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Anyway, it's NOT my fault. I treat this truck like a baby. It was just built on a Monday or a Friday, but do autoworkers even have a union in Mexico? Suffice it to say, I have emailed a request for a warranty claim to my service manager, Travis Bergeson, of Toyota of Des Moines in Grimes, IA. It...

PS - a little Iron Maiden humor

This is NOT your grandfather's "solid-maiden-Japan" Toyota truck. It looks more like a glued-together-1980's Hyundai. Why couldn't Toyota just bolt this thing on with screws like the piece you see on my tailgate? If they cheap out at the plant it will cost them at the service department.

Which is why this is in OFF TOPIC.

I know. That's why they call it Off-Topic here!

It was parked near a hotel on I-80 west near 2nd Avenue exit. It had official Greyhound markings with a long, sleek silver running dog on the side! Speaking of classic rolling dogs, here is my classic Greyhound model bus collection I made at home. Note the porter figure in uniform. <iframe...

All in all, I think I'm still glad I chose Toyota over General Motors, Ford and Mopar. I have been treated really horrible at Big Three dealerships, but several California Chevrolet dealerships during the 1990's were the worst of all. The lady who sold me a new Ford truck at Towne Ford in San...

At my senior apartments parking lot, my red truck gets a lot of admiration: she is a Parking Lot Queen indeed!

I have been conditioned for decades to believe that Toyota was DIFFERENT from General Motors and all the rest. One thing good is that Toyota didn't high pressure me to buy anything or try to steer me toward anything special except to get me to sign all the papers BEFORE I had a chance to go...

This is my hobby. Pestering you all here. It saves me money. I could be out exploring the world in my new Tacoma otherwise, but that would be wear and tear and money thrown away on gasoline.

PS - My Tacoma 4x4 truck is the Mother of Waters, indeed. She masters Iowa winter snow, flash floods, rain and black ice like some aquatic goddess. She keeps my dog and I high and dry while on the road when Mother Nature throws out various forms of adverse water-related weather.

Thank you. That's what I wanted to really hear. Gladly they were nice in Washington State. A new Tacoma actually bought in the state of the City of Tacoma. The name "Tacoma" comes from an Indigenous Lushootseed word used by Coast Salish tribes to describe Mount Rainier. Indigenous (American...

But I'm asking about YOUR experiences. Lets leave my TW experience dead and buried in the more recent past. That was then and there. This is here and now. I think the times and the places have much to do with it too. Could one expect a warm reception in a Novato, or San Francisco, California...

How old are you?

Now, enough about me. I want to hear about your Toyota buying experiences. The location of the store may actually be a major factor, but I think being professional and genteel has tanked in America over the decades. One would have to be an American in his early 60's like me, or older, to...

Were they nice or impatient? Please share with us your positive and negative Toyota buying experiences of recent times. I gave my selling dealership, Hesser Toyota of Janesville, Wisconsin a 2-star on Google Reviews and a 3-star on Yelp! and here is my review as follows: Good Deal, But...

I need to protect the back seat area of my new ride from Gustav's sharp teeth. He is never muzzled except in my truck or another vehicle or out on leash for potty breaks and walks. I don't want dead mice or other dead animals in his mouth. The muzzle is soft rubber which both protects his face...

You must all think us Boomers hail from another galaxy. Yes, being an American Boomer, I hail from the Age of Ford Galaxie. There was a man way back from TW who demanded I make a video or a selfie with me, my dog and my truck in it. If he should follow me here, I have now succumbed to his...

It doesn't make me a penny richer or poorer whether somebody subscribes to my channel or hits the like button or not. And yes, the small depression top dead center on the silver-colored trim bezel surrounding the a/c control panel is a feature common to each and every such part on each and every...

January 29, 2026 was the morning I picked up this new Supersonic Red baby from Hesser Toyota in Janesville, Wisconsin. The main sales manager was Shelton Tripp. This truck was reserved in December of 2025 in transit (not yet in dealer stock) from factory to port to train to auto carrier truck...