 I'm gonna answer in this video a question that I asked in a live stream earlier this year, and that is what is the thinkpad of cars? Okay, for those who know anything about different computers thinkpads are the model to have they are the brand to have Because they don't look like a brand look at this thing. It's ugly. All right. Who's gonna get this? Why are you gonna get this? You're gonna get it. I'll tell you because it's durable. It's long lasting I got this thing for 90 bucks It was like 10 years old and it's still running great. These computers are easy to fix. They're cheap That I don't know. They're just the best that as they come right if you're getting into any other kind of they're like the anti-apple Okay, you're not gonna get you're not gonna see this at you know Starbucks, right? This is not for conspicuous consumption. This is for I want a computer that works I don't care about how it looks and plus oh look I get the best part is right here the little I don't know The the red dot mouse thing that is the best part. You might hate those but that is the best So what is the think pad of cars? This is a question I had I actually at the beginning of this year I did not know anything about cars. I don't I'm not a professional now But you know, I was I was looking for a car because I had this Nissan Maxima The transmission was dying and I'll go ahead and say before people click off the video I'll go ahead and give you a spoiler this car a Lexus ES 330 during this terrible market for buying cars I got this thing for less than $2,000 and it is basically the think pad of cars. I don't want to say just this model But one it when I asked people what is the think pad of cars? They pretty much told me if you want a good car that is going to last long Independent of how it looks now. I think this car looks very nice I don't really like you know the how the I don't know headlights look but in general I think this car looks very nice, but what people said is get either a Toyota or get a Honda and One thing that I did not know is that Lexus is are actually just Toyotas, right? It's the same company same people They they just make the their luxury cars are called Lexus's and actually Honda's You know their luxury Variety is a Acura or whatever so I'm gonna put this in here. So it's not I don't know in my way So how did I get this car? How did I get it for less than $2,000? I'll go ahead and say Once I learned all this stuff about cars I was actually looking for a Toyota and there was a Toyota Camry at some dealer that I was checking out a used Toyota Camry, I want to say there was one that was like 2012 and one that was You know a little older But he had one of these it's a 2004 ES 330 Lexus and I really loved I love the way it looks Let's actually let's get inside Way back in the day I used to have a Hyundai Sonata Which was it was like the luxury brand of the Sonata and it just had this interior that is a lot like this You know you get this kind of fake wood paneling. I like how clear this is And it just drove fantastic and this one drives. I didn't end up getting that Lexus But because the guy there he was like, oh, I want $8,000 for it Or and you know, I tried to get them down to like 6,000 if I traded my car. I was like, oh, geez don't 8,000 I can't do that. But you know, he didn't he didn't want to negotiate on that So I said goodbye and basically what I did is I'm gonna find I like this model of car I like the way it looks I like the way it feels And they pretty much like they have a really good reputation for lasting a long time So I want to get something like this. I mean, I wasn't totally I'm never gonna be totally settled on one model But really what I did is for the next I Don't know. This was like last summer But for the next like three or four months every couple of days I would just get on Craigslist and check for Lexus's Toyotas Acura's Honda's whatever and eventually one day I was settling and doing work Somewhere and I pull I see that there's some guy in a town like two hours away Nearly two hours like an hour and a half who was selling this car for 1,900 bucks. Okay, this Lexus ES 330 in fantastic condition for 1,900 bucks now the poor soul I ripped this guy's You know off so bad just by buying the car that he wanted to sell at the price that he wanted to sell because he literally Like the used cars are so expensive now. He literally could have You know wanted twice as much and someone would have gotten what a bought this thing just as quickly But I saw it like within 30 minutes of the ad being out there I drove I dropped everything went and got my checkbook and drove out here to get this car Or at least see if it's legit and it's been running great for a while now Why did he sell this for less than $2,000? Well, here's here's one reason I think there are little superficial bumps on it And I think his thinking he was well firstly you ever talked to someone on the phone I called this guy up you ever talked to someone on the phone He could you could just sort of tell they're a liberal You know what I mean like I he just answered the phone and he had this really you know like in PR voice and I was like Oh great. This guy doesn't know anything about cars. I might actually be getting a good deal He might not actually be ripping me off But so there are little superficial dents like that. I want to say there's another one back. It's pretty subtle Yeah, so right here if you can see that so there are a couple dents on it and How what's its mileage? Okay, let's look at its mileage Okay, if you're a normie and you don't know a lot about what brands are good This kind of mileage might frighten you. Okay. Look at that 212,000 miles. Okay, that's a lot of miles like if you if you are if you have like a VW that's a lot of miles if you have you know a Nissan it's a miracle your transmission hasn't been replaced five times if you have a Nissan But 200,000 miles on a Lexus or Toyota that's like maybe halfway through its lifespan Or you know at least it has you know a good couple of ten thousands of miles I mean this thing is basically worth two thousand and parts. Okay, that that was my view of it Even if it if this is going to be a total lemon, I better get