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autoevolution 22 May 2021, 4:29 UTC ·
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Here is a story only a cat lover (or pet owner) can relate to: one man from Osaka Prefecture, Japan, sold his beloved 1989 Toyota Supra so he would be able to afford treatment for his cat, Silk. Leiz, the cat lover and Supra owner, had owned and driven the sports car since at least 1993. The fact that he decided to sell it would have been significant on its own.
But there is an even more endearing twist to the story.
SoraNews reports that Leiz listed the Supra on the Yahoo! Japan Auction page earlier this month. A Supra with this kind of mileage (over 168,000 km / 104,390 miles) and some cosmetic damage usually goes for under 1.35 million yen ($12,400 at the current exchange rate), the media outlet notes. Leiz listed his own at twice the amount (approximately $24,800) for two reasons: number one, he included the sentimental value in the pricing and, number two, this was the exact amount he would need to pay for Silk’s