For the second time, one of Toyota’s most loyal users will reach one million miles driven with a 2014 pick-up. We’ll tell you the details of this unmissable story.
Reaching 1 million kilometers is a demonstration of the reliability and robustness of a vehicle and in this case we could say that, once again, Toyota has made it possible. But the interesting thing about this story, which has a user from the United States as its protagonist, is his Tundra, is that the owner of the pickup had already reached that milestone with his previous vehicle: another Toyota Tundra.
Just as you read, Victor Sheppard reached one million miles in his 2007 Tundra in 2016. Two years earlier, Sheppard had purchased another 2014 Tundra and now that same unit is close to repeat mileage as it currently has 900,000 miles on it, approximately 1.4 million kilometres.
The unit in question is a version SR5 double cab and is equipped with a 5.7-liter V8 engine that develops 382 hp and 544 Nm of torque. and is accompanied by a six-speed automatic transmission.
The story goes that when Toyota learned of Sheppard’s first achievement with the 2007 Tundra, they decided to give him a brand new version as a reward. Cabin with limited crew, 0 kilometers. In this way, the ‘toyotero’ user started using the 2014 Tundra that he had previously purchased as a work vehicle and kept the kilometer 0 for personal use.. This explains why it has accumulated so many kilometers in 10 years of use.
Regarding the maintenance that the Tundra has had, which today has 900,000 miles, in dialogue with the site Choose Truck Talk from the United States, Sheppard pointed out that in all this time he has only replaced the alternator and transmission of the pickup. The latter failed at 780,000 miles but was only replaced at 860,000.
Of course, the Tundra’s exterior and interior condition is evidence of the miles and heavy use it has received over its lifetime. But the remarkable thing is that everything works as it did on day one, a feature that Toyota has always managed to maintain in all its models. and, above all, in their work vehicles like this pick-up.
As things stand, all indications are that Sheppard’s Tundra will be close to matching the mileage of its previous pickup within a few months. According to estimates, it could reach that milestone in October this year, and thus go down in history as one of the most loyal Toyota Tundra users in the world..
Born in 1995, journalist, he will graduate from TEA in 2022. Since July 2014 he has dedicated himself completely to the world of motors. He joined the staff of Motorpress Argentina in September 2020 and has since worked as a content editor for the website and article for Auto Test magazine.
2024-01-04 17:26:12
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