Recent content by Baja Boojum

Washing my 2016 Trail for the first time I noticed the windshield heating elements beneath the wiper blades. What a great idea!

A friend told me that lower octane at high altitude performs the same as higher octane at lower elevation. Is this correct? If so, it's good to know to save some dough.

I just finished a 6700 mile trip with a brand new stock Trail Edition and averaged 21 mpg. If the details matter, I drove from west Texas to south Florida, then to Portland OR, then back home via California, Arizona, and New Mexico. I mostly stayed off interstates, did some dirt road and...

That's very true. A silver Trail was very hard to find, as was a non-Premium Trail.

Try Seth Cook at Atkinson Toyota in Bryan. After contacting five or six dealers I drove from west Texas on a friend's recommendation and got exactly what I wanted at a good price with excellent customer service. They even overnighted the plates so we could go on a road trip without the dealer...

I just got a brand new Trail and it's the same.

Yes- invoice is a game. I got an 'invoice' quote for an equivalent vehicle from my local dealer that was $900 more, and then they wouldn't negotiate the options I didn't want. Even if I could have gotten mine cheaper, I don't mind a reputable honest dealer making a little profit.

I went through Seth Cook at Atkinson. I talked to five or six dealers around Texas since I had a classic bait and switch the last time I bought locally (long story but they had to give me $5000 worth of Sequoia options I didn't pay for). Seth was recommended by a friend who bought his...

Silver Trail Edition I just got a 2016 silver Trail Edition with the premium Entune system, auto dimming rearview mirror, roof rack cross bars, floor mat set, and wheel locks for $35,400 +TTL. My local dealer wanted $1500 more for a similar vehicle, so I ended up driving 700 miles roundtrip...