How do/would you treat your brand new truck?

Had some fun on pelican island today, with paper plates.

 

I'm babying it for the break in period, one month in doing well, not even a scratch on it until this weekend. I went back home for easter and today when I was putting the license plates on I noticed a scratch. SOMEONE TOOK A NAIL TO THE TRUCK AND SCRATCHED IT! Seriously, what the hell.

 

I wash the truck once a week. Usually spend 4 hours once a month with clay bar, Polish and Wax, with spot detailing in between if I have nothing else to do. Interior detailing once a month as well.

I don't offroad and gravel roads are the worse the truck sees. I always like to keep my vehicle in showroom condition. Never know when I will trade in for something else. If I can't see my reflection in the paint, it's not good enough for me.

I park away from others in my employee garage or at the store or mall. I find a secluded spot. In the past, had too many issues with people dinging my door with theirs. I address scratches right away and always have a can of color-matched paint on hand.

How I handle my vehicles has evolved with age. The older I got, the more conservative I have become. I tend to now think of them as investments that can depreciate faster based on how well they are taken care of.

 

I did the same thing when I first got mine! Lol How are you liking your truck? I'm happy I bought an offroad 4x4. I still love my prerunner though.

 

Wait untill warranty went out, then built her up.

 

Gave mine pinstripes the 1st week

 

I LOVE IT!! I'm very happy I got the TRD OR 4x4.

 

I wanted to get to know it first before I did any mods. I bought it about a year ago and drove it on and off road. Just put a lift on a couple of weeks ago - looking for new tires now.

 

The day I pulled my off the lot I took it straight to the hills ya know had to see if the 4 wheel drive was workin

 

A week after it saw the showroom floor it was in the dirt & climbing hills. Hell, I had to go make sure 4Lo worked and break in the xfer case! I had a whole week off of work so I hit a bunch of trails in my area that I hadn't seen in years. It was a blast.

I don't intentionally go out to beat the crap out of it. It's bone stock, I know its limitations. It's my daily driver, not a trail rig. But you gotta have some fun with it! The way I look at it is... If I F this up or do body damage how much is it going to cost me? That keeps me in check... Hell, its a brand new truck that I wrote a big check for. If I wanted just another beater I could have done it A LOT cheaper.

Here's the proof... No plates..

 

This photo was taken about two weeks after I got her. The rugged fails were awful off road, and i was too scared to go too far down the trails because they got fairly tight.

 

Just got mine on Saturday with 2 mi on it so I'm gonna baby it for now, but damn it's hard!

 

Like I stole it

 

hit a mud hole on the drive home from the dealership.

 

Personally, I just decided to smash mine into a tree and get smashed by the falling tree so it's all f*&^ed up and i dont have anything to worry about anymore... ouch

 

bad idea

 

...and that's how it's done! +1; 0

 

Gave mine a nice scratch from a tree branch at 2 weeks. Still there at 91k... headlight to tail

 

Hey , you're banned

 

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