I’ve owned two Lexus’ built at Motomachi (look it up), my most recent one has a signed build sheet on Japanese washi paper. I’ve also owned two Tesla’s, an early 3 and an early Y.

They very happily own a pair of Ford Mach-Es now.

Gen1 NSX, Monaco Blue Pearl. The most rare gen1 NSX color, 44 cars. This one set a record for non-Zanardi AP2's when it sold on BaT in 2021.

I think a lot of Toyota customers will tolerate the dealership experience or markup in exchange for the perceived reliability of the brand. When I was in the market for a 4Runner to build for offroading in Colorado, a bad dealer experience would have forced me to a new dealer instead of considering a different vehicle …

I get that it makes for a better lawsuit / headline to say “Toyota scammed a customer”, but the reality is that a Toyota franchisee — Santa Margarita Toyota — sold her that maintenance plan.

+1. $1300/mo for my ‘21 LC500 convertible. Could have paid cash, bank’s money was cheaper than inflation.

The hybrid doesn’t help on highway MPG, but the smaller displacement gas engine does. But this is a common problem with hybrid Lexus sedans, the hybrid vs non-hybrid version trivially improves MPG and adds a lot of complexity / cost to the drivetrain. The V8 in a straight line at highway speeds purrs at low RPMs. My…

An LS460 AWD vs the LS500H will meet the price requirements, and with 8 forward gears will be surprisingly fuel efficient on the highway (mine was 29 MPG / 650+ miles to a tank).

Almost every major review of the LC500 calls it a “future classic”, it is the most no-brainer collector car on this list. Everything coming from Toyota / Lexus now is smaller displacement, turbos, hybrid that sound like sewing machines. The styling and build quality are unmatched for less than twice the money. They…

You should definitely check out the Lexus Performance Driving School ( https://lexusperformancedrivingschool.com/ ), it’s about a grand for a full day of seat time. IS500 on the autocross track, RC-F on skidpad and LC500's on the main road course. This is my 3rd year going, been to COTA and Road Atlanta.

Here’s mine.  ‘24 ultrasonic blue bespoke.  These have maybe 3-4 years left since the interior redesign just happened.  Better hurry.

Came here to say this. With a third of her income spent on a car, her other likely large expense is housing. She’s living with her parents for free? Well that expense is gone. After housing and car payment everything else is minor, mostly discretionary and adjustable.  Delete Uber Eats and learn to cook.

I have a ‘22 Chevy Bolt and a ‘24 Lexus LC500 convertible. To say that they’re at opposite ends of the price / quality / technology scale would be an understatement.

I think Lexus reduced the ES hybrid gas tank size in either 2018 or 2019 from 17 gallons down to 12? I’ve also considered getting one of those (last year with the big tank) for the unreal highway range (like 700-800 miles on a tank) but I’m thinking the drivetrain power will be disappointing vs the V8 in the LS.

Hell yes this. I recently traded in a ‘21 LC500 in Nightfall Mica for a ‘24 LC500 in Ultrasonic Blue (new color for ‘24) mainly to improve the color of blue. The darker blue ‘21 looked amazing in perfect light and black most of the time. Yes, this cost me tens of thousands in depreciation.  But it’s worth it.

I often feel sorry for these guys because their livelihoods depend on having unreliable cars that make for great stories but horrible ownership experiences.

I went down the same path as you, but for me it was an ‘07 Lexus LS460 at age 35.

Also, investigators can tell whether or not he pulled the trigger.

I’ve owned 3 cars on this list: S2000, NSX and FJ Cruiser.

There’s a big difference between poor build quality and problems due to abuse and lack of maintenance over tens of thousands of miles