Based on the vendor, right now’s Good Value of No Cube RAV4 is the one one west of the Mississippi sporting the seven-seat choice. Let’s see if its worth makes it the one to purchase.
One of many greatest anticipatory thrills within the Mad Max motion pictures is when the titular character yanks the crimson lever on the shifter, activating the blower poking out of the hood and filling viewers’ ears with an orgasm of adrenaline-pumping turbine whine. Carnage usually ensues every one in every of these acts. The 2005 Jaguar XJR we thought of yesterday provided supercharged hijinks, however not in fairly so crude and ostentatious a fashion as Max’s Ford. That iron fist in a velvet glove method was most likely a greater route, contemplating the automotive’s substantial $33,000 asking worth. Sadly for the vendor, few of you have been keen to entertain such a heady quantity, dropping the Jag in a 78 % No Cube loss.
How do you differentiate what’s a automotive and what’s a truck? What are your choice standards for both? Relating to automobile gross sales right here within the U.S., the highest three sellers in 2023 have been pickup vehicles, a type issue that’s fairly self-explanatory and simply recognized. One of the best-selling automotive, nonetheless, might be thought of a toss-up. Toyota’s RAV4 is available in at quantity 4 on the record, however contemplating it’s thought of a crossover, does that make it a automotive, or a truck? In actual fact, if you wish to discover an uncontested automotive to put on the gross sales crown, you’d have to drop to eighth place, the place the Toyota Camry sits. The following automotive on the record is Tesla’s Mannequin 3, all the way in which down in twelfth place.
No matter the way you categorize it, the RAV4 has been successful for Toyota virtually from the beginning, seemingly beloved by house owners and having fun with a considerably cult-like following for its now-classic first technology. Let’s see what all of the fuss is about.
This 2008 Toyota RAV4 XLE appears to have a lot of the elements that make it a fan favourite. Below the hood, it has Toyota’s economical and but stout 2.4-liter 2AZ-FE 4, providing 166 horsepower and 165 lb-ft of torque. That’s matched to a typical four-speed computerized and, on this RAV4’s case, a no-fuss, no-muss AWD system.
That AWD system is balanced closely towards the entrance wheels, with the rears solely coming into motion when main slipping is detected. Which means understeer fetishists ought to nonetheless be happy. Based on the vendor, this succesful setup will get 26 miles to the gallon.
That’s not too dangerous when you think about that this RAV4’s occasion piece is its third row of seating. With that in use, this tall wagon seats seven in an total footprint so small you may not assume such a feat attainable. Fact be advised, the third row is for teenagers or amputees solely, and it does encroach (i.e., get rid of) the cargo area within the again when employed.
One other cargo-related concern is the rear door. That handily mounts the spare tire in a tough candy-coated shell on the surface for additional room within the cabin and area beneath for the AWD. Sadly, it’s hinged on the best, good for its house market the place the curb is on the left, however a frustration for these of us right-curbers.
That’s actually all that I can discover to complain about with this very tidy RAV4. The gold paint seems to have solely suffered some minor scratches on the rear corners of the rear bumper, whereas the good-looking manufacturing unit alloys look to haven’t any blemishes in anyway.
Different plusses embody an inside that presents as clear total, with simply minimal brushing of the seat bolster and put on on the carpet to name out. An aftermarket stereo head unit presents each a extra fashionable big-screen expertise and a backup digital camera whereas trying fairly OEM.
As to the remaining specs, there are 150,000 miles on the clock, a clear title, and the vendor boasts that the truck/automotive/no matter is in EXCELLENT CONDITION. They even counsel that patrons “carry your mechanic,” as if all of us preserve a kind of at our beck and name. The asking worth for this wonderful seven-seat SUV is $9,800.
Now, usually, you, being a automotive fanatic, wouldn’t even give one thing like this RAV4 a second look or celebratory fart. They do promote, although—like gangbusters. And due to that, we must always actually resolve what makes them so common and, extra importantly, whether or not this one is people-pleasing sufficient to ask two Benjamins shy of ten grand for the glory of its possession.
What do you assume? Is it price it? Or does that $9,800 price ticket on this RAV4 not get a rave assessment?
You resolve!
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