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Saw my first 2016 Limited Tacoma today......Bed/tailgate smashed in:(

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by PvilleJohn, Nov 24, 2015.

  1. Nov 24, 2015 at 7:54 AM
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    Yep you read it correctly. I wished I had a picture of it but I couldnt stop. Besides... I was too angry to think about anything else besides the fact that some people just cant drive. The tailgate, tail light, bumper, and bed were smashed. It belongs to an elderly couple and from the looks of the damage, it was backed into a tree or pole. Sad sad.... There! it's off my chest... I can breathe again. haha.
     
  2. Nov 24, 2015 at 7:56 AM
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    looked just like this one. image.jpg
     
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    How does it feel to total a vehicle that one likely hasn't had longer than a month?
     
  4. Nov 24, 2015 at 7:59 AM
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    That makes me feel better. Gets more of that ugly ass blue off the road.
     
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    :rofl::rofl:I don't mind the blue
     
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    Holy crap. Time to give up their license.
     
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    OP didn't see, just guessed, so be careful in leaping to conclusions.

    If you may back into something tomorrow, will you give up your license? Or will yours just be a mistake? Or someone else's fault?

    Of course some people should give up their license. Age can be a factor in that. High or low. There's a reason insurance premiums are like they are. ;)
     
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    Should'a smashed the front. HEYY-OOOOOOOO
     
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    i was going off of op's backed into a tree hypothesis. Hopefully it was an accident and somebody hit them:)
     
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    Why? It's already been beaten with the ugly stick. BOOO YA
     
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    After age 60 they should require a yearly drivers license road test.
     
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    Oh but I LOVE the blue!!!! lol.
     
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    that thing hit EVERY LAST BRANCH falling out of the ugly tree:puke:
     
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    i agree. There are some great elderly drivers, and some that absolutely terrify me.
     
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    Yes! my grandma being one of them....She luckily doesnt drive much anymore because my grandpa drives her everywhere but when she does take a notion to drive....I stay off the roads haha. She drives about 20 under the speed limit which is honestly more of a hazard in a lot of cases. lol.
     
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    oh no! My gram is over 70 and is still driving. She drives just fine and swears up a storm when she sees bad drivers. Shes rocking a Tacoma as well!:mudding:
     
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    Nice!! hey your gram in defiantly an exception to the rule haha especially if she rocks a Tacoma too! lol
     
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    Who pays the highest insurance rates and why?

    Where ever that answer lies is the area regular testing should occur.
     
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    You and like a bazillion other people apparently. I think you guys are color blind.

    It just reminds me of cotton candy lol Just needs a twin pink one and some clowns to drive it around.





    I saw my first 16' out on the roads yesterday. I about caused an accident staring at it. TRD Sport Barcelona Red. But a short bed *meh*
     

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