New Rav Ground Clearance

[silly sausage]

Mrs Denshaw... " The new Rav looks lower than ours, will it catch the ground when i collect the eggs from the Farm ?......... Oh dear ! .....showed her this.

[jolly-friar]

Very interesting...

So who is going to be first to try then ? :)

OH took my Rav offroad with me in the passenger seat... but I didn't see much, because I had my eyes shut for most of it...

But, it was interesting to find out what it could do...

PS... And I made him clean it when we got home !

[Parts-King]

Been there.............done that.............OFFROAD too!!

Squeaky bum time :D:

[Big Kev]

Mrs Denshaw... " The new Rav looks lower than ours, will it catch the ground when i collect the eggs from the Farm ?......... Oh dear ! .....showed her this.

Surely, Paul....if one can afford a 4.4 Rav one can afford to have les oeufs sent round, what......? Or drop Mrs. Denshaw at the farm road end, and read yer paper whilst she walks to and from the farm......?

Witheld.

[CharlieFarlie]

Or do as we do and get some hens in the garden ????

[firemac]

No Tesco's in Lancashire??

[silly sausage]

Or do as we do and get some hens in the garden ????

She's terrified of birds Charlie ! Budgies to Vultures !..............You've no idea what i have to put up with

[CharlieFarlie]

Eat your hearts out CRV Pussies...........................

[firemac]

Eat your hearts out CRV Pussies...........................

Just you watch, that !Removed! Suburu video will start doing the rounds again!!

[philip42h]

Interesting video ... I'd quite like to see them drive straight across the obstacle (rather than cocking a rear wheel) but I doubt the RAV would make it. Another

suggests that the new RAV 4.4 really shouldn't be considered an off-road vehicle at all. It still has the traction to handle steep inclines, grass, gravel and snow - same great 4-wheel drive system as before - but it certainly doesn't have the ground clearance for rocks and ruts - or not that much more that a standard road car.

I'm not meaning to 'dis' the new RAV in any way - I've just about bought one - but we (me especially) need to take it for what it is today rather than what the original RAV once was.

[Big Kev]

Interesting video ... I'd quite like to see them drive straight across the obstacle (rather than cocking a rear wheel) but I doubt the RAV would make it. Another

suggests that the new RAV 4.4 really shouldn't be considered an off-road vehicle at all. It still has the traction to handle steep inclines, grass, gravel and snow - same great 4-wheel drive system as before - but it certainly doesn't have the ground clearance for rocks and ruts - or not that much more that a standard road car.

I'm not meaning to 'dis' the new RAV in any way - I've just about bought one - but we (me especially) need to take it for what it is today rather than what the original RAV once was.

The voice of reason........it's a bloody car, a very capable one, but a car none the lessful.......if your weans are into horses, it will pull its wee house over wet grass. If your wean likes Sherpa Tensing, buy a Land Cruiser.

Some diddy is going to watch that Rav McTonka video, and come a right cropper........love to hear what their insurance man would say........"Ye drove yer CAR where.......?"

[silly sausage]

Agreed Chaps, IMHO the Rav is very possibly the best all rounder. I've taken ours through some incredibly poor road conditions, snow drifts and all, without issue. In normal conditions they're a great motorway car, I did a 280 miles round trip taking our youngest to Newcastle Uni on Sunday, fully laden 44mpg overall.

On the subject of the intelligent four wheel drive, I see Land Rover :censor: have reworked the drivetrain on the 2014 Evoque in order to improve drivability and fuel economy by adopting (copying via Japan ?) a system that 'switches to 2wd in normal road conditions and also torque vectoring a la Rav 4.4 !

[Parts-King]

I'm not meaning to 'dis' the new RAV in any way - I've just about bought one - but we (me especially) need to take it for what it is today rather than what the original RAV once was.

The 4.1 RAV was OK off road but nothing fantastic, it did have a bit of ground clearance tho

Those ramps and the like used in youtube videos dont give a true picture. if you want to try a RAV off road and see it's TRUE capability, book a day at MOTOR SAFARI they have been running Toyota RAV and Landcruisers for years. I did a 4x4 event there a few months back and was truly astonished at what both models could do in true off road conditions

Kingo