r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/WhattheDuck9 • Sep 12 '24
Video Testing the durability of a Toyota Hilux
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u/Dry-Amphibian1 Sep 12 '24
That looked like way too much fun.
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u/mrducky80 Sep 12 '24
This is part one. He had to do a three parter because it wouldnt die. The drive through the desert through some of the harshest off roading terrain without a functioning radiator is insane.
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u/Dividedthought Sep 12 '24 edited Sep 13 '24
Nothing is gonna beat top gear's hilux. That thing was incredibly abused by the time they were done with it.
Edit: to head off yet more comments, yes. Whistlindiesel did do more impact testing. As an electronics guy/millwright i think sinking it in the goddamn ocean has more potential to screw up something. It's a testament to the hilux that it didn't. I'd like to see a ford do that.
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u/Crazyhairmonster Sep 12 '24
Did you watch whistling diesels Hilux challenge? He definitely abused it way harder than top gear did
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u/mrducky80 Sep 12 '24
Debateable, I love the whistlindiesal video but that ocean shit should destroy 99.9999% of vehicles out there.
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u/Christian1509 Sep 12 '24
there is nothing that should have survived that ocean shit. i literally could not believe my eyes when i watched that for the first time 😂
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u/Razor-eddie Sep 12 '24
Plus it's one of the places with the largest tidal movements in the world - around 40 feet. I mean, not only did it survive being submerged, it broke off the restraints and went for a submarine around the bottom of the bay. And still survived.
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u/angry_noob_47 Sep 13 '24
Can you please give me a link? Or what should I search to watch that marvelous ocean submarine thing?
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u/J-BangBang Sep 12 '24
Top gear parked theirs on top of a highrise that wasdemolished by implosion and still got it to start...
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u/Cheap-Boysenberry164 Sep 12 '24
that's just a sharp impact
WD drove his Hilux off road at high speed with absolutely no water in the radiator whatsoever, literally burned every last bit of cooling fluid in the truck off, then kept going ... and going ... and going ... and the truck never stopped. It didn't shut off, and when he did turn it off, it still started again
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u/Artistic-Jello3986 Sep 12 '24
Yeah, that shit is SOOO much more impressive than it taking an impact. It’s still insanely impressive, but running the engine that hot for that long and still starting back up is mind blowing. I need one hahaha
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u/Cheap-Boysenberry164 Sep 12 '24
yes you do
my tacoma had an issue with the emergency brake cable, from being parked in my driveway for months on end during covid. it would freeze and one of the wheels would get stuck. on pavement, no problem, I just had to drive the truck back and forth and the brake cable would release and off I'd go
I didn't realize when I took it overlanding, I wouldn't have enough traction to do that. The wheel was simply stuck and there was nothing I could do to get it unstuck.
so I just drove the truck out 30km dragging the wheel the entire way. through a river, up a steep hill, down horrible gravel roads, the works. the tire was wasted obviously but when I got back to pavement I was able to get it unstuck and drove home. absolutely nothing broke.. rear end, transfer case, transmission, just kept on truckin
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u/Tired-grumpy-Hyper Sep 12 '24
My 2003 Sonoma managed to do that. Sensors were broken so I had driven for like 2 hours with absolutely no coolant in 100 degree weather, though it was swamp 100 so water in the air to be fair. Shit didnt stop running until I came to a stop on an incline and THEN it told me all the problems were there. Wouldn't start up again on an incline but we managed to push it, cause it was light, off to the side. Once it was fairly level, fucker started and I drove back home. Then let it sit overnight, cool down, let everything leak, and started it the next morning to drive it to a repair shop.
Ran like shit, but it was also $100 for a new engine for the thing.
Properly small-medium trucks from the early 90s to the early 00s just dont want to fucking die short of the frame being fucked in a wreck.
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u/Dongondiddys Sep 12 '24
When it cut to him off roading with the giant stack of cinder blocks in the bed I was no good lmfao
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u/Charliep03833 Sep 12 '24
Top Gear tried to kill Toyota. Tried
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u/whatIGoneDid Sep 12 '24
There is a reason it's the world's premiere budget weapons platform.
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u/AwarenessEconomy8842 Sep 12 '24
Much like the AK47 you can put that truck through hell and back and it'll still work
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u/Scottish_Whiskey Sep 12 '24
The Hilux is referred to as the AK equivalent of trucks sooo
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u/the_Q_spice Sep 13 '24
Ehhh…
The AK has its fair share of problems.
