Toyota Rav4 V6 and 16' Scamp

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Originally Posted by 841K9

Oops...

It was a rough morning.

Customers were being a real PITA.

Customer's a PITA??? Gosh, MY customers are never like that...never...never, ever.... BWAAAHAHAHAH. In my dreams!

I feel your pain!

Off for Milwaukee Fairgrounds Campground tomorrow...

[Carol H]

Something I forgot to mention that came up while I was exploring why I seem to be getting less than expected mileage out of my current vehicles front brakes vs previous vehicles was traffic volumes. Have had two so called brake experts suggest that the problem may be more to do with increased traffic volume on my daily drives vs a brake issue. There feeling is that if you are driving in areas with high traffic stop and go traffic daily such as I do you are going to go through brakes way faster than someone who lives in a lower traffic volume area. One suggested that while I drive home from his shop I count the number of times I used my brakes. On reflection I appreciate that the traffic in my area has increased greatly over the past 5 years and even more so over 10 years so it may well be more of a contributing factor than I had previously considered.

[Jeffee]

Mind if I but in with a question? Do the transmissions really hold up in the small SUVs? Do you drive with it in DRIVE?
Jeff

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Originally Posted by Jeffee

Mind if I but in with a question? Do the transmissions really hold up in the small SUVs? Do you drive with it in DRIVE?
Jeff

Yup, plain old "D" unless I'm driving somewhere where a specific gear and/or 4WD is needed.

[Carol H]

Originally Posted by Jeffee

Mind if I but in with a question? Do the transmissions really hold up in the small SUVs? Do you drive with it in DRIVE?
Jeff

Yup they sure do! Yup I use D a lot - will kick it over to manual sport mode going up hills if it starts to search up and down for the right gear though and I will use manual mode if going down long slow hills as well so as not to ride the brake the whole way down.

[honda03842]

170,000 miles on our 2004 Honda CRV, same clutch, zero drive line problems. About 40,000 towing miles.

[Mike Magee]

My Highlander's brakes lasted just about 100K miles (I was surprised and pleased) even though it towed a trailer for about 85% of those miles. It's possible that they are larger brakes than on the Rav, though.

I do my towing with OD locked out.

[Jeffee]

My 2007 Sienna doesnt alow me to turn off overrdrive. I have to drive in 4th gear. my millage droped by literally 2/3 at 65 mi per. Now that I have sold the big boxy thing maybe I can get a smaller SUV to pull the Fiberglass, when I find the right one. Thanks for the info.

[Mike Magee]

Originally Posted by Jeffee

My 2007 Sienna doesnt alow me to turn off overrdrive. I have to drive in 4th gear. my millage droped by literally 2/3 at 65 mi per. Now that I have sold the big boxy thing maybe I can get a smaller SUV to pull the Fiberglass, when I find the right one. Thanks for the info.

Well, that's what I do, too... drive in 4th gear. That locks out OD which is 5th gear. Just different ways of saying the same result.

[steve dunham]

Originally Posted by Jeffee

My 2007 Sienna doesnt alow me to turn off overrdrive. I have to drive in 4th gear. my millage droped by literally 2/3 at 65 mi per. Now that I have sold the big boxy thing maybe I can get a smaller SUV to pull the Fiberglass, when I find the right one. Thanks for the info.

My mileage is affected very little whether I tow my truck in drive or tow haul mode .
Speed and wind seem to cause the greatest drop in MPG. When driving at 55 to 58 MPH ,with little wind I average about 16 MPG . When I increase my speed to 62 to 65 MPH my MPG drops to 11 to 12 MPG and when bucking a head wind to 10 MPG. I believe Like Donna D in driving at a reasonable speed that is economical and safe . I would rather spend my money on something else besides fuel