Goodbye to the Rav after 16 years and joined the dark side

[Bezzer]

It had to come sooner or later but my 2007 Rav which I've had from new has gone 😥 Never let us down, only problem it's ever had was a duff footbrake switch which threw up a ridulous amount of fault messages but was cured with a £10 new switch that took me just a few minutes to replace. Everything else has been just normal wear and tear, never been in a garage after warranty ended, done all the servicing and upkeep myself with a big UP to Anchorman and his tutorials. 

Only done under 80,000 miles in that time, about 25-30k towing a 1500kg caravan, the rest has been mostly "shopping trolley" duties and it's lived on supermarket diesel, perhaps once a year it's had a branded fuel when we were on holiday. Bodywork still mint but it was getting tired underneath, caravan went a couple of years ago so didn't really need the size and power. It's gone to a cousin who's been after it for a while. 

Would have had another but SWMBO loathes the look of the modern Ravs, CHR too cramped, Yaris X too many little niggles so had to leave Toyota and go to the dark side. But only slightly darker as now got a Lexus UX250h 6 months old, 2,000 miles hybrid 😑. Hadn't driven an auto for over 40 years, SWMBO never driven one before but not had a problem, lovely motor. So goodbye and thanks to the forum, haven't posted for some time but have always been popping in to see how everything was going.

Mick

[TonyHSD]

Thanks for update and good luck with the new car. It’s still a Toyota underneath so  you can keep coming back for tip or two over the Corolla section. Well done to the Rav4  for the long and trouble free motoring. 

[FROSTYBALLS]

Best wishes.