tick
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More like $20k for a well optioned vehicle. And the SEC will be investigating because the IPO was based on the large number of reservations made at the old fake price.
The Automobile Thread
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Cyclotourist
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#shenanigans
Runs with Scissors
iMTB Hooligan
Every day I am glad I bought my new car in May 2021. Every. Day.
buggravy
iMTB Addict
Last year at this time, due to a perfect storm of incentives, you could lease an $80k e-tron for around $600 a month. Right now that same car leases for about $1300. Conversations with customers whose friends “leased an e-tron last year” are super fun.
UPSed
iMTB Hooligan
April 2020 for my C-HR. beginning of the pandemic. It was a Saturday and I was their only customer that day. They practically gave it to me. I believe the chip shortages started shortly thereafter.
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Y-not
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Lost Kiwi
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Well you've got to beta test on someone and employees are generally more prepared to put up with "teething issues" than anyone else.
I did see one up at 4 corners recently. Most have some serious off road credentials to make it up there
Don't get me wrong, I think electrics are the way of the future and I want to see stuff like this succeed but the way these guys are going about it.......
UPSed
iMTB Hooligan
I loved mine! Well, my FR-S. They're a little overpriced right now as I'm sure you're aware. Good luck!So now I am shopping for a GR86 I think.
Obsidian
iMTB Rockstah
The new ones are much improved and apparently underrated on their stated HP.
SnakeCharmer
iMTB Hooligan
Does it have a flat four or a Toyota 4?
Obsidian
iMTB Rockstah
2.4L flat four. Generation one was a 2.0L. They have this one rated at 228 horsepower, but most people are saying it's around 240 after dyno tests.
SnakeCharmer
iMTB Hooligan
It's not turbo charged and it dynos at around 240?
Obsidian
iMTB Rockstah
No, I am talking dyno hp vs. crank hp. Toyota claims 228 crank hp but it seems closer to 247.
https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a39353266/2022-toyota-gr86-dyno-video/
Toyota tends to understate their HP numbers. The Supra makes more than claimed as well.
Lost Kiwi
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Don't waste your time buying new, heres the solution to all *86 problemsGF is telling me I should go buy a car now, since I am choosing not to drive my 300,000 mile, 12 MPG van if I don't need to, and I keep talking about it.
So now I am shopping for a GR86 I think.
https://www.sikky.com/product/scion-frs-toyota-86-lsx-swap-kit/
UPSed
iMTB Hooligan
Or just make it a GT4586....Don't waste your time buying new, heres the solution to all *86 problems
Obsidian
iMTB Rockstah
Now you're talking! Hell yeah.
Lost Kiwi
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UPSed
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Obsidian
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SnakeCharmer
iMTB Hooligan
I get you but how do you get that much HP out of a naturally aspirated four banger? Even 228 seems like a lot. Must not be "economical".
UPSed
iMTB Hooligan
Mine was a total gas guzzler. I was lucky if I got 40mpg on the freeway at 80mph.
SnakeCharmer
iMTB Hooligan
Musta weighed about 2600 pounds then.Mine was a total gas guzzler. I was lucky if I got 40mpg on the freeway at 80mph.
UPSed
iMTB Hooligan
Yup.
SnakeCharmer
iMTB Hooligan
Well there you have it. Go cart class.
UPSed
iMTB Hooligan
Buying new? Even better. I think you'll easily find one at MSRP.
Danmtchl
iMTB Rockstah
6000 pound truck fully loaded with 5 bikes, gear, food, and 3 adults... 23.5 mpg on the way to St. George, and 26 mpg on the way home. I'll call that a win.
That is a serious win, I can’t even get my Tacoma get 22 mpg with just me in it.
UPSed
iMTB Hooligan
We averaged just under 20 mpg in the Titan on our trip to Prescott last September. 80 mph both ways. Live data showed low 20s if we dropped down to 70 mph. Not bad for a 400 hp V8!