Almost done it again! Million Mile Toyota Tundra x2 for Vic

Got a phone call from my friend Vic Sheppard while I was heading out to shoot another video. Always a good time talking with him.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ttt11sio4-I&feature=youtu.be

 

Impressive. I guess that proves it isn’t a “one off”

 

Amazing

 

A million miles twice! It does not happen that often let alone twice by the same person. Wish him all the Best and many many more trouble free miles ahead!! Very cool indeed!

 

That's amazing. Toyota should give that man carte blanche at any Toyota location. Let him get in, get his service done and send him on his way. His story has done a lot for Toyota

 

Can he repeat the result with a 3rd Gen?

 

Which motor is in the current truck? The last was a 4.7 in an early 2nd gen. He's in a UR family now, 5.7 or 4.6?

 

I think basic motors were only in basic trims: SR, SR5 w/o SR5 Upgrade.

 

Sooooooo, it’s a 5.7 then?

 

Do we know what year and engine his current tundra is?

 

I looked it up, it’s a 5.7 this time. Which means he’s done it in both a UZ and a UR. So both engines would officially be “million mile” engines. He needs to be given a 3rd gen now and see if he can pull it off again.

 

Love it

 

UZ is apparently better: he did 1M million miles in 7 years, while it took more than 10 years to repeat it with UR.

 

Do we know if anything major has been replaced? I think 2x4 UZ Tundra had its A760 transmission replaced around 0.5M. 1M miles with UR would mean AB60 transmission and BorgWarner transfer case did it 1M miles, too.

 

5.7L

 

He's fairly pissed about taking so long. Just a change in the company he worked with and COVID slowed him down. Plus, he had a health issue IIRC.

 

Oh we've talked about this one at length. He's interested to try it.

 

A 3rd gen hitting a million miles would yield some much needed credibility.

 

On factory engine.

 

Watched this on YouTube yesterday, Quite a story. Next, Hopefully, The 3rd Gen

 

1,2 or 3

 

Didn’t Toyota gift him the 2014 in exchange for his old truck? I’d love to see them do the same with a 3rd gen.

 

This 5.7 also made it over a million on the original engine and transmission but nobody talks about it for some reason. I thought I saw a red one on YouTube before as well that hit a million too (this truck is white but the video thumbnail shows a red one). If someone does it with the 3rd gen I would give it respect for sure. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dis1a0b6UEU&pp=ygUYNS43IHR1bmRyYSBtaWxsaW9uIG1pbGVz

 

"Apparently it is evident by now that any Tundra is capable of reaching a million miles and needs no more proofing. That's why Toyota sees an influx of Tundra buyers. Reserve yours today, call 1-888-TTUNDRA now!"

 

He's never actually told me what the deal was he made with Toyota. Toyota hasn't publicly said either. I didn't press the matter.

 

Nobody talks about this one either. Man, I can't believe how much I've changed in 5 years. LOL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogPmNzO-uv8

 

Never happen with a 3rd generation.

 

I was about to say, I thought there were two 5.7's that have done it already, and one was white that you covered a while back. Good to know the mothballs can be reliable..

I'd be excited to see what would happen with the much maligned 3.4TT 3rd gen - both from the engine and overall vehicle perspective. Like @blanchard7684 said, Toyota could use some good PR on that front. I was very interested in the 3rd gens, but there were a few things that made it unfeasible for me: as silly as it sounds, one of those things is that my bedside isn't compatible with the composite bed. I'm sure at some point they will figure that out, but the bed is one of the things I know Vic would put a beating on and I'd like to see how it fares.