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Sounds like my car gained $5-6k over the past 3 years. 
I bought it the fall just before COVID, which caused new car shortages and crazy prices we see now.
But yeah, they were cheaper than RAV4s at that point.
https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sal ... Records=25
By the look of it it's still true for older ones. If anyone shops for a RAV4, 2009 is prolly the best year. That 2.5L and it's tranny after refresh were retuned for a lot of grunt down low. It's quite peppy from a stop, compared to the lazy 2.4 it replaced.
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07 Dec 2022, 2:57 am
I bought it the fall just before COVID, which caused new car shortages and crazy prices we see now.
But yeah, they were cheaper than RAV4s at that point.
https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sal ... Records=25
By the look of it it's still true for older ones. If anyone shops for a RAV4, 2009 is prolly the best year. That 2.5L and it's tranny after refresh were retuned for a lot of grunt down low. It's quite peppy from a stop, compared to the lazy 2.4 it replaced.
what is the last year of Rav4 you'd get?
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07 Dec 2022, 9:26 am
And consume approximately twice the fuel. And are people movers, not cargo vans. I don’t need to haul around several extra seats and all that come with them, and it’d be a waste of money to buy a sienna and gut it. Especially when this turbodiesel was available instead.
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07 Dec 2022, 9:27 am
Didn't you say before you like comfortable cars? Get a Highlander instead, it's similar money. If you want something more compact then 2006-2007 Highlander, it's about the same size as the same year RAV4, but quieter and more comfortable. Those are the longest-kept passenger vehicle, for a good reason, offering a great balance of reliability, utility and comfort. 2008+ if you want bigger.
western washington is the single most expensive market for used cars, so if necessary i'll have to take a train out of state to shop for something like that.
Look North, everything is more expensive here. Cars, gas, housing, food, clothing etc.
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07 Dec 2022, 10:44 am
Didn't you say before you like comfortable cars? Get a Highlander instead, it's similar money. If you want something more compact then 2006-2007 Highlander, it's about the same size as the same year RAV4, but quieter and more comfortable. Those are the longest-kept passenger vehicle, for a good reason, offering a great balance of reliability, utility and comfort. 2008+ if you want bigger.
western washington is the single most expensive market for used cars, so if necessary i'll have to take a train out of state to shop for something like that.
Look North, everything is more expensive here. Cars, gas, housing, food, clothing etc.
but in the states western washington is as expensive as it gets in terms of used cars at least. i could go just to eastern washington and save thousands on average. but that is a looooonnnnnggg trip, washington is big and it'd take a day.
I dunno about you, but I don't earn thousands of dollars/day... so a quick pop over to the Least side from the Best to saving Thousands on a car would be very well worth the trek, IMO.
Used cars are probably about The Most Expensive in the Vancouver area of BC vs. the entire rest of the country I Think. Supply, demand, and the fact that cars last for 30+ years here instead of like 7 because we get the least amount of Winter weather and thus the least amount of salt on the roads.
A guy I knew from a large vw car forum came out here from Toronto for a visit and I remember him looking out over the road saying "Look at all the old cars!!" and I'm thinking "Where? ?" as Old Cars to me means Much Older, like vintage classics that are only brought out in the Summertime kind of thing.. and he meant 80's and 90's cars and I was like where else would they be except driving everywhere?? and he explained that cars don't even make it to a decade old in Onterrible because they rust away and get scrapped. Wow - what a waste of money.. new car every time you just pay one off!! ???! That's nutty.
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07 Dec 2022, 11:07 am
This denty breadbox is a turbo diesel.. diesel isn't as explosive as gasoline - very difficult to light if I wanted to even try it.
If I lived in the woods where auntblabby is I'd consider making greasel biofuel from used cooking oil or something.
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