I bought a Toyota Tundra Truck in 2011 new with a smaller V8 engine that gets 20 miles per gallon

However, recently I was pricing a similar Toyota Tundra 2024 and realized that you cannot buy the smaller V8 engine because they don't sell that engine anymore on Tundras which tends to go 300,000 miles or more without a rebuild if you maintain it  properly with things like Synthetic Oil and such to keep the engine from burning out early.

However, now you have to buy a Hybrid and that only gets 22 miles per gallon. My thought is that: "Why do I want a hybrid that only gets 22 miles per gallon when I have a perfectly good small V8 truck that gets 20 miles per gallon with a 6 speed overdrive and a high and low range 4 wheel drive to boot already?"

So, for now at least I think I will keep my 20 mpg Toyota Tundra which has been a really great truck especially for 4 wheel driving on roads around Mt. Shasta and the vicinity. We have been really remote like 50 miles away from the nearest person more than once in it which for me is wonderful in the back woods as long as you have a forest service map because your cell phone isn't going to work that remote in that area anyway.

However, if you have an Iphone 14 or newer you have an emergency Satellite phone built into it for rescue that works very remote in an emergency if you get injured or lost. It even can work in the middle of the ocean they say for getting rescued in an emergency

Some people are going all electric like with the new Rivian Truck. But I worry about bouncing around on 4 wheel drive roads with something like that and whether all the electrical connections with an electric Vehicle could handle that without breaking electrical connections.

Also, we talked to someone staying nearby us in Mt. Shasta with a Rivian Truck and they were going 4 wheeling in their Rivian Truck and brought along their own gas powered generator so they wouldn't get stuck out somewhere without electricity.

I did find out in an emergency that the stock Jack in my Toyota Tulundra wasn't any good for emergencies so I bought a 12 ton hydraulic Jack and I also bring along a 12 volt air compressor in case a tire goes down or flat. I also carry now some of that liquid compressed rubber in a can for emergencies. However, if you use it your sensors that tell if your tire is down or flat won't work and that might cost around 600 dollars to replace if you use that stuff. This is why happened to us when we hit too sharp of volcanic rocks on a back 4 wheel drive road and got a slow leak in a rear tire.

Luckily, we met some campers or dualsport motorcycles, one of which had a 12 volt air compressor to fill up our tire after we used the liquid rubber in a compressed air can which messed up  the air pressure sensor in that tire and then we had to pay the $600 for a new air pressure sensor in that wheel for that tire.

So, if you go into the back country where there are no houses, or gas stations for 50 miles make sure your jack and your 12 volt air compressor works because your cell phone will not when you are that remote in that area.