We were reliably informed he wanted his own knife, fork, spoon and plate to eat from. And that came after private planes were demanded for him and his family...for all the rallies.
Some of the shorter long-hauls, sure. But not all the rallies.
I've known Tanak his entire professional career and reported on every one of his 105 WRC starts. I've been fortunate enough to meet his family, his parents and his wife Janika. Such demands are outlandish to the point of being laughable. It's not him. Give him a car, some cash and some competition and he's in.
I'm not naive enough to think Tanak hasn't watched with interest as his former teammate Sebastien Ogier did the big deals and counted the millions coming in and then fancied a little bit of that. Avaricious he ain't. I see him, Markko Martin - the man who has guided Tanak through his entire career - as understanding the worth of a world champion. And then driving a hard and, at times, uncompromising deal.
But wanting his own toilet... on his own private plane, 14 times a year? Nah. The very fact that Tanak has left Toyota is indicative of a breakdown in the relationship. I would stress that the Japanese side of the deal seemed very happy - throughout negotiations - to keep Tanak.
It's at the Finnish-Estonian end that things have apparently turned sour. The seeds of such discontent were sown in the middle of last year, but a greater Japanese influence over the place was thought to be enough to steady the ship.
You would have thought, allied to all the Toyota loveliness detailed above, the fact that Tommi Makinen Racing (Makinen's firm, which runs Toyota's WRC programme) had moved its re-prep base to the outskirts of Tallinn would have been another tick in another box for Tanak. When Motorsport.comlooked around it earlier this year, there was a real sense of pride from Tanak over his involvement. That's gone now.