Ok. I don’t think any new cars are coming with coke bottles in their doors. Especially not from Toyota which has pretty good manufacturing processes that revolutionized auto manufacturing. Anyways, back on topic to the RAV4. It is pretty sad their is not power seat on the passenger seat, very disappointing. However, I am glad Toyota refrained from auto start/stop.

My folks checked out a 19 RAV4 XLE this week and they were very impressed with it. They like their 13, but felt the new one would be a huge upgrade.

Nice to hear. I personally think it’s way to early to trade in a 2013 so fast. But that is just my opinion.

5 years later and a brand new model, it should be a huge upgrade.

Average in u.s. is about 5-7.5 years...

https://www.statista.com/statistics/...-vehicle-type/

I don’t think they will. They were just at the dealer for service and saw it. They still love their 13.

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I have always thought it is best to keep a Toyota or Honda for a long time,10+ years at least. Otherwise, there are so many other alternatives.

What do you expect LOL? Everybody wants your money.

With most vehicles, because of the parabola-shaped depreciation curve, the best time to replace it is either in the 4-6 year range or go a full 10 or 10+ years. Replace it too early, and you will lose money (and sometimes, as in the first two years, take a bath) because you will not have gotten your money's worth out of the vehicle. Keep it too long, and you will have lost too much in depreciation, while new-vehicle prices keep going up. The 4-6 year replacement cycle (which is right in the middle of the depreciation curve), while not the answer for everyone, makes sense for a lot of people, particularly those who need something reliable for daily commuting. Of course, that is also for average vehicle reliability.......a lemon, or an extremely reliable vehicle, could alter the situation somewhat, when you figure cost of repairs.