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No warranty, no value. I mean you might get lucky but you should not have to pay for a car twice.

Drive unit seems to be the kingpin for lots of trouble. As long as Toyota/Tesla is paying you may as well stick it out. I could not mentally handle these repairs, delays and costs. I had to let mine go.

I would take the car in under warranty with the seller and verify the drive unit is covered. Get this done before the transaction is complete.

Ask for a Mirai ;)

Mine did the intermittent buzzing for what seemed like the first few months when I bought it new. Then the buzzing stopped except maybe a couple times. I call normal and wait to see how it goes.

I recommend a hardwired Clipper Creek LCS 30. This requires a 30 amp circuit and provides 24 amps to the vehicle. Plenty of power. To charge at max rate you need HCS 50. This requires 50 amp circuit and provides 40 amps to the vehicle. Just 2 hots and a ground is required. Neutral is not...

If you poke around the forum you will find lots of oddball errors that were fixed with a new 12v battery. Good chance of being disabled too. Keep reading, this has been an issue once the oem battery reaches two or three years. Battery does not care about your budget issues.

Maybe you could swap it all to right hand drive ;)

Leave the hood up overnight. Check the battery voltage in the morning after a rest. Check voltage before you touch the car. Any load like opening the door will affect the results. 12.5+ is probably fine. s/b 12.7+ 12.4 or less is probably time for a new battery. If an AGM battery has...

You needed an old fashioned jump start to get you to the battery store.

San Diego? Ask Tony about a preferred dealer for the work you need.

Yes neutral works just fine to push the vehicle at low speed.

I have just never heard of an extended warranty getting fully used to the full value of a vehicle until the RAV4-EV. Who would really suspect this is even possible? Very few read the entire contract.

If you have basically used up most of the extended warranty... would it be ethical to sell the vehicle and represent the warranty still exits?

I understand that Toyota replaces the entire Tesla drive unit as a single component. Not pulling it all apart to just replace the electric motor component. Actually $10,000 is lower than many have been quoted.

Besides Nissan who is really committed to CHAdeMo?

Also consider Hyundai KONA EV or the Kia Niro EV https://www.hyundaiusa.com/kona-electric/index.aspx https://www.kia.com/us/en/content/vehicles/upcoming-vehicles/2019-niro-ev?file=gallery_niro-ev_2019_exterior_white I would stay away from Nissan LEAF due to battery degradation issues. I...

Through Toyota I believe the heater module is close to $3,000. QuickChargePower says $2,500. https://shop.quickchargepower.com/SERVICE-Toyota-RAV4-EV-2012-2014-REPAIR-CABIN-HEATER-RAV4HTRREPAIR.htm Many reports of heater failure also takes out the DC-DC converter and could double the price...

I would buy something else. Poor support and very high cost of repairs if something does happen. Traded mine for an I-Pace end of 2018 and could not be happier. Heater had quit and trans was starting to make noise again. Range was marginal for my needs. Battery capacity did hold up very well.

Just drive. Enjoy the car. It is what it is. Or trade it in... is what I did.