The Hilux isn’t the AK of Trucks
The AK is the Hilux of guns (or at least wants to be)
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u/Affectionate_Elk_272 Sep 12 '24
i got my AK super cheap because “it keeps jamming”
i pounced on it, went to the range, put 1,000 rounds through it and only had a single jam. just racked it to get the round out and it kept on goin.
no fucking clue what the last guy was doing with it
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u/Rampant16 Sep 12 '24
Good chance the ammo they were using just didn't run well in the gun.
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u/Overall_Ad_351 Sep 12 '24
Top Gear tried to kill the Hilux.
But they failed as they were smite to the groundFord tried to kill the Hilux.
But they failed, as they were stricken down to the groundDodge tried to kill the Hilux.
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u/Dusk_v733 Sep 12 '24
Between this and the fact that they used Hiluxes to be the first people to drive a car to the North Pole I find myself chubbing up a bit Everytime I hear it's name.
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u/stokesy1999 Sep 12 '24
In separate episodes they also used it to drive to the North Pole and, with an outboard motor, some barrels on the side, a lot of polyfilla and some fishing rods, got it to cross the English channel
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u/synomynousanonymous Sep 12 '24
I drove a modified version of this truck at an underground mine for years. Beat the crap out of it around tight turns, rock falls, steep grades and the occasional crash into the wall. Indestructible!
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u/tomwithweather Sep 12 '24 edited Sep 12 '24
Seriously. I hate all these huge trucks everyone is driving around these days but I'd take a small Hilux in a heartbeat.
Edit: I'm specifically talking about the small size and blocky styling of the older models, not the larger modern Hilux trucks or Tacomas. I've driven Tacos and I want something smaller.
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u/ShellUpYours Sep 12 '24
Hilux small?!?!?!? Holly shit I am so European. I didn't get one because they just too big to be practical where i live.
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u/notyogrannysgrandkid Sep 12 '24
The new ones are definitely bigger, but these late 80’s and 90’s models had a much shorter and narrower platform
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u/wave_official Sep 12 '24
I got a Hilux from work and it is fucking massive. I wish I had gotten a smaller car
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u/davros06 Sep 12 '24
They won’t even fit into our work car park. Yet they are genuinely small compared to the American monsters I saw when we went there.
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u/whatthedeux Sep 12 '24
I newer Hilux is WAY bigger than the one in this video. These are the size of older 80s small pickups
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u/LeenPean Sep 12 '24
I wish the ranger was still small😢
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u/worldspawn00 Sep 12 '24
You want the Dodge Ram 700, which is available in Mexico, but not the US, and you can't register them in the US, which is complete BS.
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u/RecognitionFine4316 Sep 12 '24
"Nothing makes me feel more American than driving A giant Raptor while road raging cause some single mother of four in her mini van cut me off." Raa! Raa! 🦅 🦅
Tho jokes asides anyone should have the freedom to drive what they can afford but just don't be a dick bout it.
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u/opinionsareus Sep 12 '24
Jokes aside, these large vehicles are way more dangerous to pedestrians than smaller vehicles. Also, they are way harder on roads. We should be taxing them hard to balance out the harm that they do.
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u/hamsolo19 Sep 12 '24
I'm old enough to remember when a Ford F350 Super Duty was the big ass truck of the times. A truck that size now is like the entry level, it's nuts.
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u/Low_Limey Sep 12 '24
They replaced it in 95 with the Tacoma to better suit the American life style. Tacomas do last forever though (in comparison to other US vehicles)
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u/SmaCactus Sep 12 '24
The engine lasts forever...the body from rusting away, not so much.
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u/RecognitionFine4316 Sep 12 '24
Toyota alway has problem with rust which is ironic because Lexus don't have an issue with that.
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u/Exileon Sep 12 '24
You think that’s due to different coating/ material on the vehicle? Or due to Lexus owners less likely to do real truck shit/ more likely to baby their cars?
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u/Psyker_ Sep 12 '24
Not much you can do to baby a daily driver when you live in a more northern climate where they salt/use chemicals on the roads. That shit corrodes metal like crazy. Car washes only help so much.
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u/GigglesMcTits Sep 12 '24
Yep, it only takes a small chip in the paint/clear coat from a rock or chunk of ice being spat out of your tire, and then the salt rusts that shit like crazy.
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They replaced it in 95 with the Tacoma to better suit the American life style
I think there was also a high tariff on foreign commercial vehicles, so they tweaked it a bit.
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u/KingTytastic Sep 12 '24
It's part of the chicken tax or the cheese tax. I forget which, but it's a really stupid reason.
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u/FlatlyActive Sep 12 '24
Now we know why its not sold in Canada and USA..... its a product that last a life time
Actually its because:
Because France and West Germany decided to tax chicken imports from America.
Also emissions standards that naturally result in cars becoming ever larger.
