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Toyota doesn’t “make” the Mk5 Supra, so it doesn’t belong on this list.

The initial Chevy Volt was announced as having a gas generator driving an electric motor. This was thrilling as a concept, because it meant that switching the vehicle between markets / fuel types became a trivial swap to a new generator type. Natural Gas fleet? Diesel in more remote areas of the world? Swap the

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“So here it goes. This is one of the best modern cars I’ve ever driven.”

AutoTrader and CarGurus both have 4 nationally in the mid $60's, none with a ton of miles (50-60K). Maybe 2-3 more years?

Are you factoring in running costs?

That being said, I STILL wish it was an all-Toyota car.

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Took my ‘21 LC500 Convertible on the 2022 Dustball rally from Denver to Moab to Vegas.

While KBB couldn’t give me an accurate estimate for the cars price for some reason, my own research using sites like Cars & Bids, Hagerty, and Bring a Trailer showed that Zachary bought this car for about $35,000 to $ 40,000 less than what similar examples on the market were going for. Even with all those miles.

Nearly double $30K, not even close. What gets glossed over in this article is that the car is an automatic. Those are heavily discounted over the manuals.

My selfish hope with the Ford Bronco is that it spurs Toyota into building a decent offroader again.

(Ford adds manual option)

Interestingly, that same website iSeeCars did a color preference survey and found the second least desirable color as yellow at 0.2% (just ahead of purple):

but what’s the point of buying this instead of just a new GR86

+1 to your point, most people that can afford $14K for a car can afford $20K for a car. This thing has 228K miles, for an extra $6K you can get the same car with 100K less miles:

Wife and I often own 4 niche cars: the offroader (‘18 4Runner), the convertible (‘21 LC500), the daily (Tesla Y) and the beater (‘99 Tacoma).

You thought you didn’t belong...but did anyone else? Were you ever treated by anyone like you had no business being there?

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I posted links to Car Trek and Grand Tour doing CO 141 between Grand Junction and Naturita, apparently that didn’t make the cut.

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Wow, the first “Colorado” post. I give you: Colorado Hwy 141 from Grand Junction to Naturita.

Wife had the last year of Pro-4X Xterra, it was replaced by a 4Runner 3 years later for ~$8K more.