New $10,000 Toyota pickup

[2manyrocks]

Revenue enhancement ..... like those ticket generating traffic cams.

 

[LouNY]

That back-up camera is a godsend for anyone who routinely changes trailers. Other than bad weather, my pickup is used primarily for towing my three trailers, and I still get giddy every time I back up to a ball hitch and don't have to do that old routine of jumping in and out of the truck 6 times to line it up. Some trailers are just too heavy to move to the ball, if you're off more than 1/2".

I wish I had a camera on the back of the ballast box on my tractor, as I often mount a hitch there, and it's just barely out of view from my seat. Usually takes me 2-3 times on/off the tractor to line that one up under a trailer, as the little bit of sway in the trailing arms and hydraulic top link can help fine-tune position if you get it close enough.

Easy to do I have a camera and monitor for one of my tractors, the camera is on a magnetic mount and has a battery pack that is also magnetic. Easy to put the camera anywhere.

 

[John0829]

Cameras are now stupid cheap and so easy to place where you want. I added one to the back of my flatbed truck for hooking up trailers, best money ever spent on the old truck. No more bouncing in and out of the truck to get hooked up.

 

[Dman1981]

It’s a free
Country well sort of
So far you can still do what you want.
In ca you can steal and not go
To jail or serve anytime
So if he wants to turn all his safety equipment off it’s his do as he wants
I used to jump
Off my roof and I don’t wear a helmet riding my bike
Plus sometimes I don’t even buckle up when I get in my car
Crazy

 

[rocco611]

feels good to be an outlaw sometimes. I have two cars that I drive sometimes that are so old they never had seat belts

 

[jjeff]

It would be interesting to tally number of problems requiring servicing by a "pro" tech related to a tractor having a cab cuz creature comfort options failed like ac etc vs the same model open station tractor having only a few options like draft control or rear remotes.

 

[Oaktree]

On most of my cars, there's a "rollback control" option, or some similar names. Seems to hold the vehicle static on a hill, as you transition from brake to accelerator, with auto trans.

Don't really see the need for it with an automatic. Then again, I generally use my left foot for the brake. Maybe handy if it's a stick shift and it's an unfamiliar vehicle where the clutch may engage at an odd spot or if you're just learning to drive manual.

I wish I had a camera on the back of the ballast box on my tractor, as I often mount a hitch there, and it's just barely out of view from my seat. Usually takes me 2-3 times on/off the tractor to line that one up under a trailer, as the little bit of sway in the trailing arms and hydraulic top link can help fine-tune position if you get it close enough.

Don't have that problem on my tractor, but it can be a PITA to line up the hitch on my ATV. It's underneath the back cargo platform, recessed about a foot. No way you can see it while on the quad.

I hate the modern climate controls; this truck has the dials that I can be in a completely dark truck and just by feel I can tell what setting it's on and adjust it how I want without taking my eyes off the road. I abhor the idea of this being on a touch screen, it's bad enough in a modern car that you have to actually set a particular temperature (when I get in a cold car - bake me for a while. once I've warmed up, I want it cooler. Seems like I adjust the temp in my wife's car with its auto control more often than in the truck but I'm more comfortable in the truck)

Same here. Don't need an exact temperature maintained. Seems like in the spring/fall it would go back & forth between heat & AC to maintain. I'm all for simple, easy to use controls.

 

[CliffordK]

Wonder what it would take to buy one in Mexico, bring to US?
$10K...I'd buy one.
In Mexico we saw ITALIKA motorcycles in a huge store like Costco, 250cc for $1,400. I would have bought two if I had rented a van. No room in the SUV.

If you have a big farm, you might be able to sneak it in for off road use only.

However, licensing it would be a major hassle.

There is a 25 year (classic/vintage) exception that won't help with this Toyota until about 2050. However, many Japanese pint sized pickups have been brought in under the 25 year rule. So, anything made before 1998 (soon to be 1999) is relatively easy to import.

 

[shooterdon]

Seems a bare bones $10k pickup would be a lot better than something like a Roxur at $15k+. My Kawaski Mule was just over $8k and I would rather have this Toyota for a couple of thousand more. Bring it in as a UTV and avoid all the safety BS.

 

[CliffordK]

Seems a bare bones $10k pickup would be a lot better than something like a Roxur at $15k+. My Kawaski Mule was just over $8k and I would rather have this Toyota for a couple of thousand more. Bring it in as a UTV and avoid all the safety BS.

For off-roading the Toyota might be OK. Not a huge engine, but how big do you really need? The older compact Toyotas were quite popular off roaders with a few mods

The Roxur is apparently only being sold for off road, and would be difficult to license for on road.

Now you can purchase an early 1940's or late 1940's Jeep kit. Everything but the engine. Put in your engine and drive train of choice and in many states you could license it as an antique. Perhaps not even requiring seat belts.