It's sort of a double edged sword. i paid a pretty high price for my 2014 version of the same car and feel it was justified because of the relatively rare specs and the low mileage on the car. The issue for me would be when I try to resell the car. Not too many are looking for a not sporty, not fuel efficient V6 with a manual transmission.
I hear you. I was hunting for a nearly-as-rare 6speed 2.0 Turbo. Only offered two years. And only a tiny handful for sale in a five state area. I gave up and went 10sp auto.
Those cars are nice (the 2.0). Didn't drive a manual though. They seem to be aging much better than the 1.5T's.
No replacement for displacement? Yes more or less.Low power engines are low demanding. Get away with murder and still making a half million miles. In a way I'm jealous
I've never believed in that but Toyota made it rich being underwhelming.
They were conservative and (I think) smart much like Honda sticking to low stressed naturally aspirated engine for a long time. Going forward who knows. Mazda seems the most conservative now maybe?
I seriously considered replacing my BMW with one. The 6MT 2.0 Turbo drove very well, lots of power. Much nicer than the Camry. But when they were cancelled, my local dealer couldn't get me a red one or a blue one, so I passed.
I actually bought one unseen from Texas. But I shipped it back—the car had obviously been seriously wrecked despite the “clean carfax”. Multiple issues.
I think now you really have to get viewers to watch all the way through for decent money. YouTube doesn't pay as much per click but more people are watching than before. There have been quite a number of content creators that were demonetized for no reason recently. YouTube claims it was an "algorithm error" but didn't seem to be interested in reaching out to those effected.
I don't think the average person grasps just how true this is.
Honestly the 2006 Accord 4 poppers were pretty **** good too. I got 360,000 miles out of mine and I really didn't take the best of care it.