Toyota Stalking, er...um, SPOTTING with Charlie™ (Cars, vans, SUVs, Lexus, Scion, and brochures)!

Sure...they both used either the 1MZ (3.0L) in the RX300 or the 3MZ (3.3L) in the RX330

 

The one nice thing about my Grandma's old Lexus RX300 is that it ran good on regular; I guess this is why, because it was a lower compression Toyota motor...

Also, my friend Doug had a 2003 Toyota Highlander Limited that his parents bought new and gifted to him in 2011; Unfortunately, he rear-ended somebody at like 40 MPH and totaled it in the summer of 2013. It had about 185K miles on it when he wrecked it, but it ran and drove great! I'm assuming Doug's parents kept up with the maintenance and replaced the timing belt, water pump, etc. I had ridden with him in the Highlander just days before he totaled it, and we were in the middle of a heatwave; Even at night, it was in the 90s. We had the A/C on, obviously, but while it was cool it just didn't have the crisp and cold feeling of the A/C in my Tacoma; I quickly determined that the A/C needed to be recharged, and Doug made an appointment to get it done, but then he totaled the damn thing. The front end of the Highlander was pretty tweaked, and the airbags deployed, but Doug had his seatbelt on and walked away without a scratch.

 

This was taken at Doug's house in 2011, not long after I got my driver's license...

 

Remember the 2000 GT I saw at the Thompson Toyota earlier this month? Both the 2000GT and this Supra are part of a collection once owned by the late Jack Thompson, and are on display in the showroom!

 

I do remember that.

 

What sucks is that it's got an automatic transmission, but the car is absolutely mint!

 

Definitely ruins the character of the car IMHO.

 

But that color combo! Probably could be converted to a manual fairly easily; If I had this car, I'd leave it totally stock except the stereo system and convert it to stick shift!

 

If the BMW version is available in MT it would make that process a helluva lot easier.

 

I believe they made ONE manual transmission BMW Supra, but it was a preproduction model; I'm talking about the 1993-1998 Supras though...

 

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Also saw this potential diamond in the rough at Sloane Toyota...


January 2nd, 2022:

Glenside, Pennsylvania

 

Inspected through June of 2022 and still sitting at Sloane Toyota; Make them an offer!

 

I don't know what the MSRP for a brand new Corolla LE is off the top of my head, but I'm pretty sure it's nowhere near what this dealer is asking for this car...


January 2nd, 2022:

Glenside, Pennsylvania

 

No dealer warranty, but this one is a CPO so it probably has a decent warranty from Toyota that's good nationwide...

 

Sharp-looking car, especially with those wheels, but almost $30K (Probably exactly $30K with tax, tags, title, etc) for a base model Corolla with almost 30K miles!

 

$23K for a 2018 LE with almost 45K miles...

 

And the wheel covers look like they're from a 1998 Plymouth Breeze...

 

And those covers are not stock.