I joined the two-Tundra club

So here's the story: "Judy", my faithful 2016, just hit 243,000 miles and is growing by about 30,000/year. I have six years until retirement, so that means she'll be up to about 420,000 miles by the time I turn 62.

That's all well and good, but I am determined to drive a 5.7 Tundra until I leave this world. And I don't want to be driving a truck with half a million miles on it when I'm 80 years old.

Enter "Trixie". She's a 2021 with only 18,000 miles on the clock. She will live a quiet life in the shade under a carport and be driven only on weekends until I retire. "Judy" will remain my daily driver and company vehicle until then.

Y'all say hi to Trixie the Tundra! And don't make fun of her shoes, she's a little insecure about them. She'll be getting some nice new ones soon.

 

Judy is jealous. She wants her picture up here too.

 

Welcome to this exclusive club.

My '08 is sporting 220k miles. Runs amazing!

I just picked up a '21 with 13k miles at auction.

I love the 5.7 and will be running one as long as I can.

Im a bit younger than you, but hope to be running this new rig for the next 15 years.

 

Nice Tundras! Trixie's got a nice color to her... love that silver

 

Nice and welcome to the family. I have 2 Tundras as well 2nd and 2.5nd gen. My 2021 / 2.5 was just 108 miles on it I am about 2500 now.

 

Welcome to the club. There's quite a few 2 Tundra owners in this forum. The elites are the 3 Tundra guys

 

Thanks!! This is my first truck in anything but white.

I like your rims and color matched grill surround. Hmmmm.

 

I may snag another 2.5 Tundra in Florida with 1800 miles on it. The dealership is playing hard to get and I am not willing to make his money. The way I look at it is like getting 2 x 2,5 gen for the price of a shitty 3rd gen which runs around $75K + which is INSANE

 

The dealers here don't budge. I paid 40K out the door. I guess that's fair in today's market though.

 

Double trouble club here as well. A best Gen and a Turd Gen. The key is to currently own them both. My 2000 was just too good to get rid of even though I needed something with better towing capacity for the new camper. So I kept it. My son is currently driving it daily until he replaces his recently departed Mustang.

 

@KNABORES you make me want a topper. They didn't look that sleek back in the day!

 

Two topper club! Very, very exclusive club.

 

Nice addition! I'm sure it's nice to have a backup to follow the first truck when it's time. I always cringe at truck names and the humanization of a vehicle but to each their own.

 

Hello Judy and Trixie!


I was a little ahead of you on the retirement timeline so when I heard the 5.7 liter was being discontinued, my grandson (7 years old) and I were on a mission to get grandpa a new 2021 Tundra! My thought was that the 2021 will be the last vehicle I buy and I wanted that V8!

When I bought the Tundra there was ample supply of trucks in the Dealership lots. Below are a few pictures of 3 trucks available in the lot at Toyota in Sanford NC at the time, along with 2 window stickers (VooDoo blue and MGM). My grandson wanted me to buy the VooDoo blue, but the MGM rhode and handled better for the win!

Given your retirement timeline, I concur with your solution to the problem. EXCELLENT idea!!!

 

You aren't kidding, especially the Toyota dealers with their add ons. I bought mine used from a Ford Dealer.

 

I agree!! What's that color called, Sexy Silver Metallic?

I was a member of this club but only briefly. Do I have to resign my membership?

I loved my '00 and it served me well, but try as I might I just couldn't justify keeping both.

 

Now that's what I call Retirement Planning!

 

I liked the 2020 black 1794 Crewmax so much, I went and got a 2021 White 1794 Crewmax! This is the last year of the 5.7L's

 

Welcome Trixie! I don’t currently own 2 Tundras but I’ve owned 9 Tundras since 2000….(I have a problem buying and selling cars)