We bought this loaded car in Oct '03 with no price premium, installed leather, tinting, XM-radio, and upgraded speakers, and not long thereafter bought quieter tires. We also added about
66# of strategic silencing materials, which really made a difference. I've never been happier with a car purchase.
We're right at 40,000 miles. Our fuel consumption since purchase has been about 44mpg. Unscheduled maintenance has been zero, but we paid $950 for the Toyota extended warranty anyway.
I plan to keep the car until 2011, because the CA HOV stickers are good until then - and frankly, that one feature by itself adds immense satisfaction to owning the car. Yesterday I drove
250 miles in S California freeway traffic, and saved at least an hour thanks to the HOV lanes and ramps.
It took more than 18 months for the car to depreciate to a price below that which we paid for it...
Wow!