Got rear ended today....Glad I got a Taco.

I disagree

this ^^^

 

http://www.etrailer.com/Ball-Mounts/Tow-Ready/TR63044.html?feed=npn&gclid=CM-oxZzWp7ICFQ7GKgodcHoAbg

Use one of those hitch tow hooks. Makes a fine radiator extractor!!!

 

Timeline for me;
Day 1: Go to dealer and pick up brand new Tacoma. Go straight from there to trailer hitch store and order a 2" receiver.
Day 2: Go to trailer hitch store and pick up 2" receiver, bring home, install along with rusty old chrome 3-balls.
Day 3: Stop at red light behind stopped cube van. WHOMP, stoner in honda makes friends with 3-balls.

Damage to Tacoma: ZERO.

3-balls FTW!

Unlikely. It would take a LOT of force to twist the frame in that direction when the two rails are tied together by a hitch. In contrast, it will take hardly any force to twist the frame sideways when the rails are not tied together by the hitch.

I don't know about you, but I prefer that the greater damage is caused to the stoner attempting penetration from rear. Rear penetration is not welcome. If that is contrary to pennsylvania, then F* pennsylvania.

 

A lot of dumb stuff like that. Just like you can't have anything stuck to your windshield like a GPS, radar detector, etc. I always have the hitch ball in during the summer.