai.com/vehicledetails/40922425?tenant=US&RowNumber=5

 

Stacked there starting to rust.

 

You forgot your iphone cable.

 

And your seat covers and your floor mats

 

yea, i ripped them up trying to remove the seat covers...they fit too well. floor mats came with the vehicle and my new one did as well so it's not a huge loss. got a pretty hefty settlement to offset that stuff.