I’d call it marginally collectible, esp with the swing-drop tailgate and the rear seats. Decent unrestored condition and if you live in the right place it might even bring you some income as a movie car.

You’d never buy this as a daily driver. That’s financial suicide.

While I personally wouldn’t touch this with a 10' pole, a clean, unrestored ‘70s cruiser like this is likely to see some collectible action in the coming years. Bonus points for the dual-mode tailgate and extra seats. NP.

The “EVs are heavier” thing is seriously overblown:

I have a suggestion for Texas: if this fee makes sense for EVs, why not drop state fuel taxes entirely and just charge the higher registration fee to EVERYONE?

From what I understand, there’s an exemption for Texas-built EVs.

I have a suggestion for those (like me) who see this as unfair: drop the fuel taxes and just add that registration surcharge for EVERYONE.

🤣🤣🤣

Not bad condition, not horrible miles. May well be NP but as much as I love Audis in general the A7 has never made much sense to me.

Damn autocorrect...

First, I know EVs will get better, with longer range, faster charging and (eventually) lower price. These are inevitable.

That guy is arguably not an EV driver at this point, period. Not in anything remotely affordable.

I’m probably biased since I owned one, but I think the original Kia Forte Koup was an improbably nice little car. I know many took it as a Civic Coupe copy, but it was really larger and more muscular.

Sure, why not? It’s hard to see this car as being so collectible that it has to be kept authentic...

I think the new TX law exempts EVs actually built in Texas.

An engine swap wouldn’t even be horrendously expensive, but this still seems pretty high.

I get the desire for a “pristine time capsule” but surely one could do better for less money than this.

If you want a really nice ‘73 Toyota Corona wagon, this is probably the only one on the market...

Yes, this is a nice, clean ‘70s Toyota. Yes, it’s a potential movie car. Yes, it’s a wagon and would probably spark some convos at local car shows. But even with all of this it’s a struggle to reach to $16,500. ND.

The trick is finding the line between meeting customers where they are and just flat enabling the continuation of a toxic product.