You must not be familiar with the resale value of Tacomas.

IS now? Maybe not. But notice that I very carefully said “was, at the time”

Ha the music in this video is perfect.

That’s not snow... it’s apparently salt.

SAND! It’s what’s for dinner!

in words of Jack Hoffman.... no guts, no glory hole

I once bought a Volkswagen.

Check this out from (im sure) the same sand dune.These guys actually had to pull their truck downhill after getting it stuck!

Sweet. Thanks!

I agree. One big difference between American style desert and rally racing and the Dakar is you don’t get to see the stage before you run it. The ASO provides each car with a “road book” that tells you what is coming and how much caution should be used when you get there.

I understand that the driver has to make a judgment call - in this stage alone there were probably too many to easily count - but if your co-driver calls it out as as ‘extreme caution’ and you think a slight lift is acceptable then there is a critical disconnect.

They wrecked dakar with that stunt.

No worries! Have an amusing .gif.

So it would seem that to stray away from head gasket issues, remove any engine component with “EJ” in its part#.

...and down the Google drain my night went.

Yeah this is also why Caltrans uses the pusher trucks to get semis over various passes.

It was getting enough help for it to be working. The truck didn’t get stuck because it had NO traction. It got stuck because it needed just a TINY bit more traction than it had available. The Tesla spinning its wheels was able to provide that tiny bit of extra forward force needed to keep the truck moving. This is no…

In b4 all the comments like the ones I saw under this video on Facebook yesterday, from people who don’t understand the physics behind a tow assist.

“Probably not a good idea to tow something so heavy. Towing capacity is only 5,000 lb.”

“Video is fake. I can see the tow rope go slack a few times when the truck driver…