So I rented a New Rav 4 for the weekend

[dnalunchie]

Hey guys

So as the title suggests i rented a new 2010 Rav 4 for the weekend.

It was the 5 door 2.4ltr auto

Have to say I was REALLY surprised, the engine while not being anything amazing was certainly up to the job, it pulled very nicely even with a few people and ski gear, it got up from 90-120ish with no problems for passing and returned just on 100kms per 10ltr which includes going up and down the mountains and generally giving it a bit of a flogging.

The interior was nice, seats comfy and with decent support, the stereo was good too with USB, Aux and phone connectivity, the back seats could all be folded flat and the thing handled really nice for a big tall suv

I'm not sure if its just that all new cars are this decent or that the new rav 4's are especially good as I rented a new mazda 3 (manual, 2ltr) the other month and was far less impressed.

I could easily live with driving one of these rav's daily and its nice enough for the weekend away too, jesus I hope this doesn't mean I am growing up

[Alex B]

Old lady has one, its a pretty good car really. Fit a shit tonne of stuff in it with the seats folded down.

[NILPSI]

I have driven a few at work, the diesel ones I find are heaps quicker than the petrol equivalent, most likely the turbo. Also the 6 speed manual is a nice gimick

[Lloyd]

There is a blue IS-F there and you took a Rav? Yeah you're getting old. Sorry, "growing up".

The Ravs are a nice option, as Alex says there is a hell of a lot of room in them. Much bigger vehicle than previous versions

[NILPSI]

There is a blue IS-F there and you took a Rav?

Live in Palmy, work in Feilding

We only get graced with the IS-F when we get visitors from TNZ

[Luke - BZG]

We took one of the company Rav4's around the south island on holiday for three weeks earlier this year, wasn't disappointed at all. I'll be getting a new corolla in a while with a 1.5 CVT which I'm a bit worried about, my 1.8 I have now has a bit of go I think will be missing, anyone driven one?

[tsoob]

yeah i rented on when we were in the south island, much the same bro very impressed for what it was

[panda_dan]

3 months ago i bought an 07 corolla wagon 1.5 vvti with 5 speed, 20kms on the clock

really nice car, frugal as on the gas, great on the open road until you get to a hill.

loses it's guts really quick, but that's the trade off for the economy of the 1.5 donk

it was high as a kite, so i put in some tein super lows and it's a new car, handles really nicely (std shocks)

cabin is good, seats wrap around nicely, only prob is no aux for the ipod ! Wife not happy listening to Hauraki

[S T E A L T H]

They are a good little car but they have to be, wih how competitive that sector is getting, with Holden (Captiva 5), Mitsubishi ASX and Quashqai coming in (as well as the usual suspects from Honda Nissan and Ford) the RAV is no longer the default choice it once was.

The new Highlander is a much better car for the relatively small price premium. The 2GR-FE alone is worth paying it for.

[sergei]

really nice car, frugal as on the gas, great on the open road until you get to a hill.

loses it's guts really quick, but that's the trade off for the economy of the 1.5 donk

I find our ist (1NZFE) a bit gutless up the hill (without hitting "OD off" button) even though being a bit lighter than corolla. I would think corolla would be very painful to drive with 1.5 engine....

[Santa'sBoostinSleigh]

our fleet manager at work reckons the Ravs are shite, however I cant recall why...

the Turb. Diesel Suzi Grand Vitara still seems to be my works preferred choice for a small 4WD (preferably low ratio). in saying that we get a 20% discount on them
the Fleet manager says hes staying away from Forresters after the run we've had from them (weve got a couple of diesel ones (turbo, im not sure))

[panda_dan]

really nice car, frugal as on the gas, great on the open road until you get to a hill.

loses it's guts really quick, but that's the trade off for the economy of the 1.5 donk

I find our ist (1NZFE) a bit gutless up the hill (without hitting "OD off" button) even though being a bit lighter than corolla. I would think corolla would be very painful to drive with 1.5 engine....

Honestly it's not too bad ay

Zippy enough round town, and sits happily on 110kms at 2900 revs

And added bonus of using it every day and only filling it up every month

The one thing that annoys me about it is the fly-by-wire accelerator. It takes a second to register you're applying the accelerator, meantime i've let foot off the clutch and often end up stalling.

Plus it revs high between gears, because it has that time-lag back to the computer

Sorry, didn't mean to hijack the thread Mr Rav4