Posted: 3/21/2011 9:27:50 PM EDT
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We have one....a 2008. And I know Epoch has one, same color and i think year as ours, but I believe his is a higher trim level than ours.
Ours is a fwd only....and that sucker does surprisingly well in the snow and ice. mm |
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I'd love to replace my wife's Chevy HHR with the V6 version of the RAV4 if I had the money to do so right now.
Unfortunately I'm just about to finish paying off my car and then I'm going to contribute a little bit to my wife's car payments to get hers paid off first, then probably wait a year or two two before we think of replacing hers. Myself I plan to keep my Camry till it dies or until the cost of fuel makes internal combustion engines no longer practical. I'm thinking about the time I would want to buy a RAV4 I might be looking into getting the electric version for my commute and giving my wife my car. |
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The V6 RAV must haul ass compared to the 4 banger we had... In another thread someone claimed the V6 RAV4 is the fastest Toyota branded vehicle currently in production. We have an '08 V6 4wd Limited, and I'll swear it would probably beat my old '73 350 Camaro in a stand-up drag race.......the Rav's torque steer is a handfull at WOT even with 4wd. It's only fault is "numb" off-idle throttle response that I think is due to the electronic throttle. Gets reasonable mileage, have seen up to 26 on an extended highway trip. More common is 23-24 on the road, 18-20 around town. It's been a very versatile vehicle, I put a Toyota trailer hitch on it when new so it could tow a utility trailer and serve as my hunting buggy until I got another 4wd pickup in January. SS |
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My wife gets about 27 mpg in mixed driving, her old 2000 Civic got 23...go figure. I get about 31 mpg from it. Insurance was quite a bit lower for the 2008 RAV4 than it was for the Civic.
It is quick, I was surprised...it's much faster than my Sonoma with a 4.3 Vortec. mm |
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I've got a 2010 V6 Sport 4WD as my commuter car. The performance is pretty impressive. It can haul a decent amount of crap with the back seats folded forward, but if I need to haul anything bigger/heavier/dirtier I can always hop in the Tundra and even hook-up one of the trailers if necessary.
I would highly recommend the V6 over the 4-banger, since the rated fuel mileage is only 1 MPG less. I get 20-21 MPG in town, and have gotten as much as 25 on the highway. The biggest "problem" with the V6 is that 4WD is almost mandatory. I had an FWD V6 loaner for a few days, and the torque steer was a handful. My wife's Camry SE has the same 3.5L, and I sure wish the RAV had the smooth-as-silk 6-speed sequential shift auto versus the "choppy" 5-speed gated shift auto. Having driven both the Sport and the Limited, I would say that if an individual likes the suspension of either, then they will hate the other....there is a substantial difference. The Limited is way too spongy for me, but some folks will find the Sport too stiff. Since I have been driving 4WD pick-ups for the past 2 decades, the "stiff" ride of the Sport is comparatively smooth. |
I drove one for a while 
It took so much abuse it would make the engineers that designed it weep 
I forded flooded streets in fort worth where water was coming over the hood. I would try and set speed records for hitting road humps and speed bumps, bonus points for potholes. I drove it in 3rd gear at 70 mph from fort worth to Dallas running 5000rpm and it never overheated. Oh and the hand brake is awesome for drifting!! I had a flat and I put a can of fix a flat in the front passenger side tire, and it threw off the balance so much that at 70mph I thought it would shake the car apart. I drove it for three months that way( my friends called it the paint mixer). It was only 2wd but that sucker would make a 4wheeler blush, and I can tell you first hand that they do land nose heavy when taking flight. I could go on and on All in all it was a very reliable toy with no major mechanical problems with the exception of a few broken rims |