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Replying to: sidious6688 (Jun 18, 2007 2:31 am) Thanks for your input. It means alot. While I don't have any car seats in my life right now~the leg room in general is I'm gathering you purchased the limited? That is what we are thinking of as when our family is all together~our son visiting, he is 6ft tall and with the ability to move the seats back, I think there would be enough leg room. One other question; Does having the full spare bother you in any way? I love the idea that the rear opens like a door rather than a van door as I have a very bad back, thus we are also going for the lumbar support. I have heard you can either get or it comes with a hard shell that is lockable to prevent theft or damage? Thanks again. My family is leaning towards the RAV, now I just have to test drive them one more time and make a decision. |
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Replying to: jerseymom8285 (Jun 18, 2007 7:58 am) Now we will go back to test drive after researching to see what seems to fit better for me. I'm coming from a Windstar Mininvan which I loved, (We had purchased it for moving the kids back and forth to college and for aging parents as well)it that saved my life. So, I'm sure I will have to adjust to the smaller size with either car. But for some reson the Rav seems a bit higher? maybe my imagination? Thanks again.
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Replying to: jerseymom8285 (Jun 18, 2007 8:14 am) No the driving position is higher in the RAV4. So you have a slightly better view of the road (good) but then you also have a higher center of gravity (bad). -Frank |
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Replying to: jerseymom8285 (Jun 18, 2007 7:58 am) I believe the cover for the rear spare tire depends on the trim level you get; base, sport or limited. The sport comes with a hard case that has a elastic sort of grip om the back of the tire. Sounds lame but actually works quite well. I think the limited may have some sort of clamps, but does not actually lock to my knowledge.
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Replying to: kdshapiro (Jun 18, 2007 4:46 am)
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Replying to: sidious6688 (Jun 18, 2007 2:31 pm) |
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Replying to: sidious6688 (Jun 18, 2007 2:38 pm) |
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Replying to: kdshapiro (Jun 18, 2007 6:35 pm) But for me~especially now, safety and comfort is first and foremost. The back seat is a sometimes issue. We only go out all together in one car once in a while now that the kids are older. But since my son is tall, I wanted to make sure he would be comfortable~thanks for the info on how the back seat feels. Mostly the car will be for me and then Hubby on w/e's and for when he skis in the wintertime. But during the week I only go to the gym, grocery shop, doctor appts, etc. Usual errand stuff. I am a low mileage driver~my lifesaving minivan was almost 7 years old and had 32K miles on it. One other question that came up today~is the back door able to be ordered with opening to the left or right? Or does it just open to the left? We could have sworn we saw one that had the tire on the left side which would mena the door would open to the right, right??? Need to get these decisions made. And thanks to all of you this site is really helping! |
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