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

Spill..I'll even post a list later

 

What was wrong with the Lexus?

 

2023 GR Corolla Core


June 14th, 2025:

Horsham, Pennsylvania

 

My list...

83 Honda Civic (engine was junk, never drove)
79 Ford Mustang
81 Datsun 280ZX
82 Pontiac Grand Prix
80 Toyota Celica (engine was seized before I bought it, never drove)
80 Chrysler Cordoba
84 Chevy Camaro (black, bought to flip)
84 Chevy Camaro (green, bought same day as the other one and kept)
84 Chevy Monte Carlo
73 Buick Apollo (never drove, ended up needing the money too bad)
83 Chevy Monte Carlo
77 Chevy Malibu (inherited from my grandpa)
84 Olds Delta 88
86 Olds Calais Supreme
86 Chevy Celebrity
88 Ford Taurus
88 Chevy Corsica
88 Chevy Celebrity
97 Olds Achieva
2006 Chevy Colorado
2010 Toyota Tacoma

I know there were several others at the first half that I bought as flips but damn if I can remember, this is pretty close to the list.

In the order I had them..and I got the 97 Olds Achieva the end of 2001.

This is truly my list as I didn't count any of the vehicles my wife has owned since we met.

 

Yes and no, I bought it in summer 1991 and it was a fun summer car for a teenager.

But it was a rotbucket and then some. Frame cracked and one floorboard rotted in the back, both up front too. Learning experience..

 

My BIL imported an RX7 that turned out to be in that kind of condition so I think he didn't go through with the purchase.

 

I dropped $250 on mine so at least it was cheap and I got 6 months with it. Sucks b/c the drivetrain had 80K but nobody needed it

 

My dad a 1983 Toyota Celica GT, a 1983 Datsun 280ZX, and a 1978 MGB at roughly the same time in the mid 1980s. The Celica was his daily driver. The 280Z remains to this day one of his favorite cars, but he did not like the female voice that warned of the door being ajar, among other things. He dubbed that voice “Bitchy Betty”…

 

That plus Betty was a liar..

 

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2012 Prius C; I took pictures of this car just to show obscene used vehicle prices still are…


January 19th, 2025:

Hatfield, Pennsylvania

 

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Over $9,000 for this car, which even if it had a flawless Carfax would be kinda high in my opinion; 103K miles is low for a 2012, but the Carfax report says the car has been in two fender benders, and it was sold new in New York so the underside probably doesn’t look that great…

 

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What’s weird is that it’s a 2012 with a manufacture date of October 2012…

 

You can clearly see a pretty drastic color difference on the front bumper cover to the fender, guessing that was what got damaged.

 

I’m not sure.
But service history is a must one one of those.
The coolant system especially. They tend to blow head gasket between 150k-200k if the coolant service wasn’t kept up with…..