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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We keep our cars FOREVER and are just on the verge of replacing our 2007 RAV4. We're going with another (used) RAV4 mostly because of familiarity. I don't think you can go wrong with another CRV either.

I've been researching like a maniac because my oldest is 15yo and this will be the car he learns to drive on. For Toyotas, there are a lot of additional safety features that became standard as of 2017 for RAV4s (and for a number of other models.) To get the most safety stuff (e.g., automatic braking or steering instead of 'just' the warning beeps; the difference is Toyota Safety Sense P rather than 'just' Toyota Safety Sense C) you need to get a trim level above the basic LE level. RAV4 got a major redesign in 2019 if you care about that, and I think they just introduced an electric version as well as the hybrid which has been around for awhile. (Our driving isn't sufficient to justify the extra cost of a hybrid, based on some calculator that I found on Google.)

I'm a researcher for a living and the idea of my goofy teenager driving terrifies me so I'm way overthinking this. I've found cars.com very useful for getting information about different cars: https://www.cars.com/research/ or even better use this link to compare cars/years/models: https://www.cars.com/research/compare/

I've been doing some online comparison shopping at cargurus.com. The one dealership we visited for a test drive literally offered us nothing for our decrepit old RAV4, but CarMax gave us a $2k offer, which is probably generous. So it's worth comparison shopping on the trade-in value for your CRV.

Hope this helps![/quote]

Thanks so much. This is very helpful. [/quote]

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