re: OT Ballers - Toyota Crown?

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Buy a 2-4 yr old Avalon, with low miles. Profit.

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My 70 year old mother has two avalons. I'm not nearly 350# and i'm under 6'. (possibly also under 6" if i'm going against all the OT stereotypes). I do not fit in those cars, the roof hits my hear, i can see, it feels like its go kart low. My knees are in the steering wheel. My buddies accord is much more comfortable.

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Great post, but Imma have to send you back for more sales training.

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That's why they kept me in Product Development for my decades in the industry. Sales staff hate me.

Nerds make good cars, terrible at sales.

Sales look good to sell bad cars!

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I don't disagree, and all EVs are coming way down in MSRP. And all of 'em have depreciation that is unreal. The Taycans werecway overpriced to start with IMO.

And yes,Teslas affect the used market more, because there are more Teslas than anything else. Hertz dumping all of 'em didn't help value, either.

OP wasn't interested in an EV anyway, and I mentioned Taycan b/c Porsche, like Tesla, has deals to be had, if you're so inclined.

I do think the Taycan is better-looking than the Tesla, but that's a subjective opinion.

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Hertz really only hurt the Model 3, and that was temporary. M3 was most of their fleet.

No argument that the Taycan looks a lot better, but it took a while for it to grow on me like the Model Y did as well. Prolly too low to the ground with seats too aggressive for the tree-fiddy lb OP though.

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If you have any trouble getting in and out, stick with a SUV

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That is why I use sedans. The older you get the more important this becomes. As SUV's are not on truck chassis due to being unibody now, you want6 terra firma when exiting.




I do not want to deal with one of these step things

We've owned 3 Avalons and loved them. Neighbor has a Crown and loves it.

That said, wife's new Highlander has a much better ride than an Avalon just a few years older. You can see better from the taller Highlander, and it's easier to get in/out if my back is screwed up.

If forced to buy a new car today, I would compare the Highlander and the Crown.

Benz. Mid size SUV is 60 or less. They are also extra wide inside. I'm thin, but that extra side room (and I'm talking 6-8 inches across the cabin) is well appreciated on a drive to a game or the casino. Handles like a dream and adequately powered. Good car line.

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That is why I use sedans. The older you get the more important this becomes. As SUV's are not on truck chassis due to being unibody now, you want6 terra firma when exiting.

I do not want to deal with one of these step things

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Hoss, I wonder if you're a might confused? That is a body on frame F250 in the pic in your post, it sits HIGH. Unibody SUVs pretty well all sit lower, many if not most of them will be easier to get out of than a car.

Most sedans have an H point height (the point where your legs bend at your pelvis when sitting) that is LOWER than the H point of your typical chair at home. When you get out of them, you have to raise your pelvis more than you would from a sitting position in most of the furniture in your house. This puts more strain on your knees for one.

Most unibody crossover SUVs have an H point that is either about the same or slightly above that of a dining room chair at your house. The whole point of crossovers when the genre originated with the 1990's Lexus RX300 was to build a vehicle that had some traits of body-on-frame truck-based SUVs (Ford Explorer, etc) of that era into a package that was a lot more friendly to older Americans and women, especially pregnant ones.

IMO A big aspect of the Tesla Model Y's global popularity is that they got the H point just right for older people. The door sill is quite low for a SUV, and the seats are easy to slide out of.

As I said earlier, you need to go test drive, and test drive some more, everything you're remotely interested in. Things like this will start to emerge for you. Speaking of test drives, add the Lexus NX and RX to your list to test drive. You can check them out back to back with the ES and LS (which is closest to what a Crown used to be in Japan, but possibly out of your price range). Note that to test drive a Tesla, you don't even need to talk to a person. Just set up the test drive on their website, download the app to your phone and create a sign-in, then go to where they park the test cars and use your phone to unlock and start it.

You can get a normal size SUV that doens't require help to get into. We traded our Accord for a CRV simply because of getting in and out of the vehicle was easier.