Unutterably Silly Forum Game: Last person to post here wins!

[Hemmi]

Yes, that sounds wonderful. Damn computers, taking over the world.

[poohbear_nc]

skynet under the hood?

[Hemmi]

I just want a car that doesn't give me random issues as long as I take care of it. Driving down the road, it shouldn't start flashing all the warnings and lose acceleration.

[DNSB]

One friend of mine used to criticize my liking for Toyotas since, in their opinion, they lacked all "sex appeal"—an oversized rollerskate was his favourite description. Generally, I responded that I wasn't out to pick up someone for a one night stand and I would happily trade "sex appeal" for reliability and durability.

I'm looking for a new vehicle now and the RAV4 Prime—or whatever they are going to change the name to (RAV4 PHEV??)—is near the top of my list.

[poohbear_nc]

waiting for snow to arrive win

[Hemmi]

I'm thinking a regular RAV4 or the hybrid. Will have to see what's out there once my car's fixed which can't get in for 2 weeks.

I don't mind driving a CRV or RAV4. I want reliable and not flashy. There's a reason so many are still on the road and they're less attractive to thieves than something flashy.

[poohbear_nc]

Way back when I test drove a CRV and the RAV - the RAV won. My neighbor has a 2021 CRV - and lots of problems. I am content just having to replace/repair mechanical issues and not bother with electronics. Don't care at all what it looks like.

[DNSB]

Hard to say from such a small sample. One of my neighbours bought a CR-V in 2019 and has been very happy with it other than the one recall for the center rear seat where the locking activator could disengage unexpectedly which since they don't have a child seat was more of an annoyance. The other two recalls did not affect them. My Toyota had a recall for an incorrect label which misstated the car's maximum load. The other two recalls for that year didn't affect my vehicle when I did the VIN check.

I'm looking at the Prime since I don't drive nearly as much since my retirement and the Prime's ~68km electric range would take care of most of my driving needs without needing to use any gasoline though driving enough on the gas engine to require a fillup every 3 months is recommended. Contrary to apocalypse movies, standard gasoline in a car's tank lasts for 3-6 months and if you are using an ethanol blend, that drops to a max of 3 months unless you are enthused about adding a stabilizer which will add to the cost of filling your tank. The ethanol fuel stabilizers seem to promise 6-9 months which is less than the 12 months plus for the pure gasoline stabilizers.

[Hemmi]

This is my third CRV and I loved the first two (2000 and 2009). They didn't have all the electronics this 2017 one has and gave me very little trouble.