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To: Da Coyote

In 1999 I advertised my 1988 Toyota 4WD regular cab pickup for $2995. I received multiple calls. Two guys asked me right away if it would pass inspection. I said yes of course. The second one I asked why? He said he bought old Toyota and Nissan/Datsun pickup trucks and sold them overseas. He shipped them to Central and South America. However, there were other guys that shipped them to Asia. He stated he could sell those brands for about 3x to 4x what they were worth in the US if they did not pass inspection here. Down there they would just repair the frame, etc and off they went.

A couple years pass and we invade Afghanistan. Sure enough, every time I see some Taliban guys riding around they are in an beat up old Toyota pickup. So that is why to this day I call them: Toyota Tacoma Official Vehicle of the Taliban.

To add to that: Toyota Tundra Official Vehicle of ISIS.

I am not sure this marketing idea will be popular with Toyota.


18 posted on 12/17/2014 9:57:51 AM PST by woodbutcher1963
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To: woodbutcher1963

Those Toyota trucks have been part let us say irregular forces since they gained famed during the Libyan-Chad war. The Chad army put men and anti-tank weapons on the beds and defeated the Libyan army armed with the latest in Soviet equipment.


20 posted on 12/17/2014 10:12:41 AM PST by C19fan
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