Tacoma vs mailbox

I am a new member and I thought I'll share a misadventure with you. I had my TRD Offroad less than one month and had less than 1K miles on it and I decided to give it a good cleaning. I washed the truck in my backyard because it was shady there. When I was done I was backing it back into my driveway and forgot that there is a mailbox across from my driveway. First I clipped the left mirror and ripped the outer shell off and then I got the top of the left fender. Needless to say the damage was $1,700.00 and the neighbors mailbox just got a small scratch on its door. Maybe I should have bought a mailbox and put wheels on it. Seems to be tougher than the Taco

 

Welcome! Sorry to here about your accident, that mail box must have been housed in cement or brick.

 

You need bigger mirrors

 

Welcome to TW you'll fit right in with the rest of the other third gen owners.

 

Sadly tacomas do not increase your spatial awareness. Welcome to TW.

 

Don't feel too bad, I sustained $4800 of hail damage before my first oil change.

 

Thanks for making feel welcome. Actually the mailbox is mounted on a wooden post. But the box is tin. I caught the right lower corner and that did all the damage. Score: Box=1, Taco=0

 

Guess you'd better put some trail damage on it just to get your money's worth.

 

Pics or didnt happen. I scrolled through the whole entire thread and didnt see anything.

Thanks for giving me false hope of carnage.

 

Haha!!!! Thats a long ass page!

 

Stuff happens. Got hit on the interstate three days after purchase.

 

I got rear ended by a soccer mom at a stoplight, less than 30 days after purchase. I was ready to take my trailer hitch off the weekend before, but got side tracked. Glad I did, my hitch took the damage as did her grill. Small scratch on my bumper, but otherwise I was ok. Her front end was jacked, she backed up immediately, doing more damage to her front end.