This past weekend, we decided to sell our 2024 heritage blue 250 FE and will continue enjoying our 2016 200 series. We put 9k miles on the 250, and thankfully didn’t lose our shirt on the deal. The First Edition held its value very well and we lost around 3k once all was said and done.
The 250 is by no means a bad car, but on a whole (and this goes for really any new modern car, not just Toyota) they ripped much of the soul and character out of these new cars. With the incessant driving nannies driven by insurance lobbyists (especially when a single snow flake blocks a sensor and the car constantly dings at you), cheapening of materials (the 250 looks great, but when you dig under the skin, you realize much of it is fake and built like a tin can to save weight), and overall synthetic driving experience. You really start to realize that modern day cars are not an upgrade. In fact, they’re a downgrade in many ways because they’re full of inherent compromises and half baked ideas.
The 200 series is really the last of its kind, and nothing will ever be built like these brutes in the future. I intend to hold on to the 200 LC and will likely add a newer/low mileage LX 570 to the fleet down the road.
If any of you are considering moving from a 200 series into the new generation, I would highly recommend you take a step back and do your homework on if these compromises can be tolerated. Once you’re spoiled by driving the 200, it’s hard to give it up.
The 250 is by no means a bad car, but on a whole (and this goes for really any new modern car, not just Toyota) they ripped much of the soul and character out of these new cars. With the incessant driving nannies driven by insurance lobbyists (especially when a single snow flake blocks a sensor and the car constantly dings at you), cheapening of materials (the 250 looks great, but when you dig under the skin, you realize much of it is fake and built like a tin can to save weight), and overall synthetic driving experience. You really start to realize that modern day cars are not an upgrade. In fact, they’re a downgrade in many ways because they’re full of inherent compromises and half baked ideas.
The 200 series is really the last of its kind, and nothing will ever be built like these brutes in the future. I intend to hold on to the 200 LC and will likely add a newer/low mileage LX 570 to the fleet down the road.
If any of you are considering moving from a 200 series into the new generation, I would highly recommend you take a step back and do your homework on if these compromises can be tolerated. Once you’re spoiled by driving the 200, it’s hard to give it up.
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