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Post by sich1 on Sept 12, 2024 19:03:38 GMT
still driving my 54 plate 4.2.5 110k on the clock and getting a bit tired with a bit of rust here and there underneath.
if it makes it through the mot this november without big expense i will sell up sometime next year.
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Post by charliefarlie on Sept 12, 2024 19:45:56 GMT
still driving my 54 plate 4.2.5 110k on the clock and getting a bit tired with a bit of rust here and there underneath. if it makes it through the mot this november without big expense i will sell up sometime next year. I thought you’d recently bought a Hybrid Stu ?? |
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Post by Cragz on Sept 13, 2024 7:49:16 GMT
Still Driving my 64 Plate 2Ltr Diesel with 56K Miles. Still thoroughly enjoy driving a Manual car and just overall a good product. Has only required usual serviceable consumables Brake Discs, Pads, Tyres etc in the 8 yrs I’ve owned it. I joined this forum when I first got my previous RAV4 to the one I have now. Will be hanging onto it as long as I can.
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Post by stewpot on Sept 13, 2024 12:45:53 GMT
Yes now on my 4th Rav mk1 mk2 Mk3 and now mk4 still have my Mk 3 17yrs of virtually trouble free motoring, and mk4 too techy for me but a lovely car, if I had money 💰 I might go for a Lexus but will keep my mk3 Rav as well👍
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Post by charliefarlie on Sept 13, 2024 14:50:17 GMT
Yes now on my 4th Rav mk1 mk2 Mk3 and now mk4 still have my Mk 3 17yrs of virtually trouble free motoring, and mk4 too techy for me but a lovely car, if I had money 💰 I might go for a Lexus but will keep my mk3 Rav as well👍 I don’t think the Mk4 is any more techy that the Mk3 … Apart from the engine revisions to avoid those issues with the earlier cars and a different body shape not much changed .. Both were excellent cars for their period even if they are a little outdated now . I would say the Hybrid and on cars are more techy though .. But then all the late cars from all brands are far more complex by way of the electric generation. 🤙🤙 |
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Post by sich1 on Sept 13, 2024 16:15:49 GMT
still driving my 54 plate 4.2.5 110k on the clock and getting a bit tired with a bit of rust here and there underneath. if it makes it through the mot this november without big expense i will sell up sometime next year. I thought you’d recently bought a Hybrid Stu ?? not chnaged yet charlie, was getting serious in my viewing but nearly all i wanted ...excel or dynamic + AWD + low miles + dealer supplied was just out of reach in the £ dept that i was willing to spend. with luck the 4.2 will pass this MOT in november with as little cost as possible and then be sold. yaris cross is looking better now with 130HP as was a bit of a let down before that. the ravs 8.5 ish 0-60 was one of its selling points to me. |
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Post by charliefarlie on Sept 13, 2024 16:26:55 GMT
I thought you’d recently bought a Hybrid Stu ?? not chnaged yet charlie, was getting serious in my viewing but nearly all i wanted ...excel or dynamic + AWD + low miles + dealer supplied was just out of reach in the £ dept that i was willing to spend. with luck the 4.2 will pass this MOT in november with as little cost as possible and then be sold. yaris cross is looking better now with 130HP as was a bit of a let down before that. the ravs 8.5 ish 0-60 was one of its selling points to me. If it wasn’t for the towing or space in the RAV4 we wouldn’t still have it. Nearly all the miles which aren’t that many get done in the wee IQ…. Yaris cross is nice buy I’m not sure about the looks. Normal Yaris to me is a cracking looking car though. As the years pass I get less interested in cars. I still love cars but I’m not keen partially because they’re getting to complex with all this eclectrickery .. |
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Post by flyboyprowler on Sept 13, 2024 16:28:02 GMT
Well, lo and behold, the little Mk2 sailed through its Spanish MOT today!!! I was expecting maybe a suspension issue or possibly emissions but joy on joys we are good for another year. In comparison, the little Ignis went to the garage with what appeared to be a failing gearbox or clutch. It was revving and dying and wouldn't climb a hill. And the result, the gearbox oil was a "little" low and it took them 9 days to find that out. Joy and despair in one day. Off to the bar!!  |
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Post by sich1 on Sept 13, 2024 17:42:12 GMT
