Toyota Tundra race team wears bowtie to Texas State Fair
It's during moments like these that you know Toyota wishes it had a heavy-duty version of the Tundra. While the currently-available versions are capable of rescuing shipping containers in distress, and can make like the Millenium Falcon escaping from a giant space slug, they cannot haul the transporter that carries the Tundra race trucks. As our friends at Jalopnik show, at the Texas State Fair, that task is left to the maximum-cojones of a Chevy Silverado 3500 HD. Oh, what a feeling... of humiliation.[Source: Jalopnik]
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JERM 5:40PM (9/28/2007)
AWESOME!!!
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Don 1:08AM (9/29/2007)
Yeah. Awesome. Awesome if Toyota offered a HD model and THEN used the Chevy.
Otherwise...who cares?
SPG 5:40PM (9/28/2007)
With the way the first Tundra did such a blatant yet terrible job of trying to copy the F-150's design I thought the Tundra people were Ford guys.
The least they could do is throw that plain white Chevy a bone and spruce it up a little.
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Golferal 5:41PM (9/28/2007)
This. Is. Awesome!
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whofan 5:52PM (9/28/2007)
According to the Tundra commercials this job isn`t too big. Want a real truck shop at home.
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Barney 11:35AM (9/29/2007)
GM pulling trees out of the ground by their roots and pulling ships to the shore. Advertising is great, isn't it.
whofan 8:37PM (9/29/2007)
Sorry Barney, I haven`t seen them commercials. But in comparison which of the two would be closer to the truth? My money is on GM.
PS. I like my Canadian built Silverado. You should be proud!
howard 12:40AM (10/29/2007)
I wonder where the hooks are on this one? They hook the cable to the one that was going down the metal ramp? Of course you noticed they didn't show the trailer tires lock up and smoking in an effort to help stop it! Or when they supposedly pulled that shipping box over the edge of the cliff that had styrofoam walls, top, bed and nose. It took 4 tries to get one good shot before it fell apart!
Paul 5:56PM (9/28/2007)
No diesels, no heavy duties. As good as they might be, maybe they should use all that scratch they make from peddling boring Camrys and develop their truck line a bit.
You asked for it, you got it, Toyota.
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CJ 6:00PM (9/28/2007)
This may well be the funniest blog ever. Nice Job Alex. I know Toyota fanboys-----when TOYota decides to make a HD truck it will be capable of out towing a Duramax, Powerstroke and Cummins all at the same time while being a 100 mpg Hybrid.
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Bryan 3:19AM (9/29/2007)
Now that's funny!
testa di cazzo 6:02PM (9/28/2007)
hahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahaah.
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Vivek 6:03PM (9/28/2007)
Priceless, i don't even need to say anything. A picture is worth a thousand words.
but i will say something, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
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Vivek 6:11PM (9/28/2007)
Someone once said a picture is worth a thousand words. Truer words have never been spoken. The turd can supposedely pull 10000 pounds yet they can't take their trailer to the state fair. Go back to making the camry's.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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Brian Dreggors 6:15PM (9/28/2007)
Silverado - Official Truck of the Toyota Racing Team!
Seriously, you'd think someone organizing this would've thought about it enough to have chosen a Freightliner or something that Toyota wasn't racing AGAINST.
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Level 7:41PM (9/28/2007)
"Silverado - Official Truck of the Toyota Racing Team!"
lmao haaahaahhaha you can say that again!
long 6:47PM (9/28/2007)
Thundra, we're here to race........but Silverado are here to haul and that's what trucks are build for. Shitty Fawken Toyota.
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RobZ4 6:56PM (9/28/2007)
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA....By the way..where are the Toyota fanboys when you need them ?
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Freestyle4x4f150 7:13PM (9/28/2007)
That is so great, stupid azz Toyota needs a Chevy truck...lol
chad.dawkins 6:59PM (9/28/2007)
Some of yall are idiots. It's not like it's a regular Silverado it's a HD one. While it may have been smarter for them to just use a semi, but the "LAWL TunDra sux" comments don't make any sense.
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