Rav4 Estimated Delivery, etc

[George Dodds]

55 minutes ago, ZZYGY said:

Just the one I'm waiting for. Build in progress for 5 days now on MyT. Who knows when it will arrive, anytime between April and June, dealer calls monthly but I think they just sit and throw darts at the calendar 🥱

I think there’s a posting on this about how to inspect your order online and see expected delivery date, shipping etc and how the build is progressing. I think it’s called a JSON file 

[ZZYGY]

2 hours ago, George Dodds said:

I think there’s a posting on this about how to inspect your order online and see expected delivery date, shipping etc and how the build is progressing. I think it’s called a JSON file 

Thanks for that George, but I tried it and my order No doesn't show on the Network Tab in Chrome. Not too bothered, I'll probably follow it when the status changes to " Left the Factory"  if I can ID the vessel on Marine Traffic, which I use for other purposes. Just had a look at Nagoya Port and I seems quiet for car carriers today.

[George Dodds]

15 hours ago, ZZYGY said:

Thanks for that George, but I tried it and my order No doesn't show on the Network Tab in Chrome. Not too bothered, I'll probably follow it when the status changes to " Left the Factory"  if I can ID the vessel on Marine Traffic, which I use for other purposes. Just had a look at Nagoya Port and I seems quiet for car carriers today.

Hi, No problem. I found the instructions if you need to try at a later date and here is also a listing for my vehicle if it helps. Good luck. 
 

Log into My Toyota

Choose Purchased

Right click Purchased and choose Inspect

Click on Network (middle of page)

In the Filter area (first column)  type order number (15 numbers) which can be found using your MyToyota app.

000238185320001

Reload/refresh web page

You should see a JSON file under ‘Name’ in the first column, click on that and your full details will appear on screen, showing all stages. 

[grant bembridge]

On 2/3/2022 at 9:41 AM, Fish N Whips said:

So I had an email from Toyota last night saying my black edition is cancelled - quote:

"Your order for the Toyota RAV4 Black Edition was cancelled as we have been unable to fulfill any orders due to levels of stock. The RAV4 is an extremely popular model and, unfortunately, all available production space for UK orders have already been taken"

Phoned my dealer this morning who assures me my order is still live, no problems and to expect delivery May/June.

Might just flip a coin at this stage .... 😉

 

 

Had a call 4th feb 2022 ,

about my black edition order (4 th Sept2021)
the General Manager of My dealer said that they were producing more black edition to cover the high demand in the last days of orders . 
mine was due Jan but now may/June 😊

[Bolt13]

@FROSTYBALLS I meant dealerships are not taking any orders for any RAVs not the Black Edition, as this has now been discontinued - although honouring those with orders in already.

[Flatcoat]

37 minutes ago, Bolt13 said:

@FROSTYBALLS I meant dealerships are not taking any orders for any RAVs not the Black Edition, as this has now been discontinued - although honouring those with orders in already.

??? Doesn’t make sense….. ‘dealerships are not taking any orders for any RAV’s…..’ ???? 

[George Dodds]

1 hour ago, Bolt13 said:

@FROSTYBALLS I meant dealerships are not taking any orders for any RAVs not the Black Edition, as this has now been discontinued - although honouring those with orders in already.

I’m about to trade in my black 2020 RAV4, here’s hoping the value goes up and up! 😁

[philip42h]

29 minutes ago, Flatcoat said:

??? Doesn’t make sense….. ‘dealerships are not taking any orders for any RAV’s…..’ ???? 

It does make sense - from time to time it would appear that Toyota place a short term moratorium on dealers being able to place new orders. That was certainly the case when I bought mine. The dealer stated that they were temporarily unable to place an order for a new car and didn't know when they would be again, but could search through available stock for something that reasonably matched my requirements. And, in the event, I had my car within 5 weeks - at that time I suspect Toyota UK had rather more stock than they really wanted!

I've no real idea what might be the rationale right now but I'd be tempted to guess that Toyota have more orders than they can deliver in the short term ...

[ernieb]

Surely the reason is that with the shortages and Covid they are unable to cope with the current backlog let alone add it it right now. I take the occasional look at the NKH World news and they are continuously talking about the rising covid rates and impact on manufacturing.

[Flatcoat]

Fair point, I hadn’t considered they would simply stope taking orders. I expected a reduction in discounts or less attractive finance. However the situation Must have increased the value of my new car! A colleague of mine collected his 2wd RAV a couple of weeks ago and was immediately offered more by the dealer than he paid for it. In fact he claimed he was offered over list and he is not someone prone to fantasy. 

