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6year/125,000 miles for $995.00 frontier Toyota Valencia,CA Bought the VSA platinum at 35,400 miles I have a 2013 RAV4 EV ( purchased August 2013) Motor has been replaced, ECU Also replaced, coolant G 48 flushed as well Total of 12-14 visits in the service department in less than 2 years. (...

After 25,000 miles, 15 months of ownership..i got the check EV system display. i was unable to start the EV and all lights were ON ( except for READY) called a tow truck to bring it to the dealer. Service Department did the 25,000 miles toyota care, replaced the G-48 coolant and replaced the...

Let me start by saying this, Most of the people who go into car forums to post are either 1. car enthusiast or 2. finding a solution to a problem or answer to a question ( too lazy to read the manual) and the rest of the owners are trouble free. You rarely find a post like, drove my car today...

i read the thread title again and I'm a little confused. So, you will be trading a perfectly capable Crossover for a sedan? i understand IF the trade is for a model X.

Well let 's see.. I currently have 3 BEVs right now... roadster, S85 and RAV4 EV. Im buying my RAV4 EV when the lease expires. By the way, a lot of people lined up for the BMW i3, and a number of them got disappointed after a few months of ownership. long story short, they returned the i3 and...

I have the Blizzard Pearl. It was a toss between that or the silver. But we have another silver SUV so we went with the pearl( white). We traded a blue ribbon metallic Prius Four and after 3 years with a dar color that shows swirls and dirt more than the light colors, we never considered the...

that somebody got screwed! big time! i have bought "leased" vehicles, and there's no way they'll inspect it before turning it over to you. Technically, if you lease today, you can buy it tomorrow.. ( there's a buy off quote in your statement) you just send them the check and that's it...

ICE : Land Rover Range Rover HSE, Lexus RX 350 BEVs : Tesla Roadster, Tesla Model S 85kw and Toyota RAV4 EV We drive to Vancouver, BC ( From LA area) 3 to 4 times a year since we have family there. Our go to cars are the SUVs/CUVs since we want to do a 9-10hr/day x 2 days of travel. the BEVs...

Absolutely, even on a standard charge. ( 80% battery capacity). My daily commute to work is 43 miles one way ( total of 86 miles) with 85% highway/ 15%city. I drive 70-75 miles/hr when possible so as you can see, i don't drive it like a Grandma I get home with 91-95 actual driven miles ( trip...

The number you see on the GOM Is based on your previous driving history. You must have driven agrresively. Don't worry it's ok, you have more miles than that. My standard charging gives me 92-95 BUT im able to do 90 miles of actual drving and 12-15 left on the GOM OR 2-3 bars. I don't...

any change on the range? i'm afraid to do any modification especially one that can affect the aerodynamics of the RAv4 EV. i tried a bike rack and it decreased the mile/kw a lot

^ right! a lot of functions are disabled while you're driving. You can use voice command instead. it has a little learning curve, but more convenient.

^ i use the same technique to hypermile. Using B mode instead of the brakes, which means foot of the pedal a few blocks before the stop light. Pulse and glide is another technique, you accelerate rapidly and then let the RAV4 EV do its thing. Very helpful especially when coming downhill...

How many miles do you drive a day? I do a minimum of 80 ( round trip) and i get home with 12-17 left on the GOM. Standard charging ONLY. 35 psi on all 4s. I used to hypermile with our Prius. Tried doing it on the RAV4 EV at 44. Bottomline, i don't like the harsher/ stiffer ride and the...

[url]http://www.toyota.com/t3Portal/document/omms/T-MMS-13RAV4EV/pdf/2013_Toyota_RAV4%20EV_WMG_lr.pdf/url] cabin air filter is $69 dealer installed. ( they changed mine at 15,000 miles) you can buy one online and easily replace it for $20.00 looking at the things that will be done, you...