by cwerdna (Posted Fri, 28 Jun 2013 21:17:30 GMT)
He posted his rant about the Rav4 EV at http://www.myrav4ev.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=4574. If I were in his shoes and had his many probs, I'd have my experienced soured by it too, even though I'm a Toyota (and Nissan) fan. The Toyotas in our family have been pretty reliable.
I think you might be best served by searching for his posts in this thread. He used to really like the vehicle for the range and power, until he had all that trouble (gearbox noise and check EV system downtime).
After the gateway ECU repairs, it seems like it's been reliable enough for him (?) to get him from San Diego to Canada (track him at http://share.findmespot.com/shared/face ... ShMhhalQHv). I haven't seen him post on FB or anywhere about the problem cropping up again but have been semi-following his posts and beacon page.
Let's see if that's still the case when he completes his drive back down to the Mexican border.
Maybe you can meet up with him when he gets back down to So Cal (e.g. at a meet or at the BC2BC end point/along the way)?
SuperBlack wrote:
Tony,
As an experienced RAV4 EV owner now, can you give us an update on your *honest* impressions of the car, as compared with the Leaf?
IIRC, you needed more range, and the RAV does offer that, but how much more in real daily life?
Aside from that, how do you feel about the driving experience and comfort, again compared to the Leaf?
As an experienced RAV4 EV owner now, can you give us an update on your *honest* impressions of the car, as compared with the Leaf?
IIRC, you needed more range, and the RAV does offer that, but how much more in real daily life?
Aside from that, how do you feel about the driving experience and comfort, again compared to the Leaf?
He posted his rant about the Rav4 EV at http://www.myrav4ev.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=4574. If I were in his shoes and had his many probs, I'd have my experienced soured by it too, even though I'm a Toyota (and Nissan) fan. The Toyotas in our family have been pretty reliable.
I think you might be best served by searching for his posts in this thread. He used to really like the vehicle for the range and power, until he had all that trouble (gearbox noise and check EV system downtime).
After the gateway ECU repairs, it seems like it's been reliable enough for him (?) to get him from San Diego to Canada (track him at http://share.findmespot.com/shared/face ... ShMhhalQHv). I haven't seen him post on FB or anywhere about the problem cropping up again but have been semi-following his posts and beacon page.
Let's see if that's still the case when he completes his drive back down to the Mexican border.
Maybe you can meet up with him when he gets back down to So Cal (e.g. at a meet or at the BC2BC end point/along the way)?