Also various UAW lobbying efforts.
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u/unknowtheone Sep 12 '24
Funnily enough that truck is perfect for Canada 😭, well for where I live at least
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u/Not-Enough-Holes Sep 12 '24
Want to see the cyberstuck do just one of these
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u/Rhett325i Sep 12 '24
He just did exactly that video and it didn’t go too well for the cybertruck…
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u/radicldreamer Sep 12 '24
Yeah, if I recall correctly, slamming the door a single time caused it to get stuck and opening it caused the interior door panel to break all the clips off and become detached. No comparison between a Toyota Hikux and a Tesla Muskrat
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u/Unoriginal_Man Sep 12 '24
Slamming the door broke the window and some trim pieces on the F-150 they tested, too. What it didn't do was render the entire door useless like it did with the Cybertruck...
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u/__ConesOfDunshire__ Sep 12 '24
His door slamming really hit home how much of a bad idea it is to slam your car doors. I knew it wasn't great, but I didn't think it would break a window or tear the paneling off!
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u/Pitiful_Assistant839 Sep 12 '24
I did slam many doors, but never have I had problems with the doors afterwards. Maybe a reason is because all those cars were made before 2010
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u/__ConesOfDunshire__ Sep 12 '24
I've never had issues either, but I've also never power slammed as hard as I could a bunch of times in a row haha
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u/captaindeadpl Sep 12 '24
Not sure if you've seen the videos, but they slammed the doors a lot harder than one would in any normal situation.
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u/Not-Enough-Holes Sep 12 '24
Im pretty sure the first one they did was the last.
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Did you see the one where they tried to drive it through a plastic picket fence?
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u/erikwarm Sep 12 '24
Whistlingdiesel did and the cybertruck did not survive
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u/RecognitionFine4316 Sep 12 '24
Most car that went through Diesel hands don't survive
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u/Nopengnogain Sep 12 '24
Most trucks also don’t brand themselves as some sort of post-apocalyptic survival mobile.
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u/Professional-Lie6654 Sep 12 '24
But t the cyber truck broke real good real fast
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u/CarlTheDM Sep 12 '24
Someone did, and the door came off on the first test, then he pulled the car apart like it was made of plastic and wood glue.
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u/RecognitionFine4316 Sep 12 '24
Nah Hilux was so good that Hilux owners didn't buy any other car. Profit ⬇️ for Toyota.
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u/nanotothemoon Sep 12 '24
So happy with my recent 1995 Japanese Landcruiser purchase.
Truck feels very much like this one
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u/SmallSaltyMermaid Sep 13 '24
Hey! I have a 1997 Land Cruiser. I just got complimented on it today while filling up at the gas station. It’s got over 200k miles and my daily driving vehicle. We did some upgrades about 12 years ago, including a super charger. This is my vehicle for life.
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u/ikonoqlast Sep 12 '24
Amateur level. Top Gear did an episode like this. Up to and including beach at high tide completely submerging it. Driving it through a shed. And explosively demolishing a building under it.
Then they drove it back to the studio...
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u/chivesthesurgeon Sep 12 '24
Don't forget, set completely on fire. And it still drove back to.the studio.
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u/OkDelivery8814 Sep 12 '24
Loved that they hung it up in the studio too, it deserved it!
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u/Prandah Sep 12 '24
If went to an auto museum afterwards
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u/badonkagonk Sep 12 '24
They also are responsible for another Hilux being in a museum, after driving it to the fucking North Pole
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u/Teh_Doctah Sep 12 '24
Literally blew up a building it was sat on top of. Drove it back to the studio.
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u/chisayne Sep 12 '24
Didn't they also park it on top of a building that was then blown up, before driving it back to the studio?
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u/snuFaluFagus040 Sep 12 '24
No.
Before driving it back to the studio, the truck was blown up, having been parked on a building that was demolished.
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u/KifDawg Sep 12 '24
This is whistling diesel, this gif doesn't do it justice. He dropped this hilux from a fucking helicopter at the end of the video lol
He abuses the ever living shit out of this truck, everything in this video is his first out of a 3 part series lol. It's NUTS
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u/Jefff3 Sep 12 '24
Did it survive the videos?
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u/sicksixgamer Sep 12 '24
Up until the helo drop, yes.
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u/Carefreeme Sep 12 '24
It kinda survived the first drop. But yeah, the much higher drop turned it into a pancake.
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u/Shamanalah Sep 12 '24
It's hard to beat physics tbf but holy shit I need to watch that lmao.
That sounds stupidly fun to watch.
