How do/would you treat your brand new truck?

In to the valley


To the beach


Up the mountain



And it hasn't seen its first oil change yet.

 

I get mines dirty. But I keep clean also.

 

hit 1000 miles.... Got the lift re-torqued.... sliders installed... Game on.

 

I don't baby my truck, but I don't abuse it either. If shit gets broken or damaged, its a great excuse to upgrade it

 

"that awkward moment when you hit the pavement and all of the sudden your chair massage stops"

 

had mud and dirt in strange places 2 week after it left the dealer lot.

 

I've had mine for two months now.. already been out on a bunch of trails and hauling stuff with it. I've washed it too many times because I like it look pretty, but now that it's got a couple scratches I'm sure that will go away.

While I love a new vehicle to look clean and pretty, it's a truck and I bought for that purpose so it comes with the territory.

 

Nice bumper! lol. That'll buff out.

 

It did Got this put on a couple weeks ago.

 

Damn how did you manage to do that?

 

The first time I did it I was starting to climb up this ledge and heard a noise. Didn't realize that the rear end was going to drop enough to drag on the low rocks behind me. After that I drug it down lots of ledges. The rear bumpers are stupid soft really. You don't even feel a tug or anything you just hear the noise.

 

I've always been a firm believer to break it in like "you" intend to drive it. That doesn't mean beat the crap out of it or pussy foot it, but have some fun...it's a truck. Same goes for girlfriends/wife's

 

Agreed. You shouldn't give a girl the impression you're a softy then manhandle her and have her expect it. trucks are just like girls. get to know them, and let them get used to you before you feel under her skirt.

Their lifted, off road capable skirt.

 

trucks are nothing like girls, atleast not the type i've been with.

my truck has yet to get nasty fluid all over my face and cheat and waste all my money, well wait it does that, and the truck doesnt bitch at me when i say i want to go to gamestop

 

Nope, she goes along for the ride!


Not that I play video games, cuz I don't! : P

 

Heres some of last weekend, 10 000kms on it, at least 2000 of them have been in the woods, the paint is pretty well ruined, two minor dents and LOTS of dragging the bottom over shit.

 

Nice! ^^ love it.

If I were to get a 2013 taco, I'd wrap it before I wheeled it.

 

I wish I had wrapped it!!! too late now

 

Since I use a truck as a tool to make money, it gets proper mechanical care so as to make it last. (my gen 1 Tacoma was in service for 17 years) It's never spotlessly clean and accumulates scratches and dings and dents over the years, but mechanically it's always tip top so as to always be in service. A down truck loses money.

I always buy new for cash and sell the old one to defray the cost of the new one. For example, bought a new 1988 for $8,800 cash. Sold it in three days for $3,000 when I bought a new 1996 for $10,000 cash. So it was like getting a new truck for $7,000.

This time I bought a nearly new 2012 for $19,000 cash, and am getting the 1996 ready to sell to offset the cost of the 2012. The 2012 will likely end up costing me less than $15,000 because the 1996 is in excellent mechanical condition.

That's the difference between using things...

...and using them up.