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I can't speak much to Lexus. It's "supposed" to be the upscale Toyota but dunno. We looked at an IS or RC 350 something for Mrs. Speedy when she was shopping but we both hated the dated interior. Literally looked like it was from 1997. She got an Infiniti Q60 Red Sport instead. That Q60 is a nice car but the infotainment is a bit odd for me, and the seat belt rids too high on my neck.
My 4Runner has been amazing. I get offers all the time from folks to buy it and they're almost up to what I bought it for. I'm keeping it though and may even start a restoration project on it to update the leather and some other niggles that are showing their 21 year old age. It's even been supercharged for like 15 years and hasn't skipped a beat taking 11psi and making double the factory horse power. What I love most is it knows it's a truck and isn't trying to be an iPhone
@DGatzby you guys probably know more than I do about the stock market and what not. I let a financial manager handle that for me and it's done what I'd consider "good" so I've let that ride. I'm not much of a gambler so steady growth works for me rather than the huge swings. I don't remember it being so volatile a while back, like maybe 10 or so years ago? A friend at work that focuses on this stuff told me it's due to two reasons. Any joe blow can day trade now without any required training. Get a bunch of joe blows panicking and buying and selling on a whim and you get these odd swings. Also, how much artificial intelligence is involved with computers making big trades adding fuel to that fire.
On gas, I understand capitalism and free markets but I've never understood why something like fuel is allowed to be traded on the open market. Supply and demand should set the price directly, not what investors "think" the supply and or demand are or what they hope it to be. Back when I was in college it must not have been traded on the market since the corner store by school was .93cents a gallon the entire time I was in college. Never budged.
My 4Runner has been amazing. I get offers all the time from folks to buy it and they're almost up to what I bought it for. I'm keeping it though and may even start a restoration project on it to update the leather and some other niggles that are showing their 21 year old age. It's even been supercharged for like 15 years and hasn't skipped a beat taking 11psi and making double the factory horse power. What I love most is it knows it's a truck and isn't trying to be an iPhone
@DGatzby you guys probably know more than I do about the stock market and what not. I let a financial manager handle that for me and it's done what I'd consider "good" so I've let that ride. I'm not much of a gambler so steady growth works for me rather than the huge swings. I don't remember it being so volatile a while back, like maybe 10 or so years ago? A friend at work that focuses on this stuff told me it's due to two reasons. Any joe blow can day trade now without any required training. Get a bunch of joe blows panicking and buying and selling on a whim and you get these odd swings. Also, how much artificial intelligence is involved with computers making big trades adding fuel to that fire.
On gas, I understand capitalism and free markets but I've never understood why something like fuel is allowed to be traded on the open market. Supply and demand should set the price directly, not what investors "think" the supply and or demand are or what they hope it to be. Back when I was in college it must not have been traded on the market since the corner store by school was .93cents a gallon the entire time I was in college. Never budged.
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