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    Maintenance Guide

    $687 today at the same dealer.
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    Cost of 50k mile coolant service?

    At Toyota Palo Alto the 50k coolant service is $687. Includes 3 hours of labor and coolant at $38/gallon.
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    Cost of 50k mile coolant service?

    Has anybody gotten their 50k mile battery and traction motor coolant replaced and if so how much did it cost? Did the dealer try to sell you any additional service? Thank you in advance.
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    Tesla Announced Roadster 3.0 Upgrade: 70 kWh Battery

    The Roadster was Tesla's first product, a flagship high end product used to build Tesla's brand image in advance of the higher volume Model S. The battery swap helps build their brand image even further, whereas the RAV4 does nothing for them. So I see no circumstance where Tesla does anything...
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    Surplus inventory of RAV4 EVs

    Are you the new white RAV4 EV with Hanlee dealer license plate holders that was at Candlestick on Thursday night?
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    How many people have had zero problems with their Rav EV?

    Burnt/melted charging port from a charging station that had been recalled over a year ago but not repaired. Charging station manufacturer paid for it. Not a defect with the RAV4 EV but the problem came about because the RAV4 draws much more power than the LEAFs and Volts that charge at this...
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    Interesting Tesla-Toyota article

    The article describes how Toyota insisted on including a "parking pawl" instead if an electronic parking break and that Tesla had problems with the parking pawl on the Roadster. Whenever I come to a complete stop in my RAV4 EV, there is a strange mechanical whirring coming from the direction...
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    Rav4EV sighting

    I saw blue and silver Rav4 EVs on Portola Rd in Portola Valley this morning, one brand new white one in the parking lot of Fry's Palo Alto store. In Chicago this weekend I did not see a single EV of any kind, no Leaf, no Tesla, no Volt, no Rav4.
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    Rav4EV sighting

    Tonight (6/11), AT&T Park, Lot A, White RAV4 EV (from Carson Toyota, looks brand new).
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    Buying vs. Leasing a RAV4 EV?

    $514 includes tax, the $4xx price does not. The lease payment is higher than earlier this year due to lower residual and slightly higher selling price.
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    Roadsters to be retrofitted with ability to SuperCharge?

    Don't you think tesla has some kind of VIN authentication for supercharging?
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    ALL POSTS - GOM - Range Meter - Distance To Empty meter

    The mileage drop may be the computer adjusting to your driving style. The tire sound is not normal. I would take outback to your dealer ASAP.
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    Buying vs. Leasing a RAV4 EV?

    There is no "toyota cash." You can get 16500 off the lease and buy the car the very next day after you take delivery. Or you can lease the car at zero interest and take your time on deciding. If you buy the car at lease end you will have paid a total of about $20 in interest ("rent") more than...
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    Buying vs. Leasing a RAV4 EV?

    The imputed interest on the lease is basically zero. You can lease with zero down and then buy out the lease 1 day later and it would be much cheaper than buying up front. But why buy when you can pay down the lease slowly and see how the EV market unfolds in the next 3 years?
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    Dec 2014 sales Rav4 EV - "37" Production Ended Aug 2014

    Yep, that's what I did: blue 2011 LEAF for blue RAV4 EV when my lease was up
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    Rav4EV sighting

    White, at Bellano coffee in Santa Clara, this morning.
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    Rav4EV sighting

    AT&T Park, Lot A, Blue. Tonight.
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    One less RAV4 EV on the road, I think...

    Buy the wrecked car from the insurance company and keep the battery and the electronics as cheap spares for the new one you buy.
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    Rav4EV sighting

    Brand new silver, southbound on 101 in Palo Alto this morning (Palo Alto Toyota dealer license plate frame). Owner may want to pay less attention to his phone while driving.
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    mildew smell from ventilation system

    This has been noticed before by others. May be the design of the a/c system. If you can figure out where the air intake for the a/c is, try running the a/c on recirc and spray some Lysol into the intake and let it run for a while.
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