Agreed. I’m 6’1” with a 29” inseam (so very tall torso) and I have probably 6” or headroom plus another 4-5 inches of seat travel. To top it off, I’m a rather robust gentleman at 330lb. Comfortable even over the 2400 mi in 4 days i drove it last summer, Great visibility and easy to park, plus my Autobahn will actually…

I’m with you. I see nothing attractive in any Avanti. They are unique, like what it left in toilets. 

It’s a licensed Fiat 127. I’d I whine the build quality is better on the Fiat, but that’s not saying much. 

Ugliest version of one of the best looking cars ever? Still ugly. CP

I’m a serial GTI offender, MK4, 5, 7, and now 7.5. You could say that I love em.

When I was 6 and 7 my parents had one (81-82). We lived in upstate New York and naturally my sister and I sat in the back with our fighter pilot joystick handles. They put a bed cap on it and We had sleeping bags we would sit in while my parents would open the sliding rear window for heat.

I ran ot once, I was 16 and had been driving about 3 months. Luckily I was coasting down a hill with a gas station at the bottom.

I don’t debate that individuals who take the gamble and buy the CPO may come out ahead occasionally. What I debate is your seeming belief that these things are charity vs a profit for the manufacturers. Do you HONESTLY think that these programs would be offered at these prices if they paid out more than what they…

Agreed. I sat In a new one at an auto show a couple years ago. I was really surprised that other than the paint color It was Identical to the Frontier I bought new In 2007 and sold In 2011.

Sorry, it doesn’t work that way. Either the true cost of that warranty was much higher and they built it into the price (most likely), or they have analyzed repair rates and they will pay out less than $1k on average over the time period. Car manufacturers and warranty companies aren’t in the business of losing money,…

EVERYTHING about that story is insane. 

When someone says “I bought a CPO”, what they are really saying is that they overpaid for a used car. Your car isn’t CPO. It’s used, and you paid an extra however much for a warranty. If the warranty would pay out more on average than what you paid for it, the price would have been higher. You would be better off…

These things are ridiculous. My buddy has a 10k deposit on one since August 2019 and isn’t scheduled to to be delivered until the end of February. His contract is for a couple grand over sticker. 

Wow. $118k in payments on something you don’t own at the end. Incredible. Even if we take out the Tesla that’s still $100k when you figure fees and money put down at inception. Pretty incredible depreciation.

Can we get a poll going and see who cares?

You speak the truth. My 14 year old Sequoia is on a year old frame. Thanks Toyota!

Raph, this would have been an enjoyable read if your pictures hadn’t been taken by throwing the magazine on the floor 6ft away before pulling out a flip phone To take them. Seriously, what the fuck? Great carpet and all but maybe we could have actually seen the Corvair Ad you claimed to have seen. 

Yeah, easy to change too. My fenders were good but the lower corners of the windshield frame had a good amount of surface rust. Only way to get it was to pull the fenders, it’s about 10min a side. 

My project last winter was fixing up a $500 2001 325xi 5 speed wagon just like this aside from being in far worse shape. I really enjoyed that car perfect size, drive well, comfortable and was a winter beast on Blizzaks. Easy and fun to work on too, and parts were reasonable with some shopping around.

Heathen. There is only one true path, and it is following Akio Toyoda. Merry Toyotathon to you all.