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956: One Car For Your Lifetime, Let’s Make It Interesting, Gratuitous Product Planning
956: One Car For Your Lifetime, Let’s Make It Interesting, Gratuitous Product Planning
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About this episode
Exploring the idea of owning one car for a lifetime, the hosts discuss the importance of maintenance versus mileage when buying used cars. A listener's inquiry about a high-mileage Toyota Tacoma sparks a debate on whether it's worth the investment. The episode also highlights upcoming events, a new film release, and the hosts' experiences at the PRI show. They touch on various automotive topics, including the potential return of the Celica and the future of sports cars from brands like Honda and Genesis.
Topics:
maintenance vs mileage
high-mileage vehicles
Toyota Tacoma
PRI show
one car for a lifetime
Celica revival
sports car future
Genesis sports car
Honda S2000 successor
Cars:
Acura Integra
BMW i3
BMW i4
BMW M2
Chevrolet Corvette
Chevrolet Nova
Honda NSX
Honda S2000
Hyundai Ioniq 5
Lotus Emira
Lotus Evora
Lucid Gravity
Polestar 2
Pontiac Fiero
Porsche 911
Porsche Cayman
Scout Traveler
Subaru BRZ
Toyota Celica
Toyota GR 86
Toyota GR Corolla
Toyota MR2
Toyota Supra
Toyota Tacoma
Toyota Tundra
Volkswagen e-Golf
Volkswagen ID. Buzz
Volkswagen Rabbit
Volvo XC90
The guys release a Topic Tuesday for Friday! Jimmy L. asks about the prevailing wisdom that maintenance history matters more than mileage – to what extreme can that be applied? Then, Zach B. is attached to emotional, shiny things. The guys help him decide what three cars are best for his garage. Social media questions ask if the solution for poor sales is to improve reliability + durability, should the Celica return to the market, and which automaker is best positioned to introduce a new sports car?
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Too Afraid to Ask
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Volkswagen Rabbit
"... he was going to build a very high mileage diesel rabbit. Well, he did like you do. Like one does. Who tho..."
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Toyota Tacoma
"...use he found a one owner, first generation Toyota Tacoma, 2004 TRD off-road. He said it's been so well mai..."
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Volvo XC90
"This is one of those great emails and thank you so much for it, Zach, where you've broken down all your thinking and just said, please look at all of these and tell me which one I should do. But of course, I have wild cards. He's got options for us. But first, Zach and his wife says they have a 2020 Volvo XC 90 and a 2014 981 came in base six speed manual. The Volvo XC 90 is driven Monday through Friday, 10 to 30 miles a day for school, sports, stores, everything you need for life. Sure."
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Porsche Cayman
"...'re small 3,000 pound camper. Now Zach drives the Cayman 20 miles Monday through Friday to work on back ro..."
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Porsche 911
"Get the get a used 997.2911 or maybe an early 991. So that's late 2000s early..."
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Cayman Gts
"...that's late 2000s early 2010s 911 era. Or a boxer Cayman GTS, roughly 65 grand. Get a used Polestar 2."
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Polestar 2
"... a boxer Cayman GTS, roughly 65 grand. Get a used Polestar 2. There's the electric commuter for 30."
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Toyota Tundra
"...the Volvo in this scenario or trade it for a used tundra for 30k. Love how we're back to Toyota trucks."
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Traveler Suv
"...r under 15k. And then in two years when the Scout Traveler SUV comes out with a range extender for 65 to 80 prob..."
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Lucid Gravity
"... years from now. Lucid just started building that gravity. True."
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Hyundai Ionic
"...gument for getting something fun like an I5N. The Hyundai Ionic 5N. That's where I saw in some of your options he..."
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Toyota Supra
"I want to suggest other fun experiences. M2 Supra, a higher level 911. But that Cayman is just so g..."
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Volkswagen Egolf
"So I am backing your play on. I don't know about the e-golf, but the i3 is interesting."
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Lotus Evora
"Super with a manual. Lotus Evora. Lotus Emira."
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Lotus Emira
"Lotus Evora. Lotus Emira. And Corvette C8."
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Chevrolet Corvette
"Lotus Emira. And Corvette C8. For the fun car."
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Acura Integra
"Zach, like a Civic Type R. Or an Accure Integra Type S for 50 grand as the middle fun car. They'r..."
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Toyota GR Corolla
"this is so great. Or like a GR Corolla or something. Wow, this is just so much fun to dr..."
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Volkswagen Id Buzz
"...ut Volkswagen, with the possible exception of the ID buzz, as like, you have to go look at what Volkswagen ..."
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Toyota Celica
"... news. Reports say Toyota is looking to bring the Celica back. One problem."
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Toyota Gr86
"...t really what Celica flavor really ever was. Then GR86 also continues to get lightweight, focused, stays..."
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Subaru BRZ
"...nk is interesting here is, this could replace the BRZ on the Subaru lineup, because Subaru's only not a..."
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Honda S2000
"...arket. People keep looking back and lionizing the S2000. Where are you?"
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Pontiac Fiero
"...l right, Jake, my last suggestion here is GM with Fiero. Fiero is a notch above Saturn for jokes"
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Chevrolet Nova
"...n called the C8T, it all comes back to Borscht or Nova Clayton. But I love it."
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Toyota MR2
"...mid-engine, share the components, and make it the MR2. Because the MR2's got to come back too."
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