Paul Jr Designs Bikes at Johnstons Toyota's Showroom!!!!

Johnstons Toyota and Paul Designs have partnered up again. This time PJD will be lending their vehicles to Johnstons Toyota! Supplied by Steve Jardine, Vice-President, of Johnstons Toyota, PJD has been hauling their magnificent bikes around the country and just getting around town with a Johnstons Toyota Tundra

This time Paul Junior Designs is lending their museum worthy bikes as well as the PJD Camaro to Johnstons Toyota.  “It’s just a win win situation”, said Paul Jr. “We wanted our fans to be able to see our bikes, but our insurance wouldn’t allow anyone, but our employees into our shop.”

This is when Paul Jr and Steve Jardine put their heads together and decided that displaying the bikes in the Johnstons Toyota showroom would be the best thing to do rather than having them sit under covers in the PJD shop.

On May 16^th, with the help of Cody and Pete, the fleet of PJD vehicles, that included the Black Widow, the first and second Build off bike, the Bling Star ATV, the Loopster Trike, and the Roadlock bike started arriving at Johnstons Toyota.

The second and final delivery came with Paul Jr himself to help arrange the bikes and Camaro in the best way possible. This delivery brought the Camaro, Anti-Venom and the Jared Allen Bike.

Stop by Johnstons Toyota and check out The PJD Camaro, The Black Widow, The Anti-Venom, Build off Bikes 1 &2, the BlingStar ATV, The Roadlock Bike, The Loopster Trike, and the Jared Allen Bike (occationally, some of these bike may be pulled for PJD appearances) as well as the full line of new and certified used Toyotas.

Johnstons Toyota

5015 Route 17M

New Hampton NY, 10958

Memorial Day

All gave some. Some gave all. Today, we honor those who have paid the price for our freedom.

Today is Memorial Day in the United States. While many take today to BBQ, get together with their families, and enjoy the warming weather, it is also a day of remembrance for all who fought and died in the wars from the Civil War to the War in Iraq. According to our resident historian, the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries were something of a Charnel House with the Civil War, two World Wars and then a longer Cold War with several flare-ups. Yet, through it all, brave men and women answered the call to fight and die so that others could live their lives in peace and freedom.

Memorial Day is more than just a day for cooking on the grill, catching the latest sales, or spending time with the family. We should all take a few moments today to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice so that we could live on, carrying their lights in our memories even after they themselves returned to dust.

Thanks to all who have served and are serving now!

-Johnstons Toyota

Don't be "THAT" guy

So, recently one of our employees had a close call on her way home from work. Driving home on Route 84 at night is scary enough. Our employee was following behind a Jeep Cherokee a few days after the snow storm in the beginning of January. Being that the snow had time to melt refreeze, melt refreeze, etc. this was surely pure ice.  Knowing this they decided to slow down to put some more distance between them. Finally the ice flew off the roof of the Jeep, braking heavily and pulling off into the shoulder was not enough though, the ice had landed directly on the front windshield of the Toyota Camry, luckily the shatter resistant glass was able to absorb most of the blow keeping most of the front windshield intact for the most part, but the force of the ice at those speeds covered the interior and the driver with tiny pieces of glass.

 In the picture above you can actually see where the ice had struck the windshield. It is VERY lucky the shatter resistant held the way it did to prevent the ice from entering the car.  The Jeep did not even stop to see if the driver was ok. Thankfully the driver was not physically harmed just really shaken up.  No other damage to the car was sustained.

Investigating further into some NY State laws, it doesn’t seem as if there are any state laws mandating that you clear the snow/ice off the roof of your car, but the ball is rolling. A Suffolk County Legislative Majority Leader, Long Island, has put together a law giving the police in that area the ability to stop motorists that have failed to properly remove snow/ice from their vehicle and issue a $75 fine, if the motorist’s failure to do this resulted in personal or property damage the fine would be upped between $200-$1500 in addition to any unsafe driving penalties that are already enforced.  http://huntington.patch.com/articles/cooper-wants-drivers-safe-from-ice

You could also be sued for negligence. Why risk the safety of others to save a few seconds. http://nylawthoughts.com/2011/01/13/clearing-snow-from-the-roofs-of-cars-and-trucks-a-matter-of-courtesy-and-safety/

If this law hasn’t made it way up to the Hudson Valley I’m hoping it does soon. As it did in New Jersey and Connecticut. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/19/automobiles/19SNOW.html

Of course, this really only covers Passenger vehicles. What about tractor trailers? You can’t really expect the drivers of these vehicles to climb up and shovel snow off the tops of these vehicles. How can one safely clean the snow of these vehicles? NJ has snow removal stations, but the trucks have to drive to these stations. Hopefully someone will come up with an affordable solution for this problem as well.

Be courteous to your fellow driver. You share the road with thousands of other motorists. Next time you drive the snow/ice that comes off another car could hit you. You don’t want this to happen to you or someone you love.