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If it follows along with the USA and everyone else's price scheme, it should be 56k Performance, I can't see it being over the 10k magic number between the trims. It is expensive, but the Supra here GR 3.0 starts at MRSP $68,460.

What's going to hurt the wallet is the taxes. We pay full 13% tax on top in Ontario, thats another $7200, putting the car in the mid 60s after taxes

Sad too, because we don't even get the 9" touch screen for that price tier
 

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What's the difference?
It's all incredibly vague stuff, particularly now when cars are less distinctly one or the other.

I'd have said a sports car is oriented more towards balanced performance (turning, stopping, accelerating) where a muscle car is oriented more toward acceleration and cruising comfortably.
 

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^ But that's a "muscle car", not a "sports car" ... there is a difference.
What's the difference?
The definition has blurred more recently, but a "muscle car" tends to be all brawn and no finesse - it goes fast in a straight line, but can't do corners. (Some definitions also require a V8 engine.). Whereas a true "sports car" has far more finesse and can go around corners.

If they were the same, there wouldn't need to be two phrases. :)
 

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Another very rough definition is often via the height (both the roof height and closeness of the seat to road) - a "muscle car" is usually more like a normal sedan, while a "sports car" is lower.
 

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for the people saying canadians get the best deal ? id rather be in other shoes when it comes to living in a home
 
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We left White Rock, (just outside Vancouver) in 2015 for Vancouver Island. At the time housing was about half price. Everything where we are now has doubled since we've arrived. Toronto is just as insane. The Canadian government is printing money like it's wartime, inflation is brutal. I feel for anyone coming out of school now trying to get a home.
 

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Our home, just north of Seattle appreciated 300% since we bought it in 2012.

I don't feel "proud" that our home is "worth" so much. This ain't right. Only those "in da game" can participate in real estate, and I truly feel bad for first-timers who don't possess generational wealth. Rents have been pushed way the hell up too.

House of cards, I reckon. I hope it all fucking burns!
 

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Our home, just north of Seattle appreciated 300% since we bought it in 2012.

I don't feel "proud" that our home is "worth" so much. This ain't right. Only those "in da game" can participate in real estate, and I truly feel bad for first-timers who don't possess generational wealth. Rents have been pushed way the hell up too.

House of cards, I reckon. I hope it all fucking burns!
Do you guys have any government schemes to help first home buyers?
 

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We have "HUD" which opens up lower financing rates and lower qualifications for the property. Also, I think HUD owns janky properties.
I never participated in it, I only know of it from hearsay.

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/u/us-department-housing-urban-development-hud.asp
We have First home owners scheme, which means you get a lower deposit, and also get some money towards the house. Never used it either.
We have just had a change in government and it looks like there will be a new way to get in as well…don’t know if it will help much though
 

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We have First home owners scheme, which means you get a lower deposit, and also get some money towards the house. Never used it either.
We have just had a change in government and it looks like there will be a new way to get in as well…don’t know if it will help much though
I just love how in England, Ireland, and Australia the word scheme is used to describe large scale projects or programs, while here in the US we go by the other meaning which is something shady, devious, or under-handed. I especially love the signs advising of the toll road scheme in Ireland. ?
 

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I just love how in England, Ireland, and Australia the word scheme is used to describe large scale projects or programs, while here in the US we go by the other meaning which is something shady, devious, or under-handed. I especially love the signs advising of the toll road scheme in Ireland. ?
Well I wouldn’t know about road tolls we don’t have any in Western Australia, which is one plus?
 

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In my home state of Illinois USA, the tolls were supposed to go away, once the bonds were paid off for the original road constructions. But realizing a new revenue stream (and opportunities for grift), the controlling authorities decided the tolls were never going away, and we are stuck with them 60 years later.
Once a tax/toll is introduced, they never go away…I think that’s government 101 worldwide.
20 years ago we had a tunnel built which cut traffic dramatically in one area, the authorities were intending for it to be our first toll road. The people complained and promised they would not use it…in the end they caved and 20 years on we are still toll free
 

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Just did a little quick math on what an out the door cost may look like for me in Ontario. She be a spendy one. The Admin fee could be 0-whatevertheywant. EHF fee is the oil filter and tire tax

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