Toyota Saved My Life

Good morning everyone. My name is Christopher D Andrews and I've owned Toyota products since 2001 starting with a 94 hilux 5speed 4x4 ext cab long bed 4cyl. My next was a 2008 DC LB 4x4 5.7. That truck saved my life literally. Next was a 2021 DC LB 4x4 5.7. And now I am the excited new owner of a 2024 WCP 1794 4x4 HV CM SB w/TRD OR Package. I absolutely love the truck. My wife and I own a small business here in Washington, Maine. Some recent business activities included ice berg breaking through a small river to access our business staple of birch trees. It was very thick approximately 6 inches and the truck did exceptionally well. Better than I did actually I was nervous. Some other adventures previous were a couple long trips to Northern Maine in the Rangeley Lakes Region and more recently a snowmobile trip to ShinPond. I am shocked at the mileage and so is my wife. I love the truck and this morning while exploring a few gym membership candidates she will work from the truck on her laptop and I will get a good run/stairmaster workout going. Good to be part of the Toyota Team. Current mileage 2416 did 1st oc at 1300. Will complete the rest of fluid changes from factory very soon. Millers Oils, HKS, Eneos,
Lubrizol and Thank you Dr. Rick S.

 

Welcome aboard from NW Oregon!
When you have a chance, post pictures of your truck. Everyone here loves pictures!

 

Welcome from LA (Lower Alabama)!

 

Welcome from New Hampshire!

 

Welcome aboard! I was expecting a more dramatic story that involved near death experience.

 

Welcome from Florida! I was thankful not to see another Tundra totaled based on the title!

 

Welcome from NY.

 

Welcome from the Great State of Texas!

 

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Thank you welcoming party! I will do my best to post in the early am as my natural alarm seems to want me up at....well about now which is 322am to a more normal to me 4am. Anyhoo love the hospitality. Some more info bout myself I'm 44 going on 13 and a native Mainah' oh ayuh. Yessah. Been married since 21 to my bfff I met while serving in Hawaii. She is also my age and from Japan. She was in the zoology/oceanography curriculum. Then switched and phd'd in architecture. I am a physics buff self taught and love all things natural. Simpler the betterer. Metaphysics being the more simplex principle. She is a judo master and I am well versed in and also instructed hand to hand strike and close quarters joint lock in the US Army and my background is left out for security purposes, thank you sensei's for your kindness may the spirit be with you always.

 

Some pics I found of lifesaver Tundra. Scenario was a deer had walked into the roadway bout midroad so on the yellow line and I avoided it naturally but in the ditch was death in the form of a culvert and I hit both the forward side and following side and I kind of felt like on a bull ride at the bar except the roof and seat belt stopped my upward momentum. Anyways I had just mounted winter tires on my stock steelies and those proceeded to make chaos in and about doing a lot of the damage, and those continued outward and away. Never to be found again. Or looked for incidently. Thanks progressive for not believing me even though they were free to me from my nephew I still dismounted and mounted and balanced them personally. Actually had pics to prove it with same date as the accident thank you Cal Keithan for your shop use. After 23 years with progressive I'm now with USAA.

 

Can't find the other side pics but was a lot worse being the ditch side.

 

Kayo my wife also had her life and our dog Lady's life spared thanks to Toyota and the grace of some higher universal energy! Will miss that rav4! Treetop fell about 75 feet onto the front pass side of the black rav4 in above post pic. She actually ran away from the scene to chase down our dog that the arriving emt had let loose from the car as soon as he opened the door. About a mile away and 6 hours later along with a lot of crying and help from my older brother and his daughter we found her like a wet baby bird huddled next to a garage outcropping way out in the middle of nowhere. Thank you Uncle Arthur for the knowledge to track all things with or without fur rest in peace old friend.

 

Love this truck. Hope you all like my pics and can sympathize or whatever it is us humans do. Lol. Anyways thanks for being awesome and look forward to interacting with ya's.

 

Bottle of wax went onto this at 900 miles. Yeee! She's slippery and fast.

 

Plates go on today. I'm excited.

 

Welcome aboard from another noob to the site

 

Welcome to the forum from North Aurora, Illinois, curious about that snowmobile picture, do you ride it without the skis on it popping a constant wheelie or am I missing something…haha