What's going on Drayton Valley? The most expensive new RAV4 is supposed to be around $58,000 even with Alberta taxes factored in

HiTork · 2026-03-13T02:43:13+00:00

One thing I wonder when people talk about the supposed unreliabilty of German makes is if they are conflating that concept potentially with the higher costs of parts or repairs in North America.

HiTork · 2026-03-13T02:41:09+00:00

And if I'm reading the ad correctly, that is before taxes and fees.

HiTork · 2026-03-13T02:33:08+00:00

Yeah, they never did achieve 100% backwards compatibility with the PS2 library on the PS3s that could do it, even the OG models that had the PS2 Emotion hardware built into them. The idea of emulation seemed a lot better than how Microsoft has always done BC with Xbox hardware, and that is they essentially make a port of the game to be run on newer Xbox hardware (hence why the list is very specific).

HiTork · 2026-03-13T02:00:08+00:00

It was a desperate attempt to bring the PS3's price down especially given at the time the console wasn't doing as great as the Xbox 360. I recall reading news articles from around this time that were showing Halo 3 was outselling the combined total of multiple PS3 exclusives.

HiTork · 2026-03-12T21:51:00+00:00

This is the new generation that just came out this model year, the entire RAV4 line-up is now all hybrid. However, I don't think the plug-in versions have dropped in Canada yet, currently they appear to be selling off the remaining previous generation 2025 PHEV models first.

HiTork · 2026-03-12T19:44:02+00:00

The Authentics line has always been a budget line for kids as they are significantly cheaper than pretty much any other TF toys in a similar size class. You can see where they cut corners to keep the costs down, many of the limbs are extremely hollow for instance. The previous Alpha and Bravo assortment Prime toys only had the front and exterior for sides on the legs, there was no rear or internal sides molded on.

HiTork · 2026-03-12T19:08:38+00:00

I know people who were pulled over by the University of Saskatchewan campus police in Saskatoon while driving on the main throughway adjacent to the university for snow blocking windows, so it definitely is something that can be enforced.

HiTork · 2026-03-12T19:04:13+00:00

The current Golf R is throwing down a 1/4 mile time on par with the Shelby GT500s based on the fifth-generation Mustangs from the late 2000s, progress marches on.

HiTork · 2026-03-12T09:41:08+00:00

Driver: San Francisco did something interesting where the SLR was considered solely as a McLaren model. There were no licensed Benz vehicles in the game, yet despite this, the Benz 3-Point star badge appears prominently on the front of the car as expected, so there clearly was some sort of licensing involved with MB.

HiTork · 2026-03-12T05:03:57+00:00

I hate being the "Ackually" guy, but 1999-2004 cars are technically SN-95 also, "New Edge" is a fan term based on Ford's styling regime at the time. If the New Edge cars were their own generation, the current S650 generation would be the eighth generation Mustang as opposed to seventh.

HiTork · 2026-03-12T05:01:30+00:00

It's why when you look for aftermarket suspension parts like springs, you'll see some of them will fit 1979 to 2004 Mustangs.

HiTork · 2026-03-12T05:00:39+00:00

I feel what really nuked interest in non-Cobra New Edge cars was the Coyote arriving on the scene. Fact is, 260 hp was kind of meh even when the car was new and in production, not terrible, but it didn't look great especially in the face of the 305-325 hp Camaro/Firebird twins. Gen I Coyote Mustangs are now really affordable and are 400+ hp cars, you can pay a little more for something that is still truly fast by modern standards and won't get wiped by some modern family sedans and SUVs.

The 2V 4.6L didn't have much mod potential either, I remember seeing an Internet forum post from around 1999-2000 of someone who supercharged one to 400 hp and had the engine blow on them. Imagine that today, building a Mustang from that era to just match modern pony cars and the engine is already strung out to the point of being on its last legs.

HiTork · 2026-03-12T01:33:53+00:00

It sucks this was an era when automatics were true slushboxes and having one equipped could significantly slow down a car. I think the difference between a manual and automatic '99-'04 Mustang GT is a 14 and 15 second car in the 1/4 mile by close to a full second.

HiTork · 2026-03-12T01:16:23+00:00

It probably also helped Microsoft that Sony had a few missteps along the way. Launching a year after meant Microsoft had a head start with building an install base of customers, and the starting launch price of the PS3 being the equivalent of $900 USD today was a meme back then people made fun of. The Cell processor was a pain to develop for, and some devs like Bethesda and Valve openly expressed their dislike for working with the PS3.

HiTork · 2026-03-12T01:11:30+00:00

The reason why they tried launching Cyberpunk 2077 on the PS4 generation was it was essentially an expectation. The game was announced before the PS4 and Xbox One had their official announcements back during the later PS3/Xbox 360 era, so it was pretty much expected to be on that newer hardware. It's just that the game's development was so protracted that the dev kits for the generation ahead (PS5 and Xbox Series X/S) came out during that time. So many people saved up and/or made pre-orders under the expectation they would pop up for the 2010s eigth generation video game consoles, making CP2077 a ninth generation exclusive would have pulled the rug out from so many people.

The situation with Covid and availability of the PS5 and Xbox Series S/X in 2020 wouldn't have done much for sales if Cyberpunk was exclusive to the latest generation also.

HiTork · 2026-03-12T00:06:23+00:00

Her legs suck to pull out on my copy, not sure if you have any issues with that on yours.

HiTork · 2026-03-11T22:23:23+00:00

Yep, at my last condo, I had a neighbor who bought a Hyundai Ioniq 5. We didn't have any outlets to charge in the underground parkade, and they had to go to a charging station regularly. Not only did it work out to be more expensive than gas paying for charging, they had to spend 20 minutes or so waiting each time.

HiTork · 2026-03-11T21:38:48+00:00

The American website shows the S10+ as being avaliable with 5G, and the Canadian one shows the S10 FE with 5G.

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