New Member with 88 RV

[Crash Lander]

Hi guys (and gals?)

I just purchased a 1988 Tarago RV 5 spd 2.2EFI van thingo. lol.

Never had a van before, but my partner and I have 4 kids between us, and taking 2 cars everywhere is becoming a real pain in the big toe.

It's very hard to find anything about this model online (with my skills at least!).

What I want to know is what were the differences between the RV, the GL, the GLX etc from that era?

Was the RV particularly good or bad? Where did it sit in the range? Did they do many of them etc?

Also, the Toyota model naming confuses the heck out of me. Ford use EF, EL, EA etc, but Toyota makes no sense to me. I recall I once owned a TA22 Celica with a 2T engine (1.6l from memory).

Anyone know the answers to these questions, or where i can find it myself?

No doubt I'll have plenty of questions about issues etc once I actually get my van. I have purchased it, but am not able to get back to the yard to collect it until Saturday.

Thanks!

Crash

[Crash Lander]

Well, I picked up my tarago on Saturday, and have already done 450km since then. We took it on the Great Ocean Rd to Lorne, then to Clac, then back home. Never missed a beat the whole time, and fuel economy is looking pretty good too! Still got 1/4 tank left after 450km, so we're on track for 600km, which is what? 10l/100km? I think they're 60l tanks in these. I think nthat's pretty good!