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How do you help others using your Tacoma?

Discussion in '3rd Gen. Tacomas (2016-2023)' started by oneinthestink, Aug 4, 2021.

  1. Aug 4, 2021 at 1:14 PM
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    oneinthestink

    oneinthestink [OP] How I like it…

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    How do you help others using your Tacoma?
     
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  2. Aug 4, 2021 at 1:16 PM
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    oneinthestink

    oneinthestink [OP] How I like it…

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    I'd like to think I'm helping people stretch their necks out a bit while driving by... C1 & C2 can get stiff after a while!

    Kidding... No one looks at my truck twice :rofl:
     
  3. Aug 4, 2021 at 1:41 PM
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    Kev250R

    Kev250R Well-Known Member

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    I’ve yet to use my Taco to rescue a school bus full of Orphan’s (yet). Although I did offer to lend my Taco to my neighbor last week while their minivan was being repaired.
     
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  4. Aug 4, 2021 at 1:44 PM
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    HVLA

    HVLA Well-Known Member

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    Havent had the chance yet. Pulled a few people out of ditches in other vehicles I have had.
     
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  5. Aug 4, 2021 at 1:48 PM
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    hiPSI

    hiPSI Laminar Flow

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    I have my household to maintain +2 acres. I have my wife's sister (unmarried and delicate) that I also maintain. I have my daughter and SIL (does not know which end of a hammer to hold) that I maintain. Finally I have my mother and father in law (in their 90's) that I also maintain. All homes are in great shape but bushes need trimmed, fences need mended, sinkholes need filled, lights need installed and the general million things that go with home ownership. My sis in law and mother in law do have a lawn care guy who does basic grass and leaves but that's all. I gladly do it because it's the right thing to do.... so yes, I am constantly hauling something for others in my truck.
     
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  6. Aug 4, 2021 at 1:52 PM
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    5nahalf

    5nahalf I build dumb things

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    I installed strobes in mine because I often pull over to check on people on the side of the road. My life was saved by someone stopping to check on me, so I pull over when ever I can, turn on the strobes and make sure the person is ok and see if they need any help.

     
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  7. Aug 4, 2021 at 1:53 PM
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    JGO

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    I let them know how great a Tacoma is so that they are well advised when they enter the car lot.
     
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  8. Aug 4, 2021 at 2:03 PM
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    DWD484

    DWD484 Could Be Joking

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    Help others?!… LOL!
     
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  9. Aug 4, 2021 at 2:08 PM
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    boogie3478

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    Careful helping strangers since you are liable for any damage done to their vehicle.
     
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  10. Aug 4, 2021 at 2:09 PM
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    stevesnj

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  11. Aug 4, 2021 at 4:23 PM
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    brandon78lusch

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    I loose every race in this truck. That helps people feel better about themselves maybe
     
  12. Aug 4, 2021 at 4:33 PM
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    CaptainBart45

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    Work in progress...
    I have hauled several cases of beer in the back of my Tacoma. Pretty sure I am helping to support the beer industry.
     
  13. Aug 4, 2021 at 4:50 PM
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    Chickenfarmer

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    I drive to work and pay taxes.
     
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  14. Aug 4, 2021 at 5:06 PM
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    stevesnj

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  15. Aug 4, 2021 at 5:08 PM
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    tonykarter

    tonykarter Crappie Savant

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    I help other people by parking where they can see the truck they should have bought, so that they won't make that mistake again.

    20190701 - Driver's side quartering forward, charcoal's on sale at HEB for $3.98, big bag.jpg
     
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  16. Aug 5, 2021 at 6:41 AM
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    Knute

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    Nope......

    I'll call a tow truck for someone who is stuck.

    I'll help load a moving van if a friend is moving.

    Society is too happy to sue for anything perceived.

    Good Samaritan mindset has been destroyed by nonsense.
     
  17. Aug 5, 2021 at 6:49 AM
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    boston23

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    I helped pull a dude in an old Toyota truck out of a ditch once
    Then he told me that the reason he was up on that mountain was to try to recovery his kid’s suburu and would i mind pulling that out. It ended up bejng too sketchy, after multiple failed attempts i told him to call a tow truck
     
  18. Aug 5, 2021 at 6:50 AM
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    dagobert

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    I get asked to help because I own the truck.....but when I offer up the use of the truck ( me not included ) its amazing how fast the offer is declined. Donkeys.
     
  19. Aug 5, 2021 at 6:53 AM
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    photogr4x4

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    Nothing much. Move stuff for my cousins, take away their yard waste or recycling. Yard work and hauling whatever my mum with worsening arthritis has piled up. Got to wrap a strap to a rose shrub that had a 4" diameter root system all throughout the yard and pull it. That was super unnecessary but definitely fun. :rofl:
     
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  20. Aug 5, 2021 at 11:24 AM
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    JEEPNIK

    JEEPNIK Well-Known Member

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    I buy gasoline which helps the greater good of all mankind by creating a stream of tax revenue.
     

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