OK, just a couple minutes ago I saw a commercial for the redesigned Toyota Sienna minivan. At the end they show a corner shot, and a glance at the wheels made me think.

So then I visit there website.
Sure enough, Toyota took the wheels off a 2000-up Camaro and stuck them on their Sienna XLE Limited minivan.

Picture...
http://www.toyota.com/images/shop/ve.../large/ltd.jpg

Striking resemblance, huh.

And I bet I'm the only goof with enough free time to notice, lol.

 

Why would anyone be looking at a Toyota minivan in the first place?

 

Haha! You got caught Octane!

Im sure it was purely for research purposes...right?

-Rich

 

some people have families to haul around

 

Yeah but a 2wd V8 Chevy Tahoe is the same price if not less than a minivan. (That's what I bought.)

 

what? a tahoe for less than a sienna? you must have gotten one hell of a deal because that's not what they list for

 

Believe me, I want nothing to do with a Toyota, the commercial just happened to come on during Smallville last night.

 

Hey Octane, how do you like your SLP 85mm MAF? I have one in a box in my room that Im about to install on my SS. I was just wondering what I should look out for.....and do you have a translator as well? Or is this just a quick plug and play? I've heard more thana couple of times the MAF's are kind of a crapshoot with whether you get engine codes or not.

Thanks! And sorry for hijacking your thread...just had that quick question!.

-Rich

 

Hey Rich,

Well I can't honestly say whether I saw gains or not from the SLP 85mm MAF, but I didn't get any codes from it, so I'm leaving it on the car for now. And no, I don't have a MAFT.
Eventually when I get enough mods to require a dyno tune, I'll most likely go back to the stocker.
But yeah, put it on, see what happens. Your right, it is kinda hit-or-miss with gains and codes. If it doesn't work out, it's not too hard to find a buyer for it.

 

What was even worse is when Chevy put the Beretta Z26 wheels on the Lumina APV minivan.

Ya, I know Beretta wasn't the king of performance, but do you think the target buyers wanted to buy a sporty top-of-the-line Beretta and then park next to a minivan with the same wheels???

Stuff like that drives me nuts. Who approves these things?!?

Another one is when they put the Camaro wheels on the S-10... ARGH! And they did that twice! First the 82-92 Z28, turned RS 15" wheels, then the 91-92 Z28/RS 16" wheels.

 

The picture is of the Sienna XLE Limited which has a base MSRP of $34,990.

My '02 Tahoe LS was $28K... and less than $31K out the door including the extended warranty. It'll hold 9 passengers... comfortably.... and its a Chevy V8!

 

really? i thought tahoes started in the low 30's
then again you get tv screens and other goodies like that in the loaded version, and i think the baseline siena is like in the low 20's
so if it came down to a siena or a venture i would probaly pick the toyota... but yeah i guess a tahoe is a better buy

 

Just proves what I've been saying all along about GM's late model wheels being so bland and so misguided that they look like they came straight off a minivan. even Camaro wheels are not immune. It's all about femininity. It's like their approval board is made up of soccer moms that use child helmets and pet safety ramps on their DVD-enabled SUV's. F*cking sad, isn't it? on the other end of the spectrum, see if you can picture any minivan looking right with Iroc-Z wheels on it, and think how ridiculous that would be, since those wheels were reasonably masculine, even while the 02 camaro wheels fit perfectly on that same minivan. Sad times we live in.

gt