not chnaged yet charlie, was getting serious in my viewing but nearly all i wanted ...excel or dynamic + AWD + low miles + dealer supplied was just out of reach in the £ dept that i was willing to spend. with luck the 4.2 will pass this MOT in november with as little cost as possible and then be sold. yaris cross is looking better now with 130HP as was a bit of a let down before that. the ravs 8.5 ish 0-60 was one of its selling points to me. If it wasn’t for the towing or space in the RAV4 we wouldn’t still have it. Nearly all the miles which aren’t that many get done in the wee IQ…. Yaris cross is nice buy I’m not sure about the looks. Normal Yaris to me is a cracking looking car though. As the years pass I get less interested in cars. I still love cars but I’m not keen partially because they’re getting to complex with all this eclectrickery .. sell it to me ......job done |
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Post by davrav on Sept 13, 2024 18:18:31 GMT
If it wasn’t for the towing or space in the RAV4 we wouldn’t still have it. Nearly all the miles which aren’t that many get done in the wee IQ…. Yaris cross is nice buy I’m not sure about the looks. Normal Yaris to me is a cracking looking car though. As the years pass I get less interested in cars. I still love cars but I’m not keen partially because they’re getting to complex with all this eclectrickery .. sell it to me ......job done There’s a queue and you are behind me😉 |
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Post by stewpot on Sept 14, 2024 9:44:29 GMT
Yes now on my 4th Rav mk1 mk2 Mk3 and now mk4 still have my Mk 3 17yrs of virtually trouble free motoring, and mk4 too techy for me but a lovely car, if I had money 💰 I might go for a Lexus but will keep my mk3 Rav as well👍 I don’t think the Mk4 is any more techy that the Mk3 … Apart from the engine revisions to avoid those issues with the earlier cars and a different body shape not much changed .. Both were excellent cars for their period even if they are a little outdated now . I would say the Hybrid and on cars are more techy though .. But then all the late cars from all brands are far more complex by way of the electric generation. 🤙🤙 |
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Post by stewpot on Sept 14, 2024 9:57:42 GMT
I do not actually mean too much technology, I am 73 now and I am ashamed to say finding it very difficult to work things out on a day to day basis, I find the settings on the info,and audio very complicated and even the stalk controls on the steering column confusing, cruise control etc,tbh it's all a bit much for me I had a very basic Peugeot as a courtesy car one clock a few switches and it suited me fine 🙂 Stew
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Post by philip42h on Sept 14, 2024 11:30:29 GMT
I do not actually mean too much technology, I am 73 now and I am ashamed to say finding it very difficult to work things out on a day to day basis, I find the settings on the info,and audio very complicated and even the stalk controls on the steering column confusing, cruise control etc,tbh it's all a bit much for me I had a very basic Peugeot as a courtesy car one clock a few switches and it suited me fine 🙂 Stew I'm much younger - only 69 - but I'm finding modern cars easier and easier to drive. There's a start/stop button, a forwards / backwards selector, a pedal for go and a pedal for stop and a pointing wheel! And a gazillion customisation options that folk get really, really worked-up about but I simply ignore and leave on factory default settings! I'm hoping that within the next ten to fifteen years we'll get to proper autonomous driving so that I don't have to bother about that bit either!  |
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Post by davrav on Sept 14, 2024 13:31:02 GMT
For the most part a car to me is a tool for getting me, any passengers and or cargo from A to B. As with any tool, if it is not intuitive and ergonomic to use it is less useful. I do not want or need to be wasting time with multitudes of settings hidden behind opaque menus.
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Post by charliefarlie on Sept 14, 2024 16:18:56 GMT
I do not actually mean too much technology, I am 73 now and I am ashamed to say finding it very difficult to work things out on a day to day basis, I find the settings on the info,and audio very complicated and even the stalk controls on the steering column confusing, cruise control etc,tbh it's all a bit much for me I had a very basic Peugeot as a courtesy car one clock a few switches and it suited me fine 🙂 Stew Stu I’m horribly dyslexic which often limits my understanding of things technical… I usually get there but slowly. There are various screens I’ve never used on my car. I use the radio screen and the sat nav none of the others in the menu are any use to me so I never look at them. Switchgear I’m ok with 99% of the time. I’d owned my car for 7 or so years before I realised it had reverse sensors. I must of touched the button which activated them when cleaning probably. I thought because the car has a reverse camera the sensors in the bumper were dummies or not connected. The beauty of our wee IQ is there’s no kit on it. It’s very basic with sparse equipment which suits me. Only problem is if the radio needs tuning cos I have to get the gaffer to sort that out.l 👍👍 |
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