JP’s Family Trucksters

[max225]

Hot take:

Based on my experience with the Accord 1.5T and CVT, the Odyssey would be better with the 2.0T and CVT. The cruise control speed varies too much and the trans hunts gears.

Any family vehicle/CUV/van type thing would be better served with turbros.

Or a 6.2 Ellis

[J-Ho-Fo-Show69]

Those 245s probably look better too!! Just my opinion.

Indeed they are

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[D Griff]

Any family vehicle/CUV/van type thing would be better served with turbros.

Or a 6.2 Ellis

fuel efficiency from versus a 2.0t isn’t as different as it should be.

[Johnny_P]

Drove to Porsche of the Main Line today and met up with Fledonfoot. He stole my keys and sent me away. Lots of hairy eyeballs at a Honda Accord pulling into the Porsche service line lol.

Wife snatched me up and drove me 5 more mins down the road to an indoor kids play zone thing. Wild place. Kids everywhere. Loud as hell. Slides, ball pits, trampolines, a whole climbing structure etc. The kids both had a blast playing with their cousins who are in from Germany.

Ate lunch, drove home, and by 2 I had a text saying the car was nearly done and could be dropped off at my house. Car showed up like a half hour later and a dude handed me the keys and said thanks.

The wheel looks brand new. All this was $159. Thanks Fled

[max225]

Drove to Porsche of the Main Line today and met up with Fledonfoot. He stole my keys and sent me away. Lots of hairy eyeballs at a Honda Accord pulling into the Porsche service line lol.

Wife snatched me up and drove me 5 more mins down the road to an indoor kids play zone thing. Wild place. Kids everywhere. Loud as hell. Slides, ball pits, trampolines, a whole climbing structure etc. The kids both had a blast playing with their cousins who are in from Germany.

Ate lunch, drove home, and by 2 I had a text saying the car was nearly done and could be dropped off at my house. Car showed up like a half hour later and a dude handed me the keys and said thanks.

The wheel looks brand new. All this was $159. Thanks Fled

So the Porsche dealer itself does this service ?

[Johnny_P]

Drove to Porsche of the Main Line today and met up with Fledonfoot. He stole my keys and sent me away. Lots of hairy eyeballs at a Honda Accord pulling into the Porsche service line lol.

Wife snatched me up and drove me 5 more mins down the road to an indoor kids play zone thing. Wild place. Kids everywhere. Loud as hell. Slides, ball pits, trampolines, a whole climbing structure etc. The kids both had a blast playing with their cousins who are in from Germany.

Ate lunch, drove home, and by 2 I had a text saying the car was nearly done and could be dropped off at my house. Car showed up like a half hour later and a dude handed me the keys and said thanks.

The wheel looks brand new. All this was $159. Thanks Fled

So the Porsche dealer itself does this service ?

Yeah they handled it in-house. Top notch experience.

[CaleDeRoo]

Dude hell yeah that's a great hookup.

[Johnny_P]

I can fit a 6' A frame ladder inside the car and comfortably carry 3 people. Without moving the front seat up. This thing is enormous, lol.

[CaleDeRoo]

I can't help but think a Toyota Crown is JPs ideal car.

[Tar]

Jelly of dat extra back seat space and cray cray FE. Great acquisition JP

[Johnny_P]

I can't help but think a Toyota Crown is JPs ideal car.

Likely. Or like a hybrid Outback or something if it ever gets built.

[CaleDeRoo]

I can't help but think a Toyota Crown is JPs ideal car.

Likely. Or like a hybrid Outback or something if it ever gets built.

They make it (in Japan!) and it's on sale right now with whistlers

https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/inventory ... NE/DEFAULT

[fledonfoot]

Drove to Porsche of the Main Line today and met up with Fledonfoot. He stole my keys and sent me away. Lots of hairy eyeballs at a Honda Accord pulling into the Porsche service line lol.

Wife snatched me up and drove me 5 more mins down the road to an indoor kids play zone thing. Wild place. Kids everywhere. Loud as hell. Slides, ball pits, trampolines, a whole climbing structure etc. The kids both had a blast playing with their cousins who are in from Germany.

Ate lunch, drove home, and by 2 I had a text saying the car was nearly done and could be dropped off at my house. Car showed up like a half hour later and a dude handed me the keys and said thanks.

The wheel looks brand new. All this was $159. Thanks Fled

So the Porsche dealer itself does this service ?

We do enough volume to employ someone in house for wheel repair. Between service customer volume and used car inventory across our other 5 stores, the investment paid off in a few months.

We’re about to grow to a second full time refinisher. We also do PPF, ceramic, and tint in house.

[max225]

So the Porsche dealer itself does this service ?

We do enough volume to employ someone in house for wheel repair. Between service customer volume and used car inventory across our other 5 stores, the investment paid off in a few months.

