Quick update… the deal was legit but when we test drove the rav4, it was lackluster. Too much cabin noise and the shifting was quite jerky. The seats were a bit narrow as well. Wife didn’t like it so now moving on to some thing else.
haha, honestly, i feel that way. I was shocked by how bad it was. It had more cabin noise than our last ford focus and the old highlander i have.
I’m thinking of driving another rav4 to make sure it was a lemon. The consumer reviews coming out are also talking about transmission issues and terrible shifting, so that has me worried.
With these awesome deals I was trying to convince the SO to trade in her car for a RAV4. Got her to lean a tiny bit toward the RAV4, that is, until she had one for a week as a rental. Her feedback was almost exactly identical to yours. Complained about the road/wind noise and feel of the car (felt like a Corolla and had no balls). Now she is questioning my judgement. Oops.
yea, i desperately wanted her to like the rav4 considering i was able to negotiate a pretty killer deal. Felt like a waste, but now we are prioritizing test driving most of the cars in this class to see which one we like best.