8/1/2023 0 Comments Tacoma quicksandWhile it was a great truck, his was starting to show its age and he was itching to swap from an SUV to a pickup. Lessig’s previous ride was a third generation 4Runner. We’ll delve into more about that last part in a minute. The catch was that he needed to get it completely built out and ready to display and on top of that, they also needed it be ready for a three day off-road trip, in just about two months time. Ryan Lessig, owner of the 2016 Quicksand Tacoma you see here, was blessed with just such an opportunity. He was invited to display his Tacoma that he had only picked up from the dealership about a month earlier, in Bilstein’s SEMA booth. If you were given the opportunity to display your truck at SEMA, the preeminent automotive specialty products trade event in the world, in Las Vegas, Nevada but only had a couple of months to get your brand-new truck prepared for it, what would you do? The Toyota truck in Quicksand? Thanks, I hate it.Only hours after he finished his build, Lessig embarked on a 400-mile off-road trip through the Southwestern desert. No one should drive a truck the color of Jake-from-State-Farm’s khakis. Car paint should not be the color of bread. Only the actual military needs camouflage for the dessert. 2018 RAV-4 Hybird.īut car and truck paint needs glitter. I come from a Toyota family, and every car I have ever driven or owned has been a Toyota. At worst, it’s the diarrhea your dog has on the sidewalk that you smear into the concrete when you try to pick it up with the plastic bag. It doesn’t shock me Eric bought this heinous vehicle.Īt best Quicksand is the color of canned Blue Buffalo Chicken Dinner for Dogs. He is friends with another neighbor who once asked me, “Are you familiar with the philosophy of Jordan Peterson?” Eric sets off boom boom fireworks when the Pats/Bruins/Red Sox win championships. His air compressor runs all weekend long. Eric is retired and always working on his cedar shingles, but he never seems to be done. My neighbor - let’s call him Eric - bought one of these trucks. It’s the perfect color to appeal to cosplay pew pew gun nuts who talk about freedom not being being free but never quite made it down to the Army enlistment office for the Iraq War. Not since Gilligan’s Island has quicksand been this popular. Since there is no reason to not to know anything (copyright Google), I looked up the official name. For a while, I just called it the Silly Putty truck. So many stupid grey trucks.īut lately, I see fewer gray Toyotas and more of this uninspired tan color. Hell, I even dated a guy who had one, so after he dumped me we broke up, I would see one and think, “Is that Dave? Oh wait, is that one Dave? Is that Dave in the West Marine parking lot? Is Dave at Applebee’s getting mozzarella sticks without me?” We live on an island, and I saw Dave everywhere. “Are you in construction?” “No, I’m a regional manager for Xerox.”Ī few years ago, my local streets were full of metallic gray Toyota Tundra pick-ups. Most of the time, the trucks are sitting in a Schaumburg, Illinois, office parking lot. One day they might need to buy some plywood from Home Depot or haul junk to the dump, so Americans - mostly dudes - buy trucks. In America, most people buy cars for their maximum usage. Welcome to the first in the quarantine series I am calling Thanks, I hate it. So let me try something else I am very good at: judging ugly ass shit. I’m here for the sportsball, but since all live tennis tournaments are cancelled, I’m struggling. Beth is our Outlander subject matter expert. Fauci has medical knowledge and perfectly timed face-palms.
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