this thing because it's nice AC runs great Very smooth. It feels like he just brought it off the lot So I think this guy's selling it. He just was like well 200,000 miles. That's a whole lot. Wow. This is oh Man, that's a I feel like this car is gonna break and it has a little dent So less than 2,000 bucks and I think he totally ripped himself off And you know what? I was almost that guy who was like gonna. Oh geez dude him about. Oh, well What about 1500 or something? You know, but you know, I didn't do that because I was like I'm already ripping this guy off just like given in the giving him the money he wants So all right other thing people Lexus people love showing people this but if you hold down the unlock button, okay, watch Yeah, it rolls down all the windows and I don't know opens the sunroof I think that's for like in the summer if you want to cool down your car before you're about to get in it in a Couple minutes. I think that's the purpose of that. Yeah now you can't close them back You can't like do the unlock or the lock button to like, you know undo it because it'll just I I thought it was going to do the alarm, but I guess it's not doing that Oh, man. I my panic button is broken or something Anyway, oh there it goes There it goes. Uh, anyway, uh, what was I going to say? So yeah, this is the car I got Um lexuses toyotas, hondas, acuras. I feel like um, they all have pretty good And now there were other cars. I looked at I did I mentioned vw's. I did try this very nice vw passat Um, and it had way less miles on it. I mean, it was more expensive than 2000 bucks It's like maybe like five or six thousand dollars. They wanted for it. Um, but the thing with those like Especially european cars european cars just do not have From what people told me a reputation of lasting very long Uh, so let's look inside. So just to show you that this thing has the typical accoutrements of a car, you know, I don't know You you basically know how it is get your drink thing I actually like that this can hide away because I don't like it taking up too much room Um, a lot of things open. You got a little coin thingy over here Um, got the typical stuff parking brakes down there. Uh, that's the trunk. Oh, let's let's look at the trunk Oh, yeah, and you also have typical Oh, so the other thing right there the guy, um The guy who had this car before he left his COVID-19 vaccine passport in here. So I can pretend that I got the uh, COVID-19 vaccine um Um, anyway, that was the one thing he left in the car. I like he searched it a lot before he left But I think it was like in the visor Uh, anyway in the back So here we got uh, pretty spacious Um, it comes with this little net which is very nice I actually have there's my bag of like live streaming stuff and Big ethernet cord which I occasionally use and I actually got this car for like or this book for Detailing and cleaning up cars. I think I just got it at some random book sores like a dollar And uh, I will say in terms of other bad things about the car or like wear and tear You will see There's a little wear and tear on this leather here. It's only on the interior side. The outside is fun This inside is a little worn in torn. Same thing on the passenger side I don't exactly know why that is. Uh, the driver's side is a little bit worse But it's not like too bad like you don't see it and you're like, oh, this is a crappy car Worst comes the worst like There are again, there's this bump up here and there is some road rash So I think for and you know, this bumper has a little wear on the uh, I don't know the paint I figure for a couple hundred bucks. I could probably have this thing looking good as new but honestly It's faults are more obvious in the sun right now Most of the time you can't even like see it like that and it just looks like, you know, perfectly fine You're not going to look at it And think it's a crappy car or anything Um and back here in the back See the typical stuff here. I actually I don't know how I feel about like this this kind of uh, I don't know with the I don't even know how to describe that thing But I don't know how I feel about it Got some cupholders here. Okay typical stuff And you got to pass through so you cannot pull these seats down So this might not be a good car, you know, it's not a pickup equivalent obviously But they do have a pass through which I have used like if you have something really long You need to put through here. You can Um, and it's also nice, you know, if you're traveling and someone in the back needs to get something from I don't know you Store your candies back here or something. They need to pick up a snack, right? There are ways of using that as well Um Yeah, I'm trying to think if there's anything else this thing is just nice Uh, I'm very happy like I'm not I'm not a greedy person in the sense that I like getting money Uh, but I think I am greedy in the sense that I'm totally someone asked in the comments Luke you're one of those, uh How much did I get this for kind of guys, aren't you and I definitely am I love a good deal I am greedy for deals. Maybe that's a vice. Maybe I should tone that down But I love I like this car, but I love the fact that I got it for less than 2000 bucks I'm very happy with it. I actually The month before I got this car. I bought a new lawnmower a zero turn lawnmower And I paid to the dollar twice as much on that than I did is this So the most expensive vehicle I own is actually a lawnmower not a car Anyway, so I'm just rambling out. That's it. That's my think pad of cars Um, you know happy searching if you're looking for one of these I like this model in particular, but um, you know, I would be happy to have any other kind of Toyota Or like a decent Honda my the only thing I care about is is it going to last long? I'm not going to have to buy one in like two three four five years. Um, you know I just don't have to think about it. And of course the insurance is actually lower than the car that I had before Um, I don't know. Maybe I pay 400 bucks in insurance a year something like that. Maybe a little more than that, but Um, I think for my age, that's uh, that's pretty cheap Age and gender, etc. All right, that's it. See you guys next time