We’re about to grow to a second full time refinisher. We also do PPF, ceramic, and tint in house.

That’s pretty darn awesome ! And it was a super reasonable price but I’m assuming it was a homie hookup

[fledonfoot]

We do enough volume to employ someone in house for wheel repair. Between service customer volume and used car inventory across our other 5 stores, the investment paid off in a few months.

We’re about to grow to a second full time refinisher. We also do PPF, ceramic, and tint in house.

That’s pretty darn awesome ! And it was a super reasonable price but I’m assuming it was a homie hookup

Retail is $250/wheel

[D Griff]

That’s pretty darn awesome ! And it was a super reasonable price but I’m assuming it was a homie hookup

Retail is $250/wheel

Still seems reasonable, especially for a Porsche

[D Griff]

I can't help but think a Toyota Crown is JPs ideal car.

From what I remember, the Crown I rented had rather lackluster fuel economy. The wagon is cool, IMO the sedan doesn’t really give you much improved space/luxury over a Cammie or ‘cord and isn’t worth a price premium/MPG hit.

[max225]

I can't help but think a Toyota Crown is JPs ideal car.

Crown signia is epic. Japanese build quality and pretty decent styling. It’s one of 3 Toyotas that are worth buying imo

[Johnny_P]

Likely. Or like a hybrid Outback or something if it ever gets built.

They make it (in Japan!) and it's on sale right now with whistlers

https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/inventory ... NE/DEFAULT

Yeah I dig this. At that price it’s competing with a gingerly used BMW X5. Which makes it tough. Hopefully they tank in price used and my accord holds onto value somewhat well that I can switch in a few years.

I guess there’s the Mazda CX50 hybrid which is just a different looking RAV4 with a donkey cart suspension too.

Supposedly Subaru is working on a hybrid Outback and Forester as well using Toyota drivetrains.

[Johnny_P]

That’s pretty darn awesome ! And it was a super reasonable price but I’m assuming it was a homie hookup

Retail is $250/wheel

Even that price is pretty decent for the level of service you’re getting.

[CaleDeRoo]

They make it (in Japan!) and it's on sale right now with whistlers

https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/inventory ... NE/DEFAULT

Yeah I dig this. At that price it’s competing with a gingerly used BMW X5. Which makes it tough. Hopefully they tank in price used and my accord holds onto value somewhat well that I can switch in a few years.

I guess there’s the Mazda CX50 hybrid which is just a different looking RAV4 with a donkey cart suspension too.

Supposedly Subaru is working on a hybrid Outback and Forester as well using Toyota drivetrains.

Very true with the X5 comparison.

[max225]

They make it (in Japan!) and it's on sale right now with whistlers

https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/inventory ... NE/DEFAULT

Yeah I dig this. At that price it’s competing with a gingerly used BMW X5. Which makes it tough. Hopefully they tank in price used and my accord holds onto value somewhat well that I can switch in a few years.

I guess there’s the Mazda CX50 hybrid which is just a different looking RAV4 with a donkey cart suspension too.

Supposedly Subaru is working on a hybrid Outback and Forester as well using Toyota drivetrains.

20 mpg on premium vs 35+ and Toyota 0 fucks given maintenance of nothing but a handful of oil changes until 100k miles. The comparison doesn’t really exist imo. BMW will cost 2-3x to operate

[Johnny_P]

Yeah I dig this. At that price it’s competing with a gingerly used BMW X5. Which makes it tough. Hopefully they tank in price used and my accord holds onto value somewhat well that I can switch in a few years.

I guess there’s the Mazda CX50 hybrid which is just a different looking RAV4 with a donkey cart suspension too.

Supposedly Subaru is working on a hybrid Outback and Forester as well using Toyota drivetrains.

20 mpg on premium vs 35+ and Toyota 0 fucks given maintenance of nothing but a handful of oil changes until 100k miles. The comparison doesn’t really exist imo. BMW will cost 2-3x to operate

Oh I know. Preaching to the choir here. But if $45k was attainable for me I don't think I'd be looking at Toyotas.

[Johnny_P]

Few weeks ago we had some pretty cold weather. Drove to work one morning and it was 9F outside. Car engine never turned off and it got 25 mpg on that drive.

Typical winter day average seems to be about 35-40 depending on how much I use the heater, which isn’t much since I run warm anyway.

Seems to average 50-55 in the summer and fringe months. So there’s a decent efficiency hit with the colder weather as expected and it mirrors the CRV. But for its size and how quick it is, the MPG and overall power train continues to impress.

Still think it’s an ok car. Lots of rattles and buzzing. I’ll have to tear some interior trim apart to track them down. The driver seat creaks. Must have been owned by someone rather enormous. But it drives nicely and handled a light snow without issue. I wouldn’t get it again, I’d just get an SUV, but for a car it’s pretty ok.

[Johnny_P]