[forkingabout]

4 hours ago, Flatcoat said:

I expected a reduction in discounts or less attractive finance.

FWIW - As a Toyota employee the employee purchase discount scheme was suspended last October due to lack of vehicle availablity - that's how bad things are.

[wellfed]

On 1/30/2022 at 6:04 PM, Rav Rob said:

Well my new RAV was handed over on Friday (Excel AWD Black, Beige leather ordered early August).

It did turn out to be a 2021, I suspect I missed out on a 2022 by a month or so before the production change.
Not really bothered its not 2022 as changes only minor to my mind. Looks very regal in metallic Black, quite a change from luminous Cyan!

Handed back my 2019 RAV at 65K looking good as new (resisted door dings and stone chips very well) and driving perfect, the Beige leather still looked good without much discolouring and still tight and un-creased or cracked.

Changes on my 2021? well it has Android auto, had a play for about 20 mins and didn't find anything useful (to me) so uninstalled it. I really didn't want bigger wheels, but I will admit it when I am wrong, the 19" over the 18" do look a lot better and fill the arches and have only had a very minor effect on the ride, a very small extra sensitivity to small road blemishes but its still a very comfortable car. Its now got the electronic pedestrian warning sound at low speed my 2019 didn't. Came with Toyo tyres which don't seem too bad. It might be my imagination, but the rear glass looks slightly less tinted than my 2019 but I can't imagine why.

Usual first business, adjusted tyre pressures as they often forget and deliver at 39/40 psi. Set to 34 feels instantly less tippy toe. Need to adjust the headlights up so not too low, as shipped, 2021's don't come with a spare (only reason I am sad about not hitting a 2022 as they do have spare) already ordered a spacesaver kit off The Wheel Shop (£170 shipped), fitted a new rubber boot mat (B&M do a generic one you trim yourself covers 90% of the boot, was fine in my old RAV) installed dashcam, ordered some new rubber cubby inserts from China (existing ones wrong colour now) did all the car and multimedia pairing to app. Its got to go on the road and earn its living tomorrow.

So stuck with me on the group for a while yet haha!

(PS what the heck do I do with an Issho??)

@Rav Rob - Hi - I'm looking for a spacesaver for my 2021 Excel.  Did you order the 18" spare from The Wheel Shop and does it fit under the floor okay?  Cheers in advance

[Rav Rob]

5 minutes ago, wellfed said:

@Rav Rob - Hi - I'm looking for a spacesaver for my 2021 Excel.  Did you order the 18" spare from The Wheel Shop and does it fit under the floor okay?  Cheers in advance

Hi Wellfed, yes, I have used them before for other cars and always had a good experience. As below you get a reasonable quality scissor jack with a ratchet handle, a heavy duty extending wheel nut wrench and a canvas bag to keep it in.

Fits no problem in boot and still leaves plenty of room under floor for stuff.  I think it might even be 17" but its buried under a boot full of gear at the moment, there is no problem running on a 17" in emergency even if the car has 17, 18 or 19" wheels, the differential will compensate.
Only thing missing is the wheel securing bolt, you can get them on eBay, but I knocked up my own with a suitable long bolt and a nut put through a hole drilled in a small square of aluminium sheet with corners turned up to form finger  grips. Don't buy spare on eBay, same seller but much higher price. Delivery very fast by DHL in a big cardboard box.

Tyre looks never used, hopefully it never will be!!. when I dispose of the car I will put the original tray back in and put the spare on Shpock, they usually sell pretty well.

[wellfed]

16 minutes ago, Rav Rob said:

Hi Wellfed, yes, I have used them before for other cars and always had a good experience. As below you get a reasonable quality scissor jack with a ratchet handle, a heavy duty extending wheel nut wrench and a canvas bag to keep it in.

Fits no problem in boot and still leaves plenty of room under floor for stuff.  I think it might even be 17" but its buried under a boot full of gear at the moment, there is no problem running on a 17" in emergency even if the car has 17, 18 or 19" wheels, the differential will compensate.
Only thing missing is the wheel securing bolt, you can get them on ebay, but I knocked up my own with a suitable long bolt and a nut put through a hole drilled in a small square of aluminium sheet with corners turned up to form finger  grips. Don't buy spare on Ebay, same seller but much higher price. Delivery very fast by DHL in a big cardboard box.

Tyre looks never used, hopefully it never will be!!. when I dispose of the car I will put the original tray back in and put the spare on Shpock, they usually sell pretty well.

