Yeah, I’d guess that’s the case for a large portion of RAV-4 buyers. Large sales numbers do NOT imply consumer excitement. Lots and lots of people buy Charmin toilet paper, but very few of them are excited about it. The RAV-4 is the automotive equivalent of Charmin.

You can’t really compare those things, because people don’t have to see movies. The fact that people go see super hero movies is clear evidence that they WANT to see super hero movies. They’re excited by them, even. Teasers make sense for things people are excited about.

Fair point. There is an important difference between test drive and return. If I’m just tire kicking, on the fence about whether I’m really going to buy something, the need to get my bank account involved would be a significant deterrent from bothering to “test drive” (buy).

Who said anything about not test driving or inspecting?
“Live with your car for a week and if you don’t like it, we’ll take it back for any reason.” -carvana.com

Most of the cars I’ve purchased have been relatively rare or unusual. When the car you want is hard to find at all, you buy it from whoever has it for sale.

I worked at one of those places for a time too. They are a great place for a young person to learn some basics about working on cars and to get experience with a huge variety of different automobiles in the process.
Whether you want to be a customer at one of those places and have that learning take place on your own…

Damn. Just scrolling past that picture got my heart pumping. The R380-II is beautiful.

You think less fun to drive = more comfortable? You need to go drive some better cars.

While probably true, it’d sure be enough to make me hesitate. Maybe the OP will come back and tell us his real reason.

So he can’t test drive one, I’d guess. I’m particularly reluctant to commit to purchasing a car that I haven’t been able to drive.
The only reason you’d buy the regular version instead of the jacked-up version would be because you care about how a car drives.

This is exactly what I kept thinking as I read. They made a Golf wagon that’s harder to park, less fun to drive, and noisier inside. I just don’t see how they’re going to draw people in that way.
A little more space inside might be nice from time to time. But my family of 4 plus 80 pound dog accomplish road trips just…

I honestly did not know that. Thanks for pointing it out.
My work truck is 25 years old, so it’s been a little while since I paid attention to that market.

“This allows you to put your oversized sheets of wood and pipes and other long things in your bed without worrying about them flying out of the back and impaling someone.”

I don’t mean this to sound snarky, but the most important thing to learn to fix is the thing that’s broken.
Seriously. I can’t think of anything that’s so critical to fix quickly that you should bother to learn it in advance. Wait until something needs fixed, then research and practice fixing that thing. Sure, you could…

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This is true, and not just for car downpayments. It’s why I purchase almost everything on credit card. The few times I’ve had to resort to calling the credit card company over some shady seller, they make the problem disappear practically immediately.

That’s a trick question, obviously. The best thing for learning to drive is not a car, and it’s not a few thousand pounds. The best learner vehicle has two wheels and less than 50hp.

Yes really, it’s a pretty small factor. Drivers are the ones always asking for more power, not fleet owners.

I’m quite familiar with the numbers.
This may come as a shock, but a modern Camry is pretty damn fast.

Uh, did you mean to reply to somebody else? Neither my comment nor the one I replied to had anything to do with range or current draw or cooling