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Why We Are Here => Water Cooler => Topic started by: rcjordan on May 04, 2026, 11:18:07 PM

Title: Somebody Put 223,000 Miles on a 3-Year Toyota Camry Lease
Post by: rcjordan on May 04, 2026, 11:18:07 PM
....and Walked Away
https://www.thedrive.com/news/somebody-put-223000-miles-on-a-3-year-camry-lease-and-walked-away
Title: Re: Somebody Put 223,000 Miles on a 3-Year Toyota Camry Lease
Post by: ergophobe on May 05, 2026, 04:50:34 PM
"You know how hard it is to put that kind of mileage on an Uber car?"

I wonder if he was running a shuttle service from Chicago airports.
Title: Re: Somebody Put 223,000 Miles on a 3-Year Toyota Camry Lease
Post by: Travoli on May 05, 2026, 08:39:08 PM
That is impressive.
Title: Re: Somebody Put 223,000 Miles on a 3-Year Toyota Camry Lease
Post by: Drastic on May 05, 2026, 10:50:03 PM
The crazy part is he just needed to give 3k "buyout" to release. He bought the car and sold it back at lease end, 3k was the difference.

If you could bank on that...
Title: Re: Somebody Put 223,000 Miles on a 3-Year Toyota Camry Lease
Post by: rcjordan on May 05, 2026, 10:53:48 PM
> crazy part
> bank on that

Exactly my thought.
Title: Re: Somebody Put 223,000 Miles on a 3-Year Toyota Camry Lease
Post by: ergophobe on May 05, 2026, 11:38:16 PM
Yeah, that surprised me too.

I thought where the article was headed was that it was another case of someone driving for Uber but not accounting for capital costs, just gas and tires. Then there was the $3K buyout and I thought, "Damn, some people are clever."
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