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Steve, Host
Subaru makes fine station wagons, if that's your style.
How many SUV's in the US market have a tire hanging on the rear door......CR-V, RAV-4, Jeep Liberty & Wrangler, the Suzukis's, a couple of Land Rovers (though not the Range Rover) and that's about it. How many SUV's DON'T have a tire hanging on their rear door. WAY MORE.
I don't think you could call an X-Terra, Grand Cherokee, FourRunner, Explorer, Expedition etc etc. a station wagon.
2014 Mini Cooper (stick shift of course), 2016 Camry hybrid, 2009 Outback Sport 5-spd (keeping the stick alive)
rodkent, thanks for posting your impressions. Sounds like a nice, small, well constructed car...except maybe that rear bumper.
When do they retest these cars for crash tests?
I'll try to explain: The test backs the vehicle into a post at 5 mph. To avoid such a result, I suggested not backing into well-anchored vertical cylindrical objects at 5 mph.
Capice?
Actually, it's spelled capisce! :-)
tidester, host
passenger seat like it's not locked in place.
tidester, host
http://members.tripod.com/ri_rav4/rattle_tsb.htm
All-day highway driving: 28 mpg several times.
Winter gas with MTBE, the penalty is 2+ mpg.
Oh and they had a several Scions that had just come in for the new showroom about to open in Amityville, NY. The saleman gave me a ride in the shoe box one to the service center to look at a loaded up black cherry one with neon lights! He was SO enthusiastic about it. Nice cars..the Scions...I was impressed...but I'll stick with the RAV4.
So does anyone have a 2WD auto so they can tell me about the mileage they get?
I'm sure everyone's familiar with how to calculate your gas mileage:
1 Fill up your tank and reset the tripmeter (odometer).
2 Drive around.
3 Fill up the tank and divide the tripmeter reading by the number of gallons it takes to fill up.
If you fill up every time you get gas, you can check your mileage each time. Some people may need a calculator, but you can usually get a good idea without one. I can't believe the pump doesn't offer to calculate your gas mileage for you...
Note: I do calculate the miles with every fill up.
I found the mpgs increased up to around 10k miles.
I will build a platform to get the crates off of the floor a few inches, so I'm mainly interested in the interior distance from wheel to wheel.
thx
Hope that helps.
on my wife's '03 RAV4, but as previously mentioned I tried looking 'in' the engine
compartment for the oil filter. Didn't work.
Mcdawgg's right, it's under the vehicle and
should be pretty easy to get to. One of the
filter wrenches for small diameter oil filters
may not be such a bad idea either as the oil
filter is a small pup.
At about 15K miles I intend to change out oil
to synthetic. Costs more but I've run it all
my cars for the last 7 years. RAV4 has about
6.5K miles, but has developed a disturbing
buzz/rattle, sounds like emanating from the
middle-dash area behind the radio. I've read
the TSB fix(es) mentioned above. I'm not
sure if this one fits that bill. I'll take it
back to the dealer's and have them check it
out 'cause it's still under warranty, but it
bugs my wife that it buzzes/rattles on moderately
smooth road.
Otherwise we've had the RAV4 on highway, once
to Oklahoma and an upcoming holiday trip
further north. We defnitely get better mileage
in the RAV4 than in my Escape. with a V6.
The RAV4 is FrontWD not AllWD, so the mileage
may be better by a couple of miles per gallon.
We get ~21-22 City and have gotten up to 27
on the Hwy. Maybe this trip it'll be even
better
Sounds like the filter and drain plug are easy to access on the '04 RAV4 from underneath. I like the idea that oil doesn't wind up dripping down over engine mounts and other parts. By the way, I've got an oil filter adapter that is spring loaded and can be used with a standard socket wrench. It'll adjust to any size oil filter, so it's very versatile. I'm planning to buy a RAV4 in the next month (I'm sure right around Christmas is a great time to buy and get a deal, since the dealerships are quiet then), I just hope the RAV4 is as great a car as my '91 Camry wagon has been!
27.2 mpg flat highway, 73mph, 4wd auto, and really easy oil changes!
in '01 when the new model arrived, but the Escape
seemed to fit the bill better for me. I do miss
not getting at least in the 20's for gas mileage, 'cause the only time I get it in my Escapew/V6 is on the highway and then only about 21-22mpg at 70mph. If only we'd waited another
7 months to get the RAV4 we could've gotten
13HP more, plus traction control, and stability
control standard, for about the same price as
what we paid for an '03 FWD. My wife is the
predominent driver anyway of the RAV4 and she
doesn't really care about those things, as long
as it'll start and get her to/from work
dependably. She loves the easy ingress/egress
of this first compact SUV. She had her Nissan
Sentra for almost 9-years and it was an o.k.,
but not outstanding car (for a compact), and it
was runnning good when we traded it for the
RAV4. But my wife would have a rough time
going back to a sedan-type vehicle at all.
There are a lot of old(er) RAV's still on
the road. Based on their popularity and
dependability people, at least in this area,
don't get rid them too often. The RAV's seem
to be in short supply all the time even though
their are about 15 Toyota dealerships in the
greater area.
Anyone know the RIGHT part number?
Thanks
The tires are now rotated to the rear and still running fine. I plan to replace with wider tires.
Toyota offered wider tires on RAV4 4x4 but can’t remember tire size.
Price Costco indicated optional tire size 235/60/16.
Toyota site indicated factory alloy wheel size 16 x 6.5.
Can someone advise if wider tire will fit on the factory alloy wheels without rubbing the wheel wells?
What brand tires have the widest tire tread width for the same size tire?
Did you ask the dealer or did you check the car itself? The sticker will tell you or just look at the brakes. Many times we know more than the dealers. One dealer I went to was wrong on two items. He said the engine increased from a 1.8 to a 2.4 and that the 2004s have rear bumpers.
Anyone else have this with a 2004?
Also, I checked on Canada Toyota website
http://www.toyota.ca/cgi-bin/WebObjects/WWW.woa/15/wo/Home.Vehicles.Rav4-tGEWtMxtfb2F7suH3pLT60/5.11?v121040e%2ehtml.
The whole idea of put 2.4L engine, add rear dics brakes... to get customers back.
tidester, host
I was so angry last evening...I tried two different pumps at the convenience store (neither one worked)...and it was freezing cold outside. I was not a happy camper.
:-(