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Hi owners, just wondering if you would you look at purchasing another RAV4 in the future? I'm very much looking forward to test driving one soon!

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H Clarke

Yes 100%. Love mine

David Josey

Yes absolutely, it’s an excellent car, well built, comfortable, good handling and bags of power. I have a PHEV which has a battery range of. between around 46 to 54 miles dependent on weather and driving conditions, last summer I was getting over 56 miles on a charge so for my usage pattern it’s a full EV for over 90% of the time as most days I do less than 50 miles.

It also appears to be a car that holds its value well and is likely to continue to do so. So for instance my car is a September 2021 and has done around 15k miles. I paid just under £42k for it and was told today that it was worth £38k in trade in against another one which seems to be pretty good when I compare it’s second hand value against similar cars from other manufacturers.

William

Yes I would.

Current car is a 4.5 PHEV which replaced a 4.4 HEV.

Did a lot of research before getting on the RAV4 train as it were.

Stephen Dowling

Yes I would too. I am on my second. Mine is a PHEV and like David I am driving around on electric for most of the time, I charge it up a couple of time a week via an ordinary 3 pin socket.
Then car looks good, performs well, is very spacious (for my fishing gear, and the wife’s luggage when going away!) and is extremely comfortable.

ernieb

I've had my PHEV since May '21, more than happy with the car sometimes frustrated with the hit and miss MyT app connection. I also drive the majority of my local miles on EV charged from the 240v granny cable. Easy full charge overnight. If I look at my last years averages then the average overall mpg equivalent is currently showing as 160mpg. Not real obviously but gives a good indication of how well the car performs.
Overall I get on average 46+miles per charge and my current rolling average is showing 3.3m/kWh. Motorway speeds when it's cold, windy, dark and the heating on the range will be below 40miles for me. Summer at motorway speeds with A/C it will be over 50miles. Local miles in the summer will nearly reach 60 miles.
The car feels well planted, safe on the road if not necessary safe if parked overnight in an urban area. I've now taken to fitting a steering wheel lock and hope that Toyota will provide a fix to the vulnerability that exists if talented thieves remove the offside wheel arch cover and link a box into the light connector and reprogram the systems via the OBD port to accept a new key that they had had made. I'm not paranoid about the potential problem but it's worth being aware.

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