![]() 11/25/2017 at 22:30 • Filed to: None | ![]() | ![]() |
CR-V stands for Comfortable Runabout Vehicle. EDIT: That may have just been a John Davisism. I think its actually Compact Recreation Vehicle....Which seems more likely.
Thats (made up) name suites its current market segment well.
I liked the 1st gen, even though it was an inferior RAV4. The table still works great!
![]() 11/25/2017 at 22:51 |
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Just a word of warning on the video, there is a lot more middle age thigh around 4 minutes in them you might be expecting or wanting. Or whatever I don’t judge.
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The Rav4 is cooler because it was available as a convertible :o)
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If it is Compact Recreational Vehical, they need to change the name. The last two generations have been neither Compact, nor Recreational.
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Too bad about the door opening backwards for most of the world. I think a lot of Japanese cars failed to reverse them, like the Lexus GX. Ideally the door is supposed to shield you slightly from passing traffic while pulled over on the shoulder.
![]() 11/25/2017 at 23:22 |
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I have a 2006, I was surprised as hell to find the picnic table in the back.
![]() 11/26/2017 at 00:11 |
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Im on my 2nd bassackwards japanese swingate vehicle (1996 rav4)/2008 gx. Im sorta used to it, but it still sucks.
![]() 11/26/2017 at 01:13 |
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Is it such an issue? It’s not really much of a shield, and how often are you really pulled over on a busy shoulder, trying to access the back of your car?
![]() 11/26/2017 at 09:31 |
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True enough, I just see it as an oversight. Odd that we’re not even allowed to drive RHD cars but other RHD-based options still remain. But I’m a stickler for ergonomics — I don’t even like driver’s side fuel doors.
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It might not be an oversight, but a decision to save costs. If they’d fixed it the car would’ve definitely cost more to build.
I like Japanese cars, in Australia that means everything is built for our market :) But everyone I know, when getting in something European, has trouble with the reversed wiper/indicator stalks.
![]() 11/27/2017 at 09:14 |
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I always thought the wipers/indicators were fixed. The several times I’ve driven in the UK, the hardest part I remember (apart from the mostly-new road signage and constant roundabouts) was getting used to the gearshift being on my left.
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They’re just reversed in Euro cars. Indicator should be right of the steering wheel, that’s the way I likes it!
I’ve actually never driven a LHD car or a car in a LHD market. But there are plenty of roundabouts in Australia. I think the thin roads in the UK would bug me out. You can see it on Harry’s Garage on Youtube - every time he passes someone they pull over to let him past. As if proper two-lane roads were such a breakthrough!