How are we 8 pages into this thread and people are still being fooled by that 3rd party AI render?
Y'all.
C'mon.
*If* this thing ever makes it to market, there's precisely 0% chance that its design will be based on the 5th Gen, XA50 RAV4.
If it's hybrid or phev and roughly competitive with the Maverick's capabilities, I'll be interested.
I definitely cross-shopped the Mav and the Tacoma. The Taco is a superior truck, but what I really wanted and needed was a better car, with a small bed.
From 2022-2024, this was a legitimately difficult choice. From 2025 on... there's the Hybrid AWD and then there are the other options, neither of which I find make a compelling case for themselves for either my needs or wants.
Also an issue, but I keep spares on hand.
On the whole, though, I'm much more comfortable underneath the car or in the engine bay than I am removing plastic panels.
And that's on cars with plastics that DON'T permanently scratch if you glance at them too aggressively.
I guess I need to get over my discomfort with working on interior panels. I fucking HATE those little clips; I always struggle to get them to reseat properly.
I'm honestly surprised that manufacturers are still bothering to put gps into cars. Seems like the sort of thing that should have gone way of the CD Player by now. Maybe that's why they've moved to the (terrible) subscription model: they know that most people don't care and will just use their...
For a certain type of person, new words are things to be mocked, not things to be learned.
It's best to avoid that type of person, here and everywhere.
Yeah. The truth is I only care about a car stereo being good *enough,* but the the door rattle on heavyish bass hits (it was Licensed to Ill that first raised the issue) leaves room for improvement.
Apologies if I'm overlooking documented functionality somewhere; frankly I find the various Forscan charts a bit difficult to parse.
I've seen numerous references to the ability to set a "flat" EQ, but I'm not at all certain that's what I *want.* It seems to me that the front door drivers are...