Toyota Stalking, er...um, SPOTTING with Charlie™ (Cars, vans, SUVs, Lexus, Scion, and brochures)!

1998 Camry LE V6


November 4th, 2023:

New Britain, Pennsylvania

 

1999 RAV4 Special Edition, and it's a 5-speed!


November 4th, 2023:

New Britain, Pennsylvania

 

2002 Prius


November 4th, 2023:

New Hope, Pennsylvania

 

2007 Highlander


November 5th, 2023:

Riegelsville, Pennsylvania

 

2009 Matrix S 5-speed


November 5th, 2023:

Riegelsville, Pennsylvania

 

2009 Scion TC 5-speed


November 5th, 2023:

Riegelsville, Pennsylvania

 

2010 Lexus IS350C


November 9th, 2023:

Warrington, Pennsylvania

 

I saw this interesting spare tire cover on a 2006-2009ish RAV4 last night...


November 9th, 2023:

Lansdale, Pennsylvania

 

I got no results when I ran the license plate through Carfax (likely because whoever owns it just bought it and the paperwork hasn't been processed), but I believe this gorgeous Lexus LS400 to be a 1997 model (like Christopher Moltisanti's car in season 1 of The Sopranos)...


November 20th, 2023:

Doylestown, Pennsylvania

 

I've been driving past this Daihatsu HiJet for days, and I finally stopped for a photo op!


November 22nd, 2023:

New Hope, Pennsylvania

 

2022 Camry Hybrid LE; I have said many time before that I do not post pics of newer stock Toyota cars (other than Supras, GR Corollas, and GR86s) unless there is something truly unique about them, but I was curious to know if you all thought that this car is going to be totaled...?


December 3rd, 2023:

Hatfield, Pennsylvania

 

A base model Camry Hybrid has an MSRP of just under $30K when new, so I don't think this car will be totaled, even though the cost of repairing it will probably be around $12,000 at a minimum. If something this happened to my truck and insurance paid to fix it rather than total it, I wouldn't care. However, if I had a year-old Camry that I was probably still making payments on, I would probably want the insurance company to total it...

Why would I want it totaled? It looks like there might be structural damage underneath the door and front fender. The airbags did not deploy, which is a huge determining factory in whether or not an insurance company totals a vehicle.

Also, even if the damage is purely cosmetic, the accident still goes in the Carfax Report and even if the owner paid cash, their car is worth less. That is one of the most annoying aspects of fender benders!

 

I can tell you from experience that the total cost of replacing one door on a Tacoma is about $3,000. Luckily, that accident wasn't my fault and the at-fault party's insurance company paid for repairs. I actually think that the parts and labor associated with replacing the door on my truck was more in the $2,200-$2,500 range, because that $3,000 bill included repairing the right rear fender as well.

 

Looking at this car from the front, back, or driver's side makes it seem fine...

 

I went years without seeing even one of these, but this is probably the fourth or fifth SC430 that I've seen this year!


December 3rd, 2023:

Hatfield, Pennsylvania

 

I found these pics on Facebook, and believe it or not, they are all Scion XBs!

 

2023 GR Corolla Core; I have never seen one of these in person outside of a car show or a dealer lot until now!


December 6th, 2023:

Doylestown, Pennsylvania

 

My mechanic Pete owns The Fix Autoworks in Doylestown, but has probably three or four other mechanics working for him; Joe is the resident Toyota specialist, and most of the time he is the one working on my truck. Today, Joe and I were talking and he told me that one of their customers has a JDM Toyota HiAce; I asked him if he could call me when the van was in the shop again so I could get pictures, and he send me these pics. They were taken at the shop in Doylestown, PA in the summer of 2023.

 

2022 GR86


December 7th, 2023:

Horsham, Pennsylvania

 

1990 Corolla; note the lack of a passenger side mirror...


December 7th, 2023:

Warminster, Pennsylvania

 

December 8th, 2023:

Doylestown, Pennsylvania

 

The Prius's much better looking cousin!


December 9th, 2023:

Chalfont, Pennsylvania

 

2016 Lexus RC 350


December 9th, 2023:

Chalfont, Pennsylvania

 

Lookit all the duct tape holding Christmas lights on that Tacoma!

 

That's my Tacoma...

 

December 10th, 2023:

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

 

2015 Scion FR-S


December 10th, 2023:

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

 

2013 Subaru BRZ Limited


December 10th, 2023:

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania