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#1777 of 2123 Re: Sludge [rav4u] by scoti1 Mar 02, 2005 (5:07 am)
Replying to: rav4u (Feb 28, 2005 5:23 pm) While you are still under warranty, your best protection is to get all of your oil changes at the most frequent recommended interval at a Toyota dealership. Their argument in the earlier sludge fiasco was that owners weren't changing their oil. If an owner had proof, they ignored it. They can't ignore it if they are the ones changing the oil and maintaining the vehicle.
#1778 of 2123 Re: Redo of Rav4 ? by mikelevine64 [mikelevine64] by toyotaguy2 Mar 02, 2005 (9:17 am)
Replying to: mikelevine64 (Nov 01, 2004 4:29 pm) Redo of Rav4 Coming for 2006 Model Year, All I have heard is that it will have a 285hp engine. Replies to this message: escapenut (Mar 02, 2005 11:14 am) rbleland (Mar 02, 2005 12:52 pm)
#1779 of 2123 Re: Redo of Rav4 ? by mikelevine64 [toyotaguy2] by escapenut Mar 02, 2005 (11:14 am)
Replying to: toyotaguy2 (Mar 02, 2005 9:17 am) Toyotaguy2 : Do you mean a 185HP engine, as 285HP would be more powerful than most of the Toyota truck line ? Also, it would make the most powerful compact SUV bar-none and would even out-class some mid-large SUV's in power.
#1780 of 2123 Re: Redo of Rav4 ? by mikelevine64 [toyotaguy2] by rbleland Mar 02, 2005 (12:52 pm)
Replying to: toyotaguy2 (Mar 02, 2005 9:17 am) Yes, it will be new in '06 with a V6 optional engine. Have not heard hp but 185hp is a reasonable guess (285 cannot be correct). I've seen pix and it looks more aggressive. I thought it looked good IMO.
#1781 of 2123 Where are the pics by ronstoy Mar 02, 2005 (10:46 pm)
Howdy rbleland, where are some pics we can look at?
#1783 of 2123 2006 RAV4 pix by rbleland Mar 03, 2005 (7:45 am)
Can't recall exactly but know it was in Autoweek.com. Replies to this message: 307web (Mar 07, 2005 3:28 pm)
#1784 of 2123 Re: 2006 RAV4 pix [rbleland] by 307web Mar 07, 2005 (3:28 pm)
Replying to: rbleland (Mar 03, 2005 7:45 am) Aren't the "pics" only overstyled artist's renderings, not true photos of what they will actually look like?
#1785 of 2123 Just a bit of info by scape2 Mar 07, 2005 (8:06 pm)
on new 05 RAV4. Read in Motor Trend mag that the new 05 RAV4 will be larger to compete with CRV/Escape/VUE/Liberty sized vehicles. Also will offer a 3.3 V6. Replies to this message: escapenut (Mar 09, 2005 9:02 am)
#1786 of 2123 Re: Just a bit of info [scape2] by escapenut Mar 09, 2005 (9:02 am)
Replying to: scape2 (Mar 07, 2005 8:06 pm) Hmmmm... a hair-larger and a 3.3 V6 would be nice. I've got a 2001 Escape V6. Still runs great at 66K miles. However, if I'm in the market again in a couple of years then I may would consider one w/the 3.3 V6 or a pumped-up four-banger at 180+HP. It sounds to me, if the above info. is correct then the 3.3 could easily output 200 HP+.   This would probably be a higher-end option on the new RAV4, which could easily put the RAV4 in 30K territory w/AWD. If they offered the 4-banger at the entry /lower end then it would obviously be at lesser cost.   My wife curently has an '03 RAV4, low-low mileage as she drives 3/4 mile to/from work everyday. Hardly enough to get the engine heated-up. When she first got the car we went on a short vacation. We got 29mpg on a particularly good stretch, but generally on the highway it's about 25mpg. In town it's about 22mpg. The main complaint I had was the visit(s) back to the dealer three (3) times to the get the well-documented dash-noise(s) taken care of. To their credit I finally believe that they got right the 3rd time. I had a minor door-ratle in my Escape which I took car of, but otherwise my Escape is pretty solid. The RAV4 seems more solid, now that the dash-noise has been taken of.

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