Dazzzler

Hello all! We currently have 2 child booster seats comfortably in the back of our 2005 Rav4, but are struggling to fit a baby seat (birth to 18kg style) in the back aswell! With the changes in child restraint laws in the second half of 2009 we are going to be in quite a spot of bother as we can't upgrade this car due to it being tied up with a novated lease ... oh the joy!

Has anyone managed to fit 3 car seats across the back of a Rav4? If so, what brand and models are they? We live in country SA so can't just pop into a store and try a range of them out unfortunately.

Would love to hear if anyone has managed to do this - my fingers are crossed that there is a solution!!

Cheers

Hi Mel

We have the 2006 rav which is wider and sadly there is no way we can three across.

I would be looking at a motor out of a low mileage wrecked one. Save a LOT of labour costs and provided there is a proper service history and the wreck hasnt been on its roof or side it should be fine.

What year is your car?

Was that 4 cylinder or V6?

Ta.

Current Rav4 4cyl auto......Now the V6 would be bl***************dy bewdiful!

So what's scangauge and how does it work?

Ta.

Here is the link;

http://www.scangauge.com/

basically it plugs into the obi plug and is basically a very smart trip computer that monitors most of what the engine does - fuel use (instant-avg), temps, load etc.

I tow a lot with a hilux workmate ute and normally when i would hit a hill i would go back to third but found that leaving it in fourth and using a bit more throttle was more economical.

It is so accurate that when I fill up at the pump it is within 1/2 a litre of what the scanguage recommends.

Highly recommended!

Can anyone offer any advice on Caravan toweing with the Rav4. What they have towed. How they went. What kind of Rav4. Thankyou

Hi, this may be a bit late for you however we have just completed 10000ks towing a Jayco Swan weighing around 1200kg. Ours is an auto rav and I would definetaly say NO NO NO NO NO......No.

The hills absolutely kill it and we got caught in the warrumbungles where it only just got up the hill, the temp was going up and the engine management system began to go to lessen the power to stop it overheating. We averaged around 17 to 18l/100ks travelling at 85km/h. Up to 19l/100 if we tried 95 to 100.

The problem seems to be the VVTI engine that loves to rev coupled with the auto means it suddenly goes from 3rd to 2nd and revs itself stupid.

We have towed a camper trailer weighing around the 500 to 600kgs and it did it pretty good.

A manual one may be a lot better as you could hold 3rd gear longer perhaps.

Cheers

Hi

We have a 2006 auto CV. I monitor its fuel use with a scanguageII and have found that the best fuel for ours is the 95RON. With 98 octane it really chews through the fuel, 91RON not too bad but we were on average around 50-60ks more per tank when using 95RON. On the highway we get around the 9l per 100ks.

cheers