uncletravelingmatt
UncleTravelingMatt
uncletravelingmatt

So...Toyota clearly knows more about making money selling automobiles than I do, but even when bending over backward to try and understand both the consumer mind and the bean-counter mind, I can’t fathom how this possibly fills some hole in the Toyota lineup that isn’t already covered by the C-HR + the RAV4. On top of

As Jalops have astutely noted, the Twingo is a marvel of modern economy car design and execution. $2500 for a running and driving ANYTHING is basically a steal these days, especially(?) for something this distinctive.

Even acknowledging that everyday cost of ownership on this thing is doubt quite high, this seems like, quite frankly, a screaming deal. Miles are strikingly low, but not so low that the viscous bits and rubbery bits and whatnot should break down unreasonably, and it looks great. This is one case where the understated

I love this thing in spite of...well, like, everything.

…too bad nobody fucking drives it. 

A spectacularly stupid price for a spectacularly stupid, worst-of-both-worlds vehicle.

Window tinting guinea pig.
Rather a lot of miles, seemingly relatively hard ones too (“client calls” would presumably be on the short side on average).
Quite a lot of coin for what it is.
It’s even boring ass silver.

The issue is with the N’s, not the L’s. Millennia is a word, “Millenia” (as the Mazda was spelled) is not. 

In case it wasn’t clear, I was making fun of Mazda, not you. Still blows my mind that they managed to either miss that or intentionally misspell it. I’d honestly like to ask an exec from that period about it…I bet thereby hangs a tale. 

Incorrectly misspelled: it was “Millenia.”

Incorrectly misspelled: it was “Millenia.”

I don’t think I realized this was a minority opinion, but I think the “bug-eyed” generation of these is the best looking (by a pretty wide margin, I might add).

To me, the miles feel quite high in relation to this asking price (which I know is generally reflective of the present market absurdities). It’s also a VW from an era that’s...not exactly known for stalwart reliability and longevity.
On paper, it’s a pretty nice rig, but not for quite that much paper. 

*pedant

Mileage is more than reasonable (just a hair over 60k), price is more than reasonable, looks great, and is sleeper-ish, even for a Porsche. Seems an easy NP to me.

Looks an awful lot like a present-gen RAV4, which I guess tracks...
Sigh, the ongoing blobification of the entire automotive world continues apace.

It’s impressively clean and almost certainly runs well (and will for another 100k or so). But that price is well into “are you fucking kidding me?” territory. Would be well too much even at half the miles.

Dumb and broken, but also hilarious and cheap. Shouldn’t really be that hard for the right person to sort it all out, especially since it’s unlikely ever to see DD responsibilities again.
This is a toy that needs some fixing and it’s well below the upper threshold of “fuck it” money. NP.

Don’t spill McNugget sauce on the upholstery. 

It’s been driven that sweet spot amount: so little that it has tons of life in it, but just enough that the soft bits and oily bits should be just fine. The AWD is a super plus, as is the 5-speed.
My main question: I don’t know much about these motors, but would think this one is somewhat tune-able? If it could be