excited...

[dikkie]

just wanted to share this with you guys...

yesterday my son and i met arthur, the dutch guy who has the crewmax limited, just like i ordered it as well...

he lives some 60 miles from my place and we went there to experience the tundra i.r.l. as you perhaps know i ordered the tundra without seeing and thus driving it first, it was an order just out of faith in Toyota.

we had the time of our live, allthough we never met, arthur was so kind to let me drive his tundra, on road and off road, and you know what?

i'm so excited, the tundra is even more than i expected it to be, what a fine truck..!! there's no way i can tell you how good it feels driving this magnificent truck, it handles easy, the 6 speed auto is a jewel of superior technique and the power of the engine is a pure thrill...

there's only one thing that amazes me, why for crying out load does it stop accelerating at about 107 m/ph...?? there seems to be so much power left to make 125 m/ph a safe speed...!!

overall impression is just possible when i send a picture...

there's such a big grin on my face, you have to smash it off! there's no other way the grin will disappear i gues...

ouch, the waiting hurts... it hurts terrible... ( guys at the factory, do your thing and do it quick...!! )

dikkie

[Tundra_Hick]

You need to take off the limiter.

[Songdog]

I can just picture the tulip farmer cursing you as you do donuts in his field Dikkie.

[guntech]

The more you drive it, the more you like it .

[ddnail]

I'm excited for ya

I couldn't imagine waiting as long as you have. I'd be bugging the crap out of the guy who already has one

[jan kohlmann]

Congratulations when you get it. I am sure you will enjoy it as a great truck. I hope when you fill it up with petrol the grin does not come off your face. By the way what does a L of petrol go for in the Netherlands?

[dikkie]

@ TH...
is it really that simple? thought there would be a limiter... it's not that i want to race all the time ( fuel consumption... aargghh ) but driving to and through germany there are some gorgeous highways without speed limit... * grin *... think you got the picture...


@ songdog...
this time we left the tulip farmer at ease ( results from the past are however no guarantee for the future... )


@ guntech...
i know man, ooooh, do i know..! ( think i'll be bringing arthur quit some visits between now and the delivery of the big t... )


@ ddnail...
time goes slowly bud, ( 90 to 180 days before it rolls out of the factory, counting from december 21st... ) that's killing...

[arthur]

Originally Posted by jan kohlmann

Congratulations when you get it. I am sure you will enjoy it as a great truck. I hope when you fill it up with petrol the grin does not come off your face. By the way what does a L of petrol go for in the Netherlands?

1 Liter off petrol now costs approx 1.55 Euro thats almost two, yes 2 dollar, Per liter ??????? That's over 7 dollars a gallon.

There's no fun in that.

[arthur]

Originally Posted by Songdog

I can just picture the tulip farmer cursing you as you do donuts in his field Dikkie.

We could have been doing this with the new TUNDRA.

[Tundra_Hick]

You need a chip for the limiter.

To be honest, I don't know if one exists for a 5.7 liter. Luckily if one exists, somebody on THIS site would know about it.

[dikkie]

Originally Posted by jan kohlmann

Congratulations when you get it. I am sure you will enjoy it as a great truck. I hope when you fill it up with petrol the grin does not come off your face. By the way what does a L of petrol go for in the Netherlands?

thanks jan,

i'll keep grinning, no worries..!! the petrol is priced sky high in the netherlands and costs more than you can imagine... let me calculate...
1 liter = € 1,55 er.... that makes € 5,87 per gallon = $ 8,75 ( give or take some cents... )

the first thing to be done is built in a propane tank, the costs of propane are about € 0,60 per liter, € 2,27 per gallon = $ 3,40.

( this for me is in costs per kilometer the same as the landcruiser 3.0 td costs per kilometer... )

dikkie

[jan kohlmann]

Originally Posted by dikkie

thanks jan,

i'll keep grinning, no worries..!! the petrol is priced sky high in the netherlands and costs more than you can imagine... let me calculate...
1 liter = € 1,55 er.... that makes € 5,87 per gallon = $ 8,75 ( give or take some cents... )

the first thing to be done is built in a propane tank, the costs of propane are about € 0,60 per liter, € 2,27 per gallon = $ 3,40.

( this for me is in costs per kilometer the same as the landcruiser 3.0 td costs per kilometer... )

dikkie

Great idea by using propane. Some of our vehicles are starting to use compressed natural gas, and I am investing in a company in the US that is pioneering this technology. I know you Dutchmen are smart.

[jan kohlmann]

Originally Posted by arthur

1 Liter off petrol now costs approx 1.55 Euro thats almost two, yes 2 dollar, Per liter ??????? That's over 7 dollars a gallon.

There's no fun in that.

Thanks Arthur, I guess I shouldn't be whining about three dollar a gallon gas. My Tundra sits in the garage a lot these days, and my Honda is racking up the miles, though.

[Cyberbilly]

Originally Posted by dikkie

thanks jan,

i'll keep grinning, no worries..!! the petrol is priced sky high in the netherlands and costs more than you can imagine... let me calculate...
1 liter = € 1,55 er.... that makes € 5,87 per gallon = $ 8,75 ( give or take some cents... )

I filled up my wife's Honda this morning and paid $2.86US per gallon. (Whatever that converts to in Euros and Litres.)

[dikkie]

Originally Posted by Cyberbilly

I filled up my wife's Honda this morning and paid $2.86US per gallon. (Whatever that converts to in Euros and Litres.)

aaaaaarrrrgggghhhh.... that's € 0,51 per liter... ( 1/3 of the price in the netherlands... )