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Originally Posted By: gathermewool
Originally Posted By: friendly_jacek
Originally Posted By: gathermewool
I'd still like to know why you paid only a couple hundred under book value on the Prius, but sold the Rav4, a pretty popular, reliable vehicle, for a whole grand under.
I'm not OP, but have both prius and RAV4 and can tell you my prius uses 1/2 of the amount of gas RAV4 uses on hwy and 1/3 in city. Do your math and calculate annual gas savings. Very simple to do.
I appreciate your response, but it has nothing to do with my question. The difference in gas mileage is some what irrelevant to my question, since any small four-banger would give an increase in gas mileage. The Rav4 is also in a different segment and serves a different purpose. In other words, those shopping for a Rav4 most likely aren't cross-shopping it with a Prius, so gas mileage shouldn't be reflected in the argument to sell for a grand less than book value.
Since everybody's prying for my response, I'll say this.
Our commute every week consists of two trips to a town 70 miles away and back, (140 miles round trip) and one trip a week to a town 45 miles away and back (90 miles round trip). I will be starting a new job in this town that is 45 miles away so as gas has already become an issue, it will become a very large issue soon.
My Hyundai is 4 Wheel Drive. It plows us through almost every thing we throw at it. It is our wonderful LX luxury SUV that has all the goods. We get 19/25 City/Highway. My wife's Rav4 is a 4 Cylinder, powerless, front wheel drive vehicle that gets stuck in snow and slides on ice like nobody's business (even after good tires). I'll be frank - I don't feel safe driving it on the highway, especially in high wind and ice. It gets 20/24 City/Highway.
> We have both been discussing getting a vehicle with better gas mileage, and toyed around with the idea of a Prius or some other high mpg vehicle. We sat on it for about 6 months, and this deal popped up. We met with the seller, the guy was very hospitable, we met with his family, and we even shared some mutual history together as we discovered we all lived in the same small country town at one point. The guy let me drive it all over town for the afternoon, encouraged me to check everything out with it, and to let me know if I had any questions. He explained to me a thorough maintenance schedule, and explained to me their friends owned it before them and were very diligent about maintenance. I checked under the hood and like I said earlier, the thing was immaculate.
> Last night I did a diagnostic test on the battery, and it is 100% operational and meets all of the requirements...12.1V when on accessory, 14.1 V when the engine is on. This is the standard battery voltage for a brand new battery in a Gen II Prius.
> The car is absolutely fabulous, does not make a sound when stopped at a light. Whisper quiet. Last night I got 58.0 mpg average from my trip to the 70 mile town and back. It's literally going to give me almost three times as much gas mileage as our SUV's. Bottom line is that we don't need two SUV's, especially since the RAV is only a 4-banger, and it gets roughly the same mileage (in our experience) as my Santa Fe.
> We love our RAV 4, but we will be totally topside when we sell it, which will help pay for a good chunk of our new Prius. We are getting out from under a 12.9% Loan on the RAV (from when she was in college) to an amazing 2.9% loan on this Prius.
> Anyone who has any doubts about this battery can watch this video :
http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local...ishColumbiaHome
This guy owns a taxi fleet and replaces brakes every 18 months, and batteries every 750,000km (roughly 460,000 miles). I think I've made a solid choice. I know the hybrid haters around here but we are very happy with our decision and I had the most relaxing ride driving back by myself last night from watertown.
We are very satisfied.
Originally Posted By: friendly_jacek
Originally Posted By: gathermewool
I'd still like to know why you paid only a couple hundred under book value on the Prius, but sold the Rav4, a pretty popular, reliable vehicle, for a whole grand under.
I'm not OP, but have both prius and RAV4 and can tell you my prius uses 1/2 of the amount of gas RAV4 uses on hwy and 1/3 in city. Do your math and calculate annual gas savings. Very simple to do.
I appreciate your response, but it has nothing to do with my question. The difference in gas mileage is some what irrelevant to my question, since any small four-banger would give an increase in gas mileage. The Rav4 is also in a different segment and serves a different purpose. In other words, those shopping for a Rav4 most likely aren't cross-shopping it with a Prius, so gas mileage shouldn't be reflected in the argument to sell for a grand less than book value.
Since everybody's prying for my response, I'll say this.
Our commute every week consists of two trips to a town 70 miles away and back, (140 miles round trip) and one trip a week to a town 45 miles away and back (90 miles round trip). I will be starting a new job in this town that is 45 miles away so as gas has already become an issue, it will become a very large issue soon.
My Hyundai is 4 Wheel Drive. It plows us through almost every thing we throw at it. It is our wonderful LX luxury SUV that has all the goods. We get 19/25 City/Highway. My wife's Rav4 is a 4 Cylinder, powerless, front wheel drive vehicle that gets stuck in snow and slides on ice like nobody's business (even after good tires). I'll be frank - I don't feel safe driving it on the highway, especially in high wind and ice. It gets 20/24 City/Highway.
> We have both been discussing getting a vehicle with better gas mileage, and toyed around with the idea of a Prius or some other high mpg vehicle. We sat on it for about 6 months, and this deal popped up. We met with the seller, the guy was very hospitable, we met with his family, and we even shared some mutual history together as we discovered we all lived in the same small country town at one point. The guy let me drive it all over town for the afternoon, encouraged me to check everything out with it, and to let me know if I had any questions. He explained to me a thorough maintenance schedule, and explained to me their friends owned it before them and were very diligent about maintenance. I checked under the hood and like I said earlier, the thing was immaculate.
> Last night I did a diagnostic test on the battery, and it is 100% operational and meets all of the requirements...12.1V when on accessory, 14.1 V when the engine is on. This is the standard battery voltage for a brand new battery in a Gen II Prius.
> The car is absolutely fabulous, does not make a sound when stopped at a light. Whisper quiet. Last night I got 58.0 mpg average from my trip to the 70 mile town and back. It's literally going to give me almost three times as much gas mileage as our SUV's. Bottom line is that we don't need two SUV's, especially since the RAV is only a 4-banger, and it gets roughly the same mileage (in our experience) as my Santa Fe.
> We love our RAV 4, but we will be totally topside when we sell it, which will help pay for a good chunk of our new Prius. We are getting out from under a 12.9% Loan on the RAV (from when she was in college) to an amazing 2.9% loan on this Prius.
> Anyone who has any doubts about this battery can watch this video :
http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local...ishColumbiaHome
This guy owns a taxi fleet and replaces brakes every 18 months, and batteries every 750,000km (roughly 460,000 miles). I think I've made a solid choice. I know the hybrid haters around here but we are very happy with our decision and I had the most relaxing ride driving back by myself last night from watertown.
We are very satisfied.