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#237 of 254 decent MPG's for 2008 Rav4 4WD by guyverfanboy Jan 09, 2009 (3:09 pm)
The best MPG I have gotten is 32.31 on the highway which because I was going downhill and coasting a bit too.   I averaged about 27.21 on the highway going 75-80 MPH (my mother-in-law's boyfriend is a speed demon)   The lowest in town MPG i have gotten is 18.25 because of using the heater in the car to stay warm.   I usually average around 20 MPG in town mileage.
#238 of 254 Re: '07 4-cyl 4wd... does engine oil and/or brand of gas matter? [tigersfan] by rich1813 Mar 28, 2009 (9:01 pm)
Replying to: tigersfan (Oct 27, 2007 7:37 am) Have a 2008 Rav4 Limited. I've replaced the oil - it's the 4cyl without 4WD. I use Mobil 1 synthetic, and due to the bypass feature noted on the oil filter in manual, I buy the Toyota filter from dealer - about the same price as in auto parts store. I use the 0-20W. Owners manual for the 4cyl says 5-20W is OK, but to replace it as soon as you can. I think the 6cyl uses the 5-20W as std.   Curious question - when the engine is running and hasn't warmed yet, and you shift into reverse, it clunks in a bit, and then when shift into drive, it engages a bit harder. The issue goes away if the engine warms for a few minutes and the rpm drops slightly. Any one else have similar issues?
#239 of 254 Re: 2009 4wd sport 4cyl [sage3] by tchester May 01, 2009 (1:14 pm)
Replying to: sage3 (Nov 04, 2008 2:47 pm) Thanks for your comparison of real world numbers to the computer numbers! Your numbers are amazingly close, with the real world fairly close to the computer numbers, down by 0 - 3%.   I got much worse real world results comparing to the computer numbers.   Here are the real tank MPG vs. the computer estimates on a trip from San Diego County to the Grand Canyon and back on 23-27 April 2009, using a 2009 Rav4 2wd with 7000 miles on it (I don't know the engine size, but the car was pretty peppy, so it may have been a 6 cyl):   tank MPG Computer MPG Comparison of Actual to Computer MPG 28.0 29.6 -5.4% SD County to Kingman, AZ 26.6 29.8 -10.7% Kingman to GC to near Prescott 30.1 31.8 -5.3% near Prescott to Quartzite, AZ 25.5 26.1 -2.3% Quartzite to SD County   Nearly all of the above was highway mileage. The computer mpg was reset at every fillup. All fillups except the initial one were done by me in a consistent manner. The computer numbers are off by 2 to 11%!   Does anyone know why the computer mpg isn't accurate? It should be bang-on, since it knows how much gas went into the engine, and it knows the mileage   BTW, at least some of the variation in the above numbers is due to elevation differences, since the mpg depends strongly on whether one has a net uphill or net downhill.
#240 of 254 2008 4WD 4cyl by guyverfanboy May 17, 2009 (12:06 pm)
Driving from South Lake Tahoe to home (San Jose), I was able to get 33.31 MPG but that was because it was mostly down hill + coasting.
#241 of 254 very short trip by guyverfanboy Jun 14, 2009 (1:31 am)
It was only 120 miles round trip to San Francisco and back to San Jose round trip, I average 29.33 MPG going 67 MPH.
#242 of 254 Real World MPG by robh1 Jun 30, 2009 (1:04 pm)
I picked up a new 2009 RAV4 V6 Sport 4 weeks ago. My average mileage around town during the first 3 weeks was 24.1mpg for the initial 1,500 miles. I just returned from a 5-day 1,300 mile trip to Montreal from Michigan. During the 600 mile drive to Montreal got 28.2mpg driving 65-75mph. On the return trip we took some side trips and got stuck in over an hour of stop-and-go traffic in Toronto, but still managed 27.1mpg. All mileages are from the vehicle computer and were not checked against fuel purchases.
#243 of 254 Going on a cross country road trip by guyverfanboy Jul 02, 2009 (1:21 am)
My wife and I are going on a cross country road trip from here in San Jose to Smithfield, NC. Then from there to Washington DC, then home. So it'll be more than 6k miles in our 2008 Rav4 w/ 4WD from July 6th-August 2nd. Replies to this message: slr9589 (Jul 14, 2009 7:27 am)
#244 of 254 Re: Going on a cross country road trip [guyverfanboy] by slr9589 Jul 14, 2009 (7:27 am)
Replying to: guyverfanboy (Jul 02, 2009 1:21 am) hi, got an 2008 plain jayne rav 4 with 31k on it . I am now consistently getting 29.5 mpg"s across the boards...not bad...though the unit downshifts a lot in cruise control. stephen
#245 of 254 7,200 mile cross country trip by guyverfanboy Aug 03, 2009 (12:48 am)
Here is what my wife and I got driving from San Jose, CA to Smithfield, NC. From there to Washington DC and then home.   I-40 E to NC and then I-80 W back home.   28.12 (~70 MPH) 29.18 (~70 MPH) 29.65 (~70 MPH) 29.28 (~70 MPH) 30.27 (~70 MPH) 26.78 (~70-75 MPH) 27.89 (~70 MPH) 28.80 (~70 MPH) 23.63 (50% in town & HWY) 23.59 (50% in town & HWY) 23.59 (50% in town & HWY) 28.06 (~65 MPH) 23.96 (50% in town & HWY) 26.61 (89 Octane with 10% ehtanol? I am not sure on how much ethanol. I nearly ran out of gas on that tank!) 27.07 (~65 MPH) 25.04 (~65 MPH) 29.92 (~65 MPH) 26.82 (~65 MPH) 31.41 (going down some mountains most of the time) 30.65 (going down hill) 28.47 (~65 MPH)   Not too shabby I have to say. I'll try to drive 65 MPH next long driving trip to save money and gas.   Edit: My wife and I own a 4 cylinder 2008 Rav4 4WD. We'll be trading it in for a 2008 V6 4WD or a 2009 V6 4WD sometime soon.
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