Thanks for the quick response Rav Rob.  The 18" kit is £169 and the 17" is £199 which is a bit odd, but will go for the 18" on cost grounds alone. Thanks again

[Rav Rob]

12 minutes ago, wellfed said:

Thanks for the quick response Rav Rob.  The 18" kit is £169 and the 17" is £199 which is a bit odd, but will go for the 18" on cost grounds alone. Thanks again

Yes, if you look at the wheel specification on both '17' and '18' kits its the same, making the 18 kit a bit of a bargain. Maybe its based on sales for each, more people wanting so called 17 for older RAVs. They do sell the retaining bolt too of you need one I see.

[Firecycle]

Rob, what rating is the jack? I have a spare wheel but have yet to buy a jack. Also is there any chance you could take a photo of it all stored in the wheel well, I have seen photos of how the Toyota spare fits with the carrier for the jack but interested how it's stored when the carrier is not there. Many thanks

[Roger_N]

2 hours ago, Firecycle said:

Rob, what rating is the jack? I have a spare wheel but have yet to buy a jack. Also is there any chance you could take a photo of it all stored in the wheel well, I have seen photos of how the Toyota spare fits with the carrier for the jack but interested how it's stored when the carrier is not there. Many thanks

Gary

If yours is the MY2022 it will come with a temporary spare, sorry if you already know but just trying to save you buying one if you don't.

[Firecycle]

Rob, I went for en Excel with Premium Pack so it will have a can of the crappy gunk 

[Rav Rob]

6 hours ago, Firecycle said:

Rob, what rating is the jack? I have a spare wheel but have yet to buy a jack. Also is there any chance you could take a photo of it all stored in the wheel well, I have seen photos of how the Toyota spare fits with the carrier for the jack but interested how it's stored when the carrier is not there. Many thanks

I threw the packaging, but its just a standard universal 2 ton scissor jack with a 410mm max lift which should be  plenty.

Boot floor flat

All the junk I carry, bag left is my emergency kit, fire extinguisher, at back heavy duty tow rope, on top - jump leads (for other peoples to borrow no good on a RAV) snow broom, water, hiviz coat, down left side jack kit, bit of tarpaulin to sit on if need to do a change somewhere muddy, bin bags, tyre compressor 

Just the tyre and the jack kit in the canvas bag, jerry rig retaining clamp..lol

[Firecycle]

Rob, many thanks for the photos there is actually more room in there than I thought so I will buy a 2 Tonne jack in the coming days and will be sorted for when it arrives at the dealer in a couple of weeks.

[atartan]

RAV4 Excell AWD is now £40975 with metallic colour £41590 ... Nearly same price as PHEV Design..

 

Only reason I didn't want PHEV was the extra road tax.. It looks like I am going to pay it anyway with  HEV

[Roger_N]

1 hour ago, atartan said:

RAV4 Excell AWD is now £40975 with metallic colour £41590 ... Nearly same price as PHEV Design..

 

Only reason I didn't want PHEV was the extra road tax.. It looks like I am going to pay it anyway with  HEV

That's a real bummer, with it only going up in January (second time since October) I thought I may get away with it but life is what it is, the dealer best keep to the price they gave me when I ordered it and the price they offered for my current car or it could be a toys out of pram job.

Increase of £3220 form October, plus the extra VED

[Flatcoat]

1 hour ago, Roger_N said:

That's a real bummer, with it only going up in January (second time since October) I thought I may get away with it but life is what it is, the dealer best keep to the price they gave me when I ordered it and the price they offered for my current car or it could be a toys out of pram job.

Increase of £3220 form October, plus the extra VED

It is the list price at time of registration that applies - the dealer has no choice in the matter. 

[George Dodds]

1 hour ago, Roger_N said:

That's a real bummer, with it only going up in January (second time since October) I thought I may get away with it but life is what it is, the dealer best keep to the price they gave me when I ordered it and the price they offered for my current car or it could be a toys out of pram job.

Increase of £3220 form October, plus the extra VED

Visited my dealer today who said my trade in (2 years old) black RAV4 HEV had gone up by £1000 👍  
 

No mention of my current order (ordered Dec 21 collect 15 March) price being increased (RAV4 PHEV). I don’t think they can charge more if the price has gone up 🤞

[George Dodds]

13 minutes ago, Flatcoat said:

It is the list price at time of registration that applies - the dealer has no choice in the matter. 

Hi, I’m  not saying you are wrong but I change my car every two years and on my last three cars that has not happened. 

Edited February 8, 2022 by George Dodds
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