Who was it - fess up

Alright, who's anniversary 4runner was this stuck on a sandbar in Oregon as the tide came in?

 

Not good optics for our team.... Looks like that first image isn't anything Crawl Control couldn't handle... Barely up to the center of the wheels... No biggy... Maybe something else wrong????

 

that's gonna leave a mark

 

Sucky part is the news article showed a video of what looked like a caravan of vehicles with them before it got stuck - including what looked like a jeep with a winch.

I wouldn't travel with that group again if they couldn't get me off the sandbar

 

What Stormtrooper Said! Ditto! The Jeep guy probably couldn't see where he was going because his windshield was plastered with rubber ducks.

 

I was wrong, the "convoy" from the video was actually the rescue vehicles. Guess they were alone.

Link to where I saw it: https://www.yahoo.com/news/car-ends-ocean-near-gearhart-010009382.html

 

I blame the lame stripes.

 

REAL Jeeps don't have any problem with water....

https://youtube.com/shorts/75FUAUERXM4?si=K4C3uCnff7SDvOnt

 

Another example of people in over their heads; literally.

 

I guess the Search and Rescue decal on the 4R doesn't really mean anything. Unless it's talking about fish.

 

In another episode of Smooth Move, Exlax!...

 

FWIW, there are three black 40th Anniversary 4Runners in the official thread. Two of them can be ruled out from distinguishing characteristics.

 

After being submerged in saltwater the only thing left to do is salvage the tires and wheels and tent .
Junk the rest of it .

 

This would have been a great time for a snorkel.

 

Team huh? With 2 million 5th gens sold (one-third of the 40 years is one gen), fuckery is a mathematical certainty.

 

Maybe they decided to wash the undercairraige!

 

FUUUUGGGGG

 

yeah, wtf is up with the ducks?

 

not enough stickers, stickers, stickers

 

I hadn't even noticed that

 

Damnnnnn this is a sad loss! The black 40th anniversary ones are sexy af.

 

Yikes!!

 

I've driven on that beach, what the hell was he doing driving so close to the tide line? There are also easily accessible tide charts that tell you when low and high tide are.

 

I've driven that beach but not in my 4Runner but when I had my FJ. My Dad lives about 1/2 mile from the beach. I believe at a certain point you can drive all the way to Astoria on the beach. Thinking it was about a 15 mile stretch. I would only do it at low tide and wouldn't even go near the water.

 

That’s hilarious Seriously, what is up with those stupid ducks? I want to hang one from a rope on my rear view just to make a point

 

There seems to be an unrealistic expectation of what 4lo, a locker, and "crawl control" can get you out of. Flooded, slippery silty mud, sandy mud or gumbo of even modest depth can eat a non-heavily modified 4Runner. Even aired down. Mudders may help. Once you get soup up to the height of the front axle and skid plate...good luck,B.

 

I second that! Don’t hate on the stripes. Dumb ass driver should have been able to get out of that from this first picture. Like Forest says “stupid is as stupid does.”

 

He's just jealous of my pimped out stripes. I'm like Lightening McQueen!

 

4runner owners are no more of a team than people staying at the same hotel are a team