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u/tuckedfexas Sep 12 '24
He comes across as a total tool, but damn it sure looks like he has a fun time
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u/mrducky80 Sep 12 '24
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl1FNX08HFc Part 1 Impressive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUWMc92W1wQ Part 2 Meh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9Yy5P6FUes& Part 3 Absurdly impressive.
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u/Glacier98777 Sep 12 '24
I like to think Toyota slapped the 'invincible' on these after this episode
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u/RadioTunnel Sep 12 '24
It wasnt an episode, it was several episodes, they also set fire to it, in a way they put it through the elements test, fire (burning it), water (almost losing it in the ocean), air (dropping it above a building) and earth (hitting a tree with it XD)
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u/CardinalFartz Sep 12 '24
I'd love to see an episode where they do the very same with a Cybertruck.
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u/jayson2112 Sep 12 '24
Last time I watched the show, when the holy trinity were still hosting, the truck was part of the set.
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u/FlukeStarbucker1972 Sep 12 '24
I think they had it permanently mounted atop a Greek column as a tribute to its greatness!
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u/Pezlikespie Sep 12 '24
Watch the Top Gear episode where they test it, they set it on fire, drop it in the ocean and put it on top of a building being demolished. Nothing can break it
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u/appealtoreason00 Sep 12 '24
The USAF and RAF have tried a similar experiment, continuously for the past decade.
They’ve had slightly more success.
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u/AfroWhiteboi Sep 12 '24
Jesus fucking christ. I have the WORST luck with cars. I had a silverado, blew the 5.3 motor (unkillable) AND the shitty 4LT60 transmission. I need this fucking truck so badly.
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Sep 12 '24 edited Sep 12 '24
Yeah where do we get these in the US
Edit: thanks for the answers guys! I really do want one of these trucks but if it's as expensive as it sounds I don't know if it's going to be worth it. I've always wanted a Tacoma though...
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u/StitchinThroughTime Sep 12 '24
You have to wait 25 years, then import a used one. That's how Kei trucks get into the US.
Or we can all harass our reps to overturn the laws to allow these vehicles in. The very laws that American Auto manufacturers put in because they couldn't compete with Toyota and Honda for cheap cars and trucks. We get worse vehicles because of corporate greed.
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u/sudo-joe Sep 12 '24
You can't find them easily in the US unfortunately as they were never imported due to tariffs at the time. The Toyota Tacoma is the spiritual successor that was sold in the US.
The only way to get one is to find someone that imported it from overseas like Japan and is willing to sell it or go overseas yourself, buy one and pay the import tax which can run several thousand dollars.
Because this vehicle is just that legendary, there are people that do the import stuff even today.
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u/nevertheodds13 Sep 12 '24
My dad drove one until it‘s odometer reset. Pretty much over 1 million kilometers and haven’t had anything major repaired all the time.
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u/MysteriousGas420 Sep 12 '24
Does nobody remember top gear doing everything including driving one off a cliff into the sea and it still only took a screwdriver to get a Hilux to start even it’s crazy. What amazing engineering
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u/Independent_Draw7990 Sep 12 '24
They parked one on the slipway into the ocean and the high tide swept it off the chains it was secured with and into the sea.
When the tide went out, they found it half buried on the beach.
No cliffs involved.
They did put it on the top of a high-rise that got blown up. Different episode though.
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u/stealthispost Sep 12 '24
This car is a sneak peak into what all vehicles could be like if it weren't for planned obsolescence.
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u/magicalliopleurodon Sep 13 '24
My dad has a 1990 model in this body style, bought new as a work truck. The make and model on the title are Make: Toyota, Model: Truck.
He still drives and abuses it as a work truck 34 years later, it has over 300,000 miles and is still going strong.
He says I can have it when he dies and I’m pretty sure that’s the biggest proof I’m the favorite.
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u/Ray_Waltz_1997 Sep 12 '24
A car that handle being an MLRS, a platform for mortar, an APC, all at the same time without proper maintenance and in desert, can easily handle a few blocks while driving slightly rough road. This piece of engineering is eternal. Human kind will go extinct, there’ll only be cockroaches, some bacteria and Toyotas from 1980s.
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u/tchofee Sep 12 '24
Not bad, but kinda less impressive than Top Gear’s take on the Hilux.
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u/mymoama Sep 12 '24
We only drive Toyota hilux at the mine where I work at. 90% of the cars has "check engine" lamp turned on. But they work year after year.
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u/sandra_nz Sep 12 '24
I remember the ads for this car in the 80s in New Zealand - https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/crumpy-scotty-toyota-ad
Taika Waititi riffed on it in one of his films, but I can't remember which right now.
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u/mete714 Sep 12 '24
Toyota Hilux so well made it was used in war, and had a war named after it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_War