Motorola

Bingo. Almost every car on this list is a body-on-frame truck... because their owners usually use them commercially. Mileage alone doesn't correlate to longevity.

JDR76

Two out of my three vehicles (Highlander Hybrid, Tundra) are on that list.

Och

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The Avalon is on that list because its mostly bought by old farts, and its usually their last car, lol.

jgscott

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I don't think their topic was rebuilding and replacing engines and transmissions for a owner to keep alive.

mmarshall

Probably too much of a stereotype in your reply. The same general group that buys Avalons also bought the Lincoln Town Car, Cadillac DeVille/DTS, Buick LeSabre/Lucerne/Lacrosse, Lexus LS 400/430/460, Hyundai Azera, Mercedes S-Class, and V6 versions of the Chrysler 300.

SW17LS

Ignoring the fact that all of those vehicles have widely different prices which shows theres no way its the same demographic group that buys/bought them...he's not wrong. The average age of an Avalon owner is high 60s.

mmarshall

If you go by age, most of those sedans, regardless of price, appeal to the same 60-and-older demographic, although sometimes that gets somewhat over-stereotyped. You, for example, have an S-class, and I had a big Buick and Chrysler in my early adulthood, but we are clearly exceptions.

Och

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The Avalon in particular appeals to the greedy types, who could probably afford an LS but are too cheap to pay for it, and they will also tend to keep the Avalon longer. I know someone insanely rich, the guy has been driving his modestly equipped Avalon for about two decades, lol.

SW17LS

This describes my uncle who has always driven Avalons, and always leered at my dad's LS sedans. Lots of snide remarks about premium fuel and other such nonsense LOL

"You gotta put premium in that thing!" yeah, you have millions of dollars...buy some premium lol.

Aegean

Try to buy a Land Cruiser and you will pay more than several new cars. Way overpriced if you don’t use it in a war zone or desert. However, the Sequoia is a bargain even if you compare it with the identical year Tundra. Again, if your priority is to tow, move a lot of people and drive 20k mi or more per year.

bitkahuna

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i wouldn't say someone who could afford an LS but drives an Avalon is 'greedy', they're just cheap.

bitkahuna

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many people have a completely irrational obsession with gas prices.

does your uncle 'waste' money on anything else?

Toys4RJill

Haha. Paying more for gas is something I don’t really want to do lol.

And premium fuel is always fun

LexBob2

I wonder what the greedy and cheap people will drive when the Avalon is discontinued later this year?

mmarshall

Although it probably won't have the same reliability, don't be surprised if they show up in a Chrysler showroom looking at 300s. Just about all of the other large sedans in that category have been discontinued in the U.S. The Charger is still around, but is essentially a more-sporting, less-expensive version of the 300.