i know it doesn't have the taxi accoutrements but this actually came up for auction the same day we talked about this: carsandbids.com/auctions/rGg...

some shit @tigerdaz.bsky.social would say

that's totally fair, but at least now you know: one day, it'll be possible/legal, even if you don't have the means yet

you just have to find someone in hong kong willing to sell it to you :)

Alternatively, you can get a model of car in the US that's actually very similar to the '99 crown in the form of the Lexus LS400, which is basically a '99 crown with more leather, a different badge, and that's about it. It's famously one of the most dependable cars ever made too, but a gas guzzler.

Actually at this point that vehicle is old enough to be legally brought into the states, you just have to do a large stack of paperwork. www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa....

oh i took a picture of my christmas tree on my mavica too (fd-83)

”I was in bed in San Diego, CA”: boring, easily figured out based on stolen personal information

“I was in seat 31A on Flight 93“: mysterious, heroic, raises the possibility that I am immortal

Did you happen to catch the model? I'm not aware of any luxury minivan EV options in the US market, and I could use something to be hyped about.

"sweet cream cheese icing"

Still better than Crumbl's grinch cookie this week

It's also worth pointing out that Toyota's ranking is affected by two of their models being rebadges from Subaru (GR86) and BMW (Supra), a problem that isn't present in the Lexus lineup.

oh no

imgburn moment

a lot of people don't know that the original harry potter manuscript was scrawled on the walls of a public bathroom while jkr hunched in the corner sniffing sharpies and screeching at everyone who entered to show her their labia

thank you for explaining the joke in the alt text, I'm very dumb

they fixed it :(