Don’t forget gas prices! The President sets all the gas prices around the country every morning.

The Tundra issue/recall was only issued for certain build dates from ‘22 to ‘23 MY. So, anything built after a certain date or before seems to be OK. The Tacoma however, I am not sure on this one. 

Yea, that makes sense.

I don’t know about that. Car sales are still steaming ahead, and I know a lot of people don’t have great credit. I am sure some banks have, but definitely not all of them. There will always be financing out there for even some of the worst credit scores out there.

Yea, that makes sense. I guess the Prius version just drops the rear motor and keep the front the same or similar since I can’t find an AWD Prius Prime, unless I didn’t look hard enough.

Yea, this won’t move leases a ton, but maybe some of the ones that work out to a .9% APR drop to 0% or half a percent, but not much to write home about. EV leases are already so subvented, there isn’t much more they can do, unless they go negative.

You must not be aware of how the majority of people shop for cars then. They go in with a “what can I afford monthly” mindset and leave with a car to match. Sure, $11/month isn’t a big difference, but $133/month? That puts a lot more people into buy mode because their financial sense is not good.

Not exactly sure on the Prime, but I don’t think it is AWD. I know Toyota has AWD Hybrid setups that have an ICE drive on one axle and e-drive on the other (My Highlander is this way). And I think that Toyota uses a sandwich method on other hybrids where the e-motor is between the ICE and trans. But again, not 100%…

Yea, well aware of that and how it works. I still don’t think the loan rates are that much better, but it doesn’t really matter in the end.

Yea, that was how the Miata was too. Only did a couple of long trips, but with the top down, it didn’t really matter.

I mean, define “extremely favorable loans”? Margin or asset-based loans have the same terms (sometime worse, honestly) as any other loan and rates will vary. Now, you can use the interest paid on those loans to offset income so that is obviously beneficial, and you need a solid amount of assets to run that well.

“Statistically speaking, your electric vehicle is much less likely to catch fire than a gas-powered car...”

Ahh, got ya. I did not know that.

Hmm, never had a problem in my NA Miata keeping up with traffic. That was part of the charm, WOT pretty much everywhere and barely breaking the law.

Yea, I haven’t looked too deep into it. But with the Prius being just over 3mi/kWh and the Rav being closer to 2mi/kWh and most likely having the same or very similar setups, I am not sure what other factors than aero/weight and tires that could change that number much.

Yea, definitely would be.

Possibly, not sure how Jeep/Stellantis does their PHEV setup. With the Prius Prime being around or just over 3 mi/kWh, it can be done well, obviously. But in looking at Prius to Rav Prime, there has to be some other factor in there that isn’t purely transmission since you would assume those two have similar setups.

Yep, would agree on that part 100%.

Ha, I knew that was Loch Raven from the top picture and sure enough, car is in Glen Arm, MD. I haven’t seen this up in Hunt Valley that I can remember, but this is pretty sweet. Not sure it is $22k+ sweet to me, but I am sure someone out there will love this car.

To be fair, none of the worlds richest people have that much liquid money. All their money is locked away in investments. I think most people would be surprised at how little cash (in relation to total wealth) these people have.