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^awesome, thanks! What I cannot understand at all with these small SUVs is that so many of them have TERRIBLE visibility when checking over your shoulder to the right (while driving). There is no 3rd window or its all body pretty much, and you really cannot see anything. It really is bothersome. You have to use either the passenger side 2nd window or your rear window to see, and that leaves TON of invisible area you cannot see. Very dangerous.
How are the roads where you live? I have a Rav-4 and am love with it for the 4WD. (First 4WD I've ever had so I really have nothing to compare it to.) But... I live where the roads wash out. Also take it to the middle of nowhere for horse competitions. (I don't tow with it.) It goes where I point it. Also great for tight spots in parking lots. Silly thing just goes up and over the curbs.
If you like the GMC Terrain, then you should like the Chevy Equinox as they are different versions of the same SUV. Unless you don't like a Chevy logo on your car. The Equinox comes with less standard features than GMC Terrain but otherwise are very similar. The current Equinox got good reviews and has good gas mileage, but the older ones may or may not be as good.
So we test drove a 2008 Toyota Rav-4 and a 2008 Honda CR-V this weekend and learned alot. We definitely like the driving/handling/and visibility of the Rav-4 more than the CR-V. The Rav-4 had much more pep in it, but more importantly, the CR-V has some poor sightlines in the back rear windows that make you have a pretty significant blind spot that you do not get with the Rav-4. I noticed that older CR-Vs (pre-2006) have a much bigger rear window making visibility better, but we do not want a car that old). Atleast I know CR-V is off the list, and that works out well since those are usually the most pricey used small SUVs b/c they retain their resale value so well (I do not care about that since we are keeping this car until it dies).
So we test drove a 2008 Toyota Rav-4 and a 2008 Honda CR-V this weekend and learned alot. We definitely like the driving/handling/and visibility of the Rav-4 more than the CR-V. The Rav-4 had much more pep in it, but more importantly, the CR-V has some poor sightlines in the back rear windows that make you have a pretty significant blind spot that you do not get with the Rav-4. I noticed that older CR-Vs (pre-2006) have a much bigger rear window making visibility better, but we do not want a car that old). Atleast I know CR-V is off the list, and that works out well since those are usually the most pricey used small SUVs b/c they retain their resale value so well (I do not care about that since we are keeping this car until it dies).
Agree with you. Older CRV's offer a lot more visibility, plus their bodies (outside) look a lot cuter. The new ones look like fat jellybeans. Honda screwed-up the external looks of the CRV.
If you sit on the driver's seat of a 2008-2010 Toyota Rav 4 and adjust all the rearview mirrors, you will notice that you get the feeling that you have a very wide path of visibility behind you. You look at the right side-view mirror, then move your eyes to the center rearview mirror (on the windshield), and then the left rearview mirror, and it seems that there is not a blind spot between each. It feels like these mirrors are connected to each other. However, like all automobiles, things on the right rearview mirror may be closer than what they really are. This is important after passing another car, and then moving to the same lane. So, always look at the car you have just passed on the center rearview mirror, before merging to the same lane
^Yea, its just nice to finally be able to start crossing cars off the list. Since CR-Vs cost more used, thats a good thing we have ruled it out! We are going to try a Subaru Forester and Outback next weekend.
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