No Corollas, No Camrys...

[mark]

So I bought a Crown...

I never knew these existed until two days ago. 2024 Toyota Crown Limited Hybrid.

I couldn't resist. It is a seriously nice vehicle.

Selling the 2015 Mercedes E350 Wagon to Carvana and putting all the equity down on this beauty.

42MPG and seriously looks and feels like it was built in Germany.

It is the finest example of the automobile that Toyota has ever built. IMO.

And it takes cheap 87 octane gas vs. The 91 octane I had to use for the E350.

It will make the daily commute a pleasure.

[taiwan_girl]

Looks very nice. I think they have been around in Japan for a while, but recently began import to the US.

Looks like a great purchase!!

[Jolly]

I think Toyota does the hybrid car better than anybody else.

Enjoy the new ride!

[Horace]

Looks great.

[jon-nyc]

I had never heard of it before opening this thread. Looks gorgeous.

I’m sure it’s reliable AF too.

[mark]

Picked it up last night.

It's just as I remember it from the test drive.

I think it will be with me for a while.

[mark]

Carvana tried to screw me on the deal. It was a wash just trading it in due to the savings in tax.

When it came time to get paid they lowered their offer by almost $3K.

Fuck Carvana.

[George K]

The apocalypse is upon us.

@Mark replaced his Benz with a rice-burner.

Doomed, we are.

[George K]

Oh, yeah, fuck Carvana.

CarMax beat every offer by a couple of thousand when I ditched my A6 Audi.

The Crown looks REALLY nice, but also really big. Mrs. George didn't like my A6 because of size - the A4 is better in that regard. Looks like the Crown is about 10 inches longer and about an inch taller and wider than my A4. That's a deal-killer for her us.

[George K]

Oh, the other good thing about CarMax (there's one in Kenosha) is that they put their offer IN WRITING. Show it to a competitor and say, "Beat that."

If they can't, walk away.

I did that with the Audi dealer on my A6 trade in. They offered $4K less than CarMax.

[89th]

Good looking vehicle!!!

[Axtremus]

Congratulations, @mark!

A family elder was once assigned a Toyota Crown for his personal use as part of his employment perks. My reaction at the time was, "nice," but didn't feel that the Crown was anything "special." But that was many years ago, so most likely the Crown model has improved a lot over the years (as have most other Toyota models).