What is the best second-hand SUV I can buy with 8-10K?
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Asked by Joanna
What is the best SUV second-hand car I can buy with 8-10K? Reliability, comfort and safety. I'm thinking automatic, Volvo XC, or Honda CR-V? Most of the time there will just be one or two adults and two medium size dogs on board. We live in a small coastal town, so short drives on country roads and highways. Not much city driving.
Answered by CarsGuide
15 Jan 2024The smart money says go with a Toyota. The RAV4 is popular but within your budget, you'll be buying a 12- or 14-year-old car with at least 200,000km on its odometer. Which still means it's probably a pretty good thing in terms of reliability, provided it's been serviced correctly up to now, but you'd have to buy carefully. A second-hand Kluger can also be a good deal if you can afford the fuel, but comes with the same caveats.
A Honda CR-V won't be much different to the RAV4 in terms of its price versus model year, but you stand a slightly better chance of finding a CR-V with relatively low kilometres. Don't be afraid to get a bit alternative and look at things like the Kia Sportage. Your ten-grand gets you into a Sportage of around the same vintage as the RAV4, but is likely to have as many as 100,000 fewer kilometres on board. Again, check for a full service history.
And given your usage pattern, don't be temped to stump up more for a hybrid SUV; there's just not the pay-off at the pump for a car that does mainly highway and open-road work.
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