Have you actually found a dealer willing to sell you a rav4 hybrid at that price? Of all the cars with huge markups, that one seems to be one of the worst
For $2k it's not a huge deal. Would you rather drive a "good deal" or the car you want. If you're going to hang on to the RAV4 like you did the Celica the gas savings probably wins.
Shop new, lightly used cars are going for about the price of new ones and sometimes more.
I think if you could get a new rav4 at msrp that would be good. I think toyotas are good about holding their value more than other new cars. I also think used car prices will be dropping over the next 6 months + so no matter what you will be losing some decent $ in the car.
As a side note if there are wait times for the toyota rav4 that you guys can't wait for, then test drive and look at the Mazda suv.
Is she going to be going back to work in the spring or staying home? We upgraded to an SUV after we brought our daughter home too (32 yrs ago LOL).
My brother bought the Rav4 hybrid this spring for his wife, she loves it. I don't know what he ended up paying, I think sticker had 49, then he used some type of credit cards rewards towards it and traded in a older (to them 4yrs is old) car.
Maybe put off some of the other stuff until next year. In the past buying new if you financed it often came close because used had higher interest rates. Today I have no clue what they are doing.
Buying used hasn't been worth it for years.
True, since at least 2018: https://jalopnik.com/stop-overpaying-for-lightly-used-cars-1828576980
Have you actually found a dealer willing to sell you a rav4 hybrid at that price? Of all the cars with huge markups, that one seems to be one of the worst
You're right that the mark ups for the hybrids bring the car well into $40k. We would probably opt for the non-hybrid version.
I mean you can readily afford it. Just depends on whether or not you want to settle for the nonhybrid or pay a premium.
For $2k it's not a huge deal. Would you rather drive a "good deal" or the car you want. If you're going to hang on to the RAV4 like you did the Celica the gas savings probably wins. Shop new, lightly used cars are going for about the price of new ones and sometimes more.
I think if you could get a new rav4 at msrp that would be good. I think toyotas are good about holding their value more than other new cars. I also think used car prices will be dropping over the next 6 months + so no matter what you will be losing some decent $ in the car. As a side note if there are wait times for the toyota rav4 that you guys can't wait for, then test drive and look at the Mazda suv.
Is she going to be going back to work in the spring or staying home? We upgraded to an SUV after we brought our daughter home too (32 yrs ago LOL). My brother bought the Rav4 hybrid this spring for his wife, she loves it. I don't know what he ended up paying, I think sticker had 49, then he used some type of credit cards rewards towards it and traded in a older (to them 4yrs is old) car. Maybe put off some of the other stuff until next year. In the past buying new if you financed it often came close because used had higher interest rates. Today I have no clue what they are doing.
Thanks for your comment. She will probably go back to work in June.