Introduction 8.0

Greetings, future peers of Tacoma World. I'm a happy new owner of my first pickup truck (but 5th Toyota) and thought I'd share some of my positivity with you kind folk. My name's Anthony - but please, just call me Drifter. That nickname takes on a double meaning; you'll see in a moment.

Although Kentucky-born, I was adopted as an infant and consider myself a Jersey native, since I've lived practically all 22 years of my questionably-worthy existance [would say all but I've taken vacations... so yeah.] within the borders of this communist state.

I said I'm 22 years old - but I've owned 8 cars. Yes, EIGHT. Not a typo. It took 6 years for me to figure out you can't have a daily driver as your project/race car. So - here's my track record:

-1987 Toyota Supra - purchased at 68,000 miles traded in at 96,000 miles for a
-1993 Subaru Legacy - purchased at 222,300 miles and drifted into a curb at 240,000 miles
-1987 Toyota Corolla - gifted to me at 145,000 miles and blew the engine at 147,000 miles
-1987 Toyota Supra Turbo - purchased at 129,000 miles; blew head gasket at 136,000 miles and the rest of the engine went at 138k
-1986 Mercury Grand Marquis - purchased at x52,000 miles [owner said 100k, I think 200k] and Adam Ferrara'd at 158,000 miles
-1985 Buick Century - purchased at 89,000 miles and junked for electrical issues and excessive frame rot at 93k
-2010 Toyta Yaris. Purchased new and almost completely worn out/traded in at exactly 25,000 miles.


Alright, you guys are probably shaking your heads at me. But hey... notice a pattern? Anything that wasn't a total heap was considered a 'sporty' car. This is a pickup truck. A WORK truck. I use it to get to work. AND BACK. THAT'S IT. I'd rather lay out all the dumb shit I did first then have it come up in conversation later, and hope y'all can respeckt that. Besides, it's hard to want to race a vehicle that's not known for fuel mileage when I'm so close to hitting that magic 30 MPG marker... I want to rub it in Highlander and Escape Hybrid owner's faces if I can pull off and maintain an average of 30 MPG. Hey, I already averaged a tankful at 28 MPG!

So, some pics of my beloved Tacoma, named Andrew:










That's it for now; gotta punch in and start selling auto parts. Stay tuned! <3

 

Don't you get a lot of snow in Jersey

 

Welcome to TW!

 

Welcome aboard!

 

Welcome! you have a quit the list of cars. my mom still has her 1987 corolla and it still runs. has over 300k on it

 

welcome

 

Welcome to TW!

 

Welcome to TW from Sparks, NV.

 

Thank you all for the kind and warm welcome.

By the way.

"Roads? Where we're going, we don't need... *flips down glasses* Roads."

^^b

 

Welcome

 

Welcome. Nice truck. Loose the front plate asap. Always liked the supra, i bet those were fun cars.

 

Welcome and nice truck you got there