Cruz, Jim, and the Steep Hill
Our four-vehicle convoy had now become a five-vehicle one but we had an agreement with Jesus' group that the Tacoma should be driving at the back for everyone's safety. At that moment, I remembered a huge recall of Tacomas having issues but almost all of them arose from high-mileage ones.
'But yeah… the total's more than the average for mid-sized trucks… But it's still fairly new though…'
I began having second thoughts about the vehicle we repossessed but I made up my mind about trading it in for something better or of equal value later.
With that said, aside from picking off stray deadheads we'd encounter, the road we were traversing was relatively safe until we reached towns that had survivors that weren't affiliated with the De Leon Family.
However, Jesus pretty much knew these people because they were all around the area—visiting them much more compared to their relatives even before the world ended—and he knew what to do on their "tollgates".