Fair price for a 2007 RAV4 Sol ?

ktc1

Hi,

The missus loves this car and has me on the look out for one. A dealer has given me a call to say he'll have one in stock in the next week. It's a 2 litre petrol 2 wheel drive with Sol spec so has keyless entry, climate control, bluetooth, cruise, etc. It has 23k miles on the clock, mainly city driving by an elderly couple.
The dealer is talking €18k. There's a huge range of prices on Carzone and I was wondering if people thought this was a fair price. We would be paying either straight cash or cash + trading in a 2001 1.6L Focus Ghia with 80k on the clock. He's talking 2-2.5k for the Focus.
Thanks for any advice.

ktc1

Just an update for anyone who may be interested. The dealer was willing to come down to €16.5k. The missus took it for a test drive and then dismissed it out of hand. It was style over substance in her opinion. Gear shift, clutch, steering and overall handling weren't a patch on her Focus. She's going to try a Kuga at some stage and then wait until she can get a three or four year old model if she likes it.

Rylan

Way overpriced at that anyway.

bazz26

If she doesn't actually need to go off road then maybe she should take a look at the Nissan Qashqai. A bit smaller than the Rav4 but will probably serve the same general purpose. 1.5 dCi is quite good on fuel too.

R.O.R

ktc1 wrote: »

Just an update for anyone who may be interested. The dealer was willing to come down to €16.5k. The missus took it for a test drive and then dismissed it out of hand. It was style over substance in her opinion. Gear shift, clutch, steering and overall handling weren't a patch on her Focus. She's going to try a Kuga at some stage and then wait until she can get a three or four year old model if she likes it.

You do know you'll be waiting until 2012 / 2013 for a 3 or 4 year old Kuga?

colm_mcm

all those new shape Rav4's are 4WD.

ktc1

R.O.R wrote: »

You do know you'll be waiting until 2012 / 2013 for a 3 or 4 year old Kuga?

Yes I do. There's nothing wrong with her Focus, she just had the RAV4 in the back of her mind for a long time and I saw this well specced one on Carzone so we decided to check it out. Now that the Rav is out of her system she's in no mad rush to change anymore, and neither one of us would buy a new or nearly new car.

Gophur

Congratulations ktc1, it does seem you are married to a woman of good taste!!!:D

Anan1

Was just thinking that they sound like unusually sensible people myself.

ktc1

Aw shucks guys ........