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Old 03-22-2024, 01:08 PM   #892 (permalink)
Isaac Zachary
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Avalon - '13 Toyota Avalon HV
90 day: 40.45 mpg (US)

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Originally Posted by Piotrsko View Post
Bet it's the stick shift requirement. They don't make a lot anymore, perhaps 10,000 a year. Here in Reno, if I want a stick it's either a suburu ( sometimes) or special order. Can't test drive one, they aint got one.
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Crazy a young woman wants a stick shift. Most men younger than me don't know how to drive one.
I wouldn't call her crazy. That's what she drives now and has been since she started driving, but it's her parent's old car. She's also not only looking at stick shifts, but others including hybrids.

But we've all been seeing automatics, especially CVT's, dying an early life, even as early as some 80,000 miles, including some of her family members that I know.

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Maybe she'll go for my 2010 Acura TSX?
I don't think she wants a car near that age,. More like around 5 years old. But with the way prices are and her $10,000 budget she may not have much of a choice.
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