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#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.
#1787 of 2123 2000 RAV4 having trouble accelerating... by andybeard Mar 21, 2005 (8:10 am)
My RAV has 111,000 miles...yes a lot. I drive 60+ miles per day. In Oct 2004 the car was having trouble accelerating...it would get up to 15 MPH and almost stall. Once it got up to 50 MPH+ it was ok. I took it in to the shop and they said it was low on oil and they could find nothing else wrong with it. They changed a couple of belts and that was it. Now in March 2005 it is doing it again. My regular mechanic was closed on Sunday so I took it into Precision Tune. The did a diagnostic too and could find nothing wrong except some carbon build up and they said it could possibly be a faulty catalytic converter.   Today it sits at my regular mechanic's shop and they will be looking for this mysterious problem. Any suggestions? I have owned it for 3 years and I have had no problems with it until last Fall when I began commuting these long distances. Please help! Replies to this message: escapenut (Mar 21, 2005 11:15 am) andybeard (Mar 29, 2005 5:46 pm)
#1788 of 2123 Re: 2000 RAV4 having trouble accelerating... [andybeard] by escapenut Mar 21, 2005 (11:15 am)
Replying to: andybeard (Mar 21, 2005 8:10 am) I'm not a mechanic but it does sound like a classic case of either/or; the carbon or the cat-converter. My guess would be the converter, but it probably wouldn't hurt to have the upper-engine de-carboned using a shop's BG/Wynn's/Justice Bros. machine and chemicals. The service really does help if the intake is carboned-up bad. Not sure what a cat-converter runs for the RAV4, but your mechanic will inevitably be cheaper than Toyota. Replies to this message: andybeard (Mar 29, 2005 5:46 pm)

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