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No, Santa Monica Toyota took the RAV in trade and offered me the payoff. I know I could have done better in a private sale or with Beepi, but I didn't want to be bothered quite frankly.

You can extend the lease up to 5 months through TFS at the same payment. By then the Bolt will be available. As for selling the car at a profit, that's not going to happen. I just tried at CarMax last week. I have the exact lease as you and the same expiration date. I owed $20,800 and I was...

As to your first question: my residual + 2 remaining payments was 20,800. The dealer called it a wash. CarMax offered $21,500. As to your second question: I would unequivocally choose the EV. Today I drove 130 miles to 3 different locations, all work-related. I then re-fueled at the Torrance...

After 34 ½ months I swapped out the Rav 4 EV yesterday. :( :cry: The car has been truly remarkable. I've not had one single issue with any part of the car. I had 32 k miles of carefree and smog free driving. I ended up leasing a silver Toyota Mirai. I had cancelled my order 8 months ago but...

How about Toyota buying all the surplus 60 KW batteries from Tesla and putting them in the new RAV 4? That would be one heck of a SUV. One can dream.

I went to CarMax today to get my RAV appraised. It's a silver 2013, with 28000 miles. The inside and out are in perfect shape, without a blemish. Car was clean. The appraisal was $21,500. FYI, that's $1400 less than my payoff. Pretty disappointing; it looks like our RAVs have taken quite a hit...

My lease is up in August. I have another car to drive and am toying with selling the Rav early mainly because I've seen the price dropping in the last few months and fear that when the larger quantity of them come up for lease expiration in the summer the prices will get depressed even further...

I echo that. I had a 1986 Alfa Spider. I loved it and out of necessity it was my daily driver. But it was temperamental. The repairs were expensive and often unanticipated. The standard maintenance was also out of the ordinary: front brake pads every 10k miles; clutch at 50 k, sensors and other...

My flirtation with the i3 Rex is done. I did another test drive and while I still liked it, I can see the limitations. And if I want a car with a "true" range extender, then I'll get a Chevy Volt. The motorcycle engine (and small motorcycle engine at that) in the i3 is just a waste of space and...

I still have a little time left on my lease. I'm going to take my time. I really enjoyed the test drive but I agree on the braking regen is annoying. I like to coast on the Rav and that's not possible on the i3. But I must say the responsiveness and speed is great; the torque is much better with...

My lease is up a a few months and I'm considering getting the BMW i3 Rex. I test drove it yesterday. Besides getting used to the aggressive regen braking (it's like permanent "B" mode) it was very fun to drive. It has great pickup and the car is clearly purpose built. One big advantage is...

For full disclosure, of course: 20 hours ago: Shell Torrance working fine. Both pumps appear to be working. Just got a full fill. 21 hours ago: Newport Beach 350 bar operational again. All repairs are complete and 2 of 3 tanks are full for 350 bar dispensing. By the way, I'm fully aware of...

That's a terrific analogy. Thanks for equating my desire to try a different type of green technology to being a meth dealer. The level of discourse here makes me feel so included and welcome. I can't wait to come back for more objective and informative analysis. (Hint: that's sarcasm) You...

I am not "sold" on FCV technology, but I do think there's room at the table for multiple non-ICE technologies. But the hostility from many here is palpable and childish. Now, as far as not being able to go to San Diego, how can you make such a guarantee. Here's the stations being built and...

Just curious as to why "private payment" of infrastructure is so important. I assume, perhaps incorrectly, that you took advantage of all the public money legally available when you bought or leased the RAV 4 EV. It looks like you have solar power. You get some money back for that too. And if...

It's truly amazing the hostility to FCV among EV drivers. I really don't get it. I've read that article and the comments are really brutal. But much of the article is antidotal and not completely believable. For example, the Torrance station has never been "down" and has never experienced...

I attended the Mirai event in Santa Monica today. It was a very nice rollout. After the video presentation, I was allowed an extended test drive, which lasted about 20 minutes. I went on surface streets and a couple of miles on the freeway. All in all I was very impressed. The pickup was very...

If I get it, I will definitely lease. As for using the ICE vehicle, I don't see why I would need it with the Mirai. As I said, I'm very close to a refueling station. I'll report back after the test drive. Personally, I like a sedan better than an SUV and don't see the Mirai as being ugly at...

I'm going to a Mirai event in Santa Monica in a couple weeks. I live about 2 miles from one of the free refueling pitstops, so that's no problem for me. Since my lease is up in about a year, I'll look seriously at the Mirai. The lease price is pretty close to what I got for the RAV 4 EV, and...

Good job on getting a